That Aud Smell

Hoo boy. The butchery of language continues unabated under John Roth. (A pet theory I've developed: I think he pens these things.) Sentence the first: "The statement attributed to me in Mr. Trotter's complaint is absolutely false." It's false how? It's false that black athletes who push civil rights issues should go back to Africa? That's a thing that is untrue and should not be said? Or are you saying that "I did not say that." Because it's unclear, Terry. Also, Terry, are you preparing to throw someone else under the bus? The phrase "attributed to me" sounds an awful lot like you agree it was said, but you weren't the one to say it. "I am horrified that anyone would connect me to an allegation of this kind." Da fuq? There are so many words to pick here. Horrified? Hey, Terry. It's horrifying when mortifying truths come to light too. You did not want that word here. Oof. "Racism has no place in our society" [Golf clap.] "and I am personally disgusted that my name is associated with this complaint." Is there another way to be disgusted that plays here? From a professional standpoint, are you cool with this? Yowza. Also, we're again focused on how these allegations affect you, Terry. "I can't believe my name's attached to this thing." Not a whole lot of talk from Terry about how it's patently untrue that this thing was said in a forum where this plaintiff was present (Zoom or whatever). Just a lot of woe is me for having your name "associated" with the allegations. What an absolute and total cluster.

". . . some of my best friends are black." Dude. This one is rough. I've been mostly offline since late last week. I'm just hearing of this. I'll have a look now.

More than fair, as I reflect on it.

Lance Lysowski and another TBN writer (local hagiographer Tim O’Shei) did a good job providing some perspective on the dissolution of PSE, etc. https://buffalonews.com/news/buffalo-bills-buffalo-sabres-john-roth-terry-pegula-kim-pegula-ron-raccuia-changes/article_d3785084-4e50-11ee-9e20-3bd157f33e45.html

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Eh? No stronger indictment can be had. I heard some respected talking person remark that the guy just doesn’t have a route tree.

GAH!

The fact that the Chiefs put their eggs in the Kadarius Toney (sp?) basket is proof that every single franchise, even the great ones, will make horrendous personnel decisions based on the need to manage their money (i.e., the salary cap is mostly fake but is also sort of real). The Chiefs would have probably won if they played anyone else in Toney's place.

This started last season as well. I no longer understand what's legal when it comes to where an OT lines up (like, practically in the back field?!) and what an OT is allowed to do pre-snap (like, apparently move and wiggle all he likes and then get off a beat before the snap?!).

Selflishly, the Sabres. The Sabres and ice (and street) hockey were my first true sports love as a kid. But that's not the choice I'd make. The Bills are so much more important to so many more people in WNY and from WNY.

Not for nothing, as reported in today's TBN: Now, the matter of spending money on the Bills is a horse of a different colour, I realize. The Bills make money. Even so, the Pegulas have not hesitated to throw money at the Sabres over the years. That changed, of course, when GM KA came in and engineered a tear down and true rebuild.

No one is hanging onto anything. People are looking for credible information, which is in short supply here. Did you copy and paste this from some AI-generated aggregator site?

the who now? Definitely a parody thread.

Please add this to your coffee table book of Sabres writings. I want an autographed first edition. I'm through you way all the time, what with regular trips to Cambria County.

My experience is that generals on these hybrid public/private projects often struggle to comply with those mandates and frequently seek waivers.

There's a lotta knowledge and perspective in the above. *Stick tap* Based on the immediate ballooning of the budget, there were clearly many "openers" for the general(s) on this deal (I appreciate that term of art). And, as has been reported many times, those openers and price escalations are a risk that the Pegulas absorbed. I imagine that there's a lot of haggling going on behind the scenes. The owner's not going to take $300M in increases lying down. OTOH, they want their project built on time. It is quite apparent that the project bid estimate was fairly notional. There's the MWBE mandates, for example, which seemed to be mostly unfulfilled and undetermined when the bids were awarded.

All of that is possible in theory. Sounds like the Pegulas could have used you during negotiations.

This is how the process works, though. Get your financing, then put the thing out to bid. Then the generals bid. Then a bid’s accepted. *Then* starts the process of getting the subs and suppliers. SOP. The question of how overruns get dealt with is more variable. Seems to me a certain former c-level Bills exec found this out the hard way.

This is the solution that I found as well. Twitter was so great. It’s a shame it’s being made worse in so many ways.

The dearth of corporate money is an issue. Regrettably, not even the Buffalo Billion has helped improve our prospects in that regard.

If private equity were to get its talons into the franchise, all bets would be off AFAIC. I’d personally prefer the Sabres if I had to choose. But for the overwhelming majority of people from/in/of Buffalo, it’s the Bills without a doubt. The NFL rules the sports entertainment world. People all over the country and around the world know to say “Bills” when you say you’re from/of Buffalo.

thanks. i don't follow. but that's on me. i think i found a workaround.

Looks like there’s an additional step involved now. I can’t properly link from the app to a website on my phone. I need to ask that the Tweet open in a browser and then copy that url address.

attempt: https://x.com/salsports/status/1697648930413064250?s=46&t=8AaprMag9hOIH1BLrzxS3Q second attempt

Wait - like on a page of a web browser? And, yes, I am an iPhone user.