Are you ready to give up on the team?

[Thorny]

We’ll see what happens with the reshuffle 

[7+6=13]

On 4/30/2025 at 2:18 PM, LabattBlue said:

Aren’t you the poster who said the Sabres would not only make the playoffs, but win two rounds? 😂

Not even close 😭 

[WhenWillItEnd66]

It is what it is.  Management does not seen to care about winning.  Now I just watch to watch as that's what I do.  They win they lose I don't care,  I just watch. 

[Thorny]

23 minutes ago, WhenWillItEnd66 said:

It is what it is.  Management does not seen to care about winning.  Now I just watch to watch as that's what I do.  They win they lose I don't care,  I just watch. 

Then the emperor has already won.. 

[HILLsabre]

On 4/18/2025 at 12:40 PM, Thorny said:

We’ll see what they say about Adams tomorrow 

So..........?

[Thorny]

1 minute ago, HILLsabre said:

So..........?

We’ll see if they say anything at all 

[WhenWillItEnd66]

20 hours ago, Thorny said:

Then the emperor has already won.. 

When you have zero say and you love the game as much as I do,  you enjoy the good moments,  even if they are fleeting. Groaning and bitching about something you cannot control does nothing.... tired of being miserable over a sports team.  

[Sabres Fan in NS]

No.

[GASabresIUFAN]

To answer my OP question, I’m just about done.  If they don’t make major moves to fix the roster and management, I’m done.

[7+6=13]

5 hours ago, GASabresIUFAN said:

To answer my OP question, I’m just about done.  If they don’t make major moves to fix the roster and management, I’m done.

What does "done" mean?

[LabattBlue]

5 minutes ago, 7+6=13 said:

What does "done" mean?

Done with your silly optimism? 😂

[7+6=13]

3 hours ago, LabattBlue said:

Done with your silly optimism? 😂

I mean, someone has to bring some, haha (few others). 

It's just not the low point, I don't get it.

I understand the frustration, however it's gotten quite ridiculous.  

[Mr. Allen]

You guys see the awesome logo for the Utah Mammoths?  I love it.  I’m thinking about jumping ship and becoming a fan of that franchise.  I can’t stand a single move the Sabres are making.  
I don’t like when people hop on bandwagons after a team is successful or about to become successful or I’d jump on the Sharks.  They are going to be fun to watch. 

[LGR4GM]

If Karmanos goes and Forton gets promoted, then yes. That's my moment to give up on the team. 

[GASabresIUFAN]

27 minutes ago, LGR4GM said:

If Karmanos goes and Forton gets promoted, then yes. That's my moment to give up on the team. 

Karmanos leaving makes sense.  Adams is staying and Karmanos needs to find a better opportunity than staying in a dead end job with the Sabres.  
 

For me it’s going to boil down to the roster decisions made this offseason.  The alleged first change (Byram) was obvious and telegraphed when Adams said he needs to find Power a partner.   It just a question of time until it happens.  The question is what happens after that deal gets done.  

[SabreFinn]

No. But I definitely understand everyone who turns their back on this. A respected NHL franchise has become something that, to me, seems like some weird experiment.

[CallawaySabres]

I would never be done with the Sabres, but I feel like I have checked out the last 3-4 years. If they are in the top 8 next year any time after November, I will be ready to roll. I think they will be close to the worst team in the NHL by December so not really getting my hopes up.

[inkman]

Ready, willing and able 

57 minutes ago, Mr. Allen said:

You guys see the awesome logo for the Utah Mammoths?  I love it.  I’m thinking about jumping ship and becoming a fan of that franchise.  I can’t stand a single move the Sabres are making.  
I don’t like when people hop on bandwagons after a team is successful or about to become successful or I’d jump on the Sharks.  They are going to be fun to watch. 

It’s pretty cool. I still like the Kraken. I’m inching closer and closer to jumping ship.  

[Taro T]

Not giving up on them.  

Problem is, ownership seems to have already given up on them.

[Pimlach]

Not giving up. But not going to games for a while.  

I stopped going this past season, only went to 3, they went 0-3, and the big losing streak ended my financial commitment.  

If they bring in a few players and improve I’ll go back, of course.  

Meanwhile, I’m thinking of acquiring throwback Buffalo Hockey Bisons AHL gear.  Good memories and no pain. 

[JohnC]

6 hours ago, SabreFinn said:

No. But I definitely understand everyone who turns their back on this. A respected NHL franchise has become something that, to me, seems like some weird experiment.

It’s not a “weird experience”—-it’s gross incompetence practiced for an extended period of time. It shouldn’t be a surprise that when your owner is out of step with the norm, your franchise becomes abnormal.

[Gatorman0519]

It is hard to fathom how embarrassingly bad this team has been for this long. We are the outlier for the worst drought in nhl history. Seems like a lifetime ago watching some of the 90’s and early 2000’s teams. 

[JohninMinn.]

I'm from Buffalo where else would I go? You kids just don't get it. Too many video games. No loyalty.

[PASabreFan]

14 hours ago, Taro T said:

Not giving up on them.  

Problem is, ownership seems to have already given up on them.

Alternative theory: Terry grew up poor and ended up wildly successful (financially at least) without throwing money at the problem of poverty. He just worked hard. And waited. And waited.

It was time and pressure in the Shawshankian tradition, that got him to the other end of the sewage pipe and eventually to a boat in Mexico.

Terry started off talking about how he never fired anyone at East Resources (or was it no one ever left?) and how his role model owner was Art Rooney, who decided after years of losing and replacing people that "panic isn't working." Terry also stood at some interview early on, maybe on Day One, and said something like, "I don't get too high or too low." I remember him tilting his hand back and forth as he said it (what I had for dinner last night? no clue).

Terry also famously said only one team wins a Cup every year.

Where is all that leading? Maybe Terry circa 2020 just decided to get back to his foundational beliefs. This'll take time and not necessarily money (going back to his business roots), I'm not going to keep firing people (and paying people to not work for me), let's plan the work and work the plan, etc.

All of the preceding might be classic PASabrefanian hogwash, but I want to believe it moreso than Terry has quit on the Sabres. I might even have to believe it. I mean, if he's quit, that's really, you know, not good.