Sabres looking for Senior Advisor for Adams and Hockey Department

[Brawndo]

[Thorny]

Was just gonna post that. it’s just.…

….incredibly aggravating. They don’t want to work below KEVYN ADAMS?!!! I can’t believe it! 

They aren’t trying

[Carmel Corn]

Absolutely nobody of quality experience will even consider joining this crap show, having to report to Adams.

[DarthEbriate]

3 minutes ago, Carmel Corn said:

Absolutely nobody of quality experience will even consider joining this crap show, having to report to Adams.

How does that call even go? Is Kevyn the one making the call?

"Hey, Lou. Remember me? You don't. I'm Kevyn Adams. I'm the GM of the Sabres. Why are you laughing? Anyway, how'd you like to come work for me? Why are you laughing? So anyway, there's no President of Hockey Ops, so you'd report to me. As my advisor. Lou? Lou?"

[Brawndo]

 

[Flashsabre]

39 minutes ago, Brawndo said:

Terry is just f🤬🤬king helpless. Who structures their organization under a GM with no experience who has failed for 6 years and then approaches two of the best front office people of all time and ask them to work for this incompetent clown. This organization is so ass backwards that it is embarrassing. The Keystone Cops of sports organizations.

Turf Adams and you could have Holland or Lou or Dudley in here tomorrow at the top of of the organization and they would instantly build a front office 10 times better than the crap show that has failed here for 15 years.

And Adams has been on the job for 6 years and just now they decide he needs a babysitter so he’s not so incompetent. You can’t even make this stuff up.

Edited Friday at 08:17 PM by Flashsabre

[dudacek]

25 minutes ago, Brawndo said:

 

I had figured Okposo was going to get tapped for a role similar to what Staal just signed up for.

He always struck me as a sharp guy with ambitions in that area.

My inclination is to think he was sharp enough to decide there were better places to start his career than a questionable and precarious Kevyn Adams regime.

[thewookie1]

45 minutes ago, Brawndo said:

Happy Lou said no

disappointed Holland said no

mixed on Brian Burke offering to come here. 

[dudacek]

1 minute ago, thewookie1 said:

Happy Lou said no

disappointed Holland said no

mixed on Brian Burke offering to come here. 

Where was this one reported and were they interested?

[Pimlach]

54 minutes ago, Brawndo said:

Wasn't there a rumor that Dudley would not join the Sabres if Adams is GM?   

Add Lou and Holland to the list.  I would guess the list is long.  

 

[Carmel Corn]

Part of me wonders if the Sabres might actually be done with their search, going solely with Eric Staal as their answer.  In their minds, they only needed a special advisor, not a senior one.  

[Pimlach]

On 5/9/2025 at 3:35 PM, Carmel Corn said:

Part of me wonders if the Sabres might actually be done with their search, going solely with Eric Staal as their answer.  In their minds, they only needed a special advisor, not a senior one.  

I want this fictitious "senior advisor" to actually be the President of Hockey Operations and to have a Stanley Cup pedigree, to be respected around the league, to work full time, and to be in Buffalo while doing it.   IF he meets these requirement then he should decide who the GM is, what the rest of the FO looks like, who the coaches are, how the roster is built, and how the farm system is run.  

Is this too much to ask?    Isn't this normal for 31 other teams? 

Has the entire world gone mad?  

Edited 14 hours ago by Pimlach

[Pimlach]

10 minutes ago, Carmel Corn said:

Part of me wonders if the Sabres might actually be done with their search, going solely with Eric Staal as their answer.  In their minds, they only needed a special advisor, not a senior one.  

The same level of search that talked to Lindy and no other head coaches? 

Meanwhile Coach Berube is doing ok in Toronto.   The Sabres never bothered to talk to him.  

[DarthEbriate]

10 minutes ago, Pimlach said:

The same level of search that talked to Lindy and no other head coaches? 

Meanwhile Coach Berube is doing ok in Toronto.   The Sabres never bothered to talk to him.  

But Terry likes Lindy. And Kevyn listens. You don't need a search when you've got the vibes.

[Weave]

But I thought there were only like 32 of these jobs available and anyone would be a fool to turn one down.

[tom webster]

1 hour ago, Pimlach said:

I want this fictitious "senior advisor" to actually be the President of Hockey Operations and to have a Stanley Cup pedigree, to be respected around the league, to work full time, and to be in Buffalo while doing it.   IF he meets these requirement then he should decide who the GM is, what the rest of the FO looks like, who the coaches are, how the roster is built, and how the farm system is run.  

Is this troo much to ask?    Isn't this normal for 31 other teams? 

Has the entire world has gone mad?  

I don’t think 31 other teams have a President and several of the ones that do were just playing musical chairs to keep a valued assistant GM. 
Titles aren’t important anyway. Having someone competent at the top,  regardless of the title, is what matters.

[LGR4GM]

59 minutes ago, Weave said:

But I thought there were only like 32 of these jobs available and anyone would be a fool to turn one down.

Are the Sabres hiring a Gm?

[PerreaultForever]

So what I'm reading they are having trouble finding anyone since it could be a 1 year situation and it's below Adams who might get fired NEXT year. If that's their approach I'd assume that yes, they'd have trouble finding someone. 

In my view the only way this works is if they put Adams on notice (playoffs or you are done) and they hire an experienced senior advisor to sit ABOVE Adams and answer only to Pegula with a 5 year deal. The understanding with him being if Adams fails the senior advisor will be empowered to fire everyone and oversee the new hires. Otherwise, it's BS.

[GoPuckYourself]

Nobody wants to work under our failed GM? I'm shocked.

 

[dudacek]

Wonder if Tim Murray’s ready to give hockey another shot?

[Mango]

4 hours ago, Flashsabre said:

Terry is just f🤬🤬king helpless. Who structures their organization under a GM with no experience who has failed for 6 years and then approaches two of the best front office people of all time and ask them to work for this incompetent clown. This organization is so ass backwards that it is embarrassing. The Keystone Cops of sports organizations.

Turf Adams and you could have Holland or Lou or Dudley in here tomorrow at the top of of the organization and they would instantly build a front office 10 times better than the crap show that has failed here for 15 years.

And Adams has been on the job for 6 years and just now they decide he needs a babysitter so he’s not so incompetent. You can’t even make this stuff up.

Good chance the problem is actually the local fauna and government duties.

Tomato tomato really.

[sabremike]

The league needs to step in at this point because Terry lacks the basic competency needed to run an NHL team. Until he sells the team or dies there is literally no hope.

[inkman]

I know the Sabres have reached rock bottom when fans are clamoring for the NHL, easily the worst run pro sports league in North America, to step in and help Buffalo.  

[Dr. Who]

When average competency seems like Mt. Everest for your team . . . 

[Brawndo]

This falls under the I will believe it when it happens category