Owning/ending the drought: say it out loud, Sabres

[PASabreFan]

The old saying, Ain't Momma happy, ain't nobody happy comes to mind. Until the Sabres end the drought, ain't nobody happy. Ain't nothin' gonna change.

Why another Pegula owned team wouldn't take the same approach his football team took... owning its drought... is beyond me.

There's still time for the Sabres to openly make it Mission One. (Of course there's more than just talking about it. No one should want Adams to mortgage the future to make one playoff appearance, but he has lots of room to move on the spectrum of GM moves.)

As for talk, they missed an opportunity to set the tone off the opening faceoff of the offseason. In Staal's statement, certainly written by some staffer but OKed by KA I would think, the new assistant wrote, "Throughout my career I was fortunate to be on so many successful teams and I hope I can lean on some of those experiences to help the organization moving forward."

How bland. Help? Moving forward? As opposed to backward?

Why not:

Throughout my career I was fortunate to be on so many successful teams and I hope I can lean on some of those experiences to make the Sabres a similarly successful team and not only end the playoff drought here but do what we did in Carolina: win a Stanley Cup."

Edited yesterday at 01:35 PM by PASabreFan

[MattPie]

There's nothing the Sabres can say at this point that will make me care about next season. The Miss Buffalo has sailed.

[Wyldnwoody44]

Lazy player says lazy statement. Towing the SS Pegula Yach PC line. 

If Pegula was a flavor, he would be great value, sugar free, lactose free Vanilla. 

[JP51]

1 hour ago, Wyldnwoody44 said:

Lazy player says lazy statement. Towing the SS Pegula Yach PC line. 

If Pegula was a flavor, he would be great value, sugar free, lactose free Vanilla. 

If Pegula was a flavor it would be.... "alas... earwax" IYKYK

[Thorny]

19 minutes ago, JP51 said:

If Pegula was a flavor it would be.... "alas... earwax" IYKYK

should be in azkaban 

[CallawaySabres]

The team is not good enough

Players don't want to come here

Respectable GMs and up and coming coaches don't want to come here

They are at LEAST 3 solid players away from competing for 8th, and that does not even include goaltending.

They're screwed, so I have just come to accept that this team may never be good again. If they luck into the playoffs here and there, great, but that is pretty much all I am expecting over the next few years,

[JP51]

36 minutes ago, Thorny said:

should be in azkaban 

Ding ding ding ... Winna!!!!! 

[Demoted]

17 hours ago, CallawaySabres said:

The team is not good enough

Players don't want to come here

Respectable GMs and up and coming coaches don't want to come here

They are at LEAST 3 solid players away from competing for 8th, and that does not even include goaltending.

They're screwed, so I have just come to accept that this team may never be good again. If they luck into the playoffs here and there, great, but that is pretty much all I am expecting over the next few years,

TBH respectable GMs would jump at the opportunity to turn a franchise around. It's just Pegula.

[Pimlach]

On 5/8/2025 at 8:33 AM, PASabreFan said:

The old saying, Ain't Momma happy, ain't nobody happy comes to mind. Until the Sabres end the drought, ain't nobody happy. Ain't nothin' gonna change.

Why another Pegula owned team wouldn't take the same approach his football team took... owning its drought... is beyond me.

There's still time for the Sabres to openly make it Mission One. (Of course there's more than just talking about it. No one should want Adams to mortgage the future to make one playoff appearance, but he has lots of room to move on the spectrum of GM moves.)

As for talk, they missed an opportunity to set the tone off the opening faceoff of the offseason. In Staal's statement, certainly written by some staffer but OKed by KA I would think, the new assistant wrote, "Throughout my career I was fortunate to be on so many successful teams and I hope I can lean on some of those experiences to help the organization moving forward."

How bland. Help? Moving forward? As opposed to backward?

Why not:

Throughout my career I was fortunate to be on so many successful teams and I hope I can lean on some of those experiences to make the Sabres a similarly successful team and not only end the playoff drought here but do what we did in Carolina: win a Stanley Cup."

I have been saying this for quite awhile. 

To the bold, it comes down to the vast differences between Adams/Granato and Beane/McDermott.  

I heard Adams in an interview years ago defiantly not own the Sabres drought.  I totally disagree with his approach.  

Sean McDermott on the other hand owned the Bills drought.  He said that although he wasn't here for it, he has to own it and so do the players if they are going to change it.  Priority 1 for McDermott was to change it and make the playoffs, make the team "Playoff Caliber".  McD put signs up everywhere and set the tone for better work and better preparation.   Remember his saying about hard work and good preparation during the week was  "earning the right to win".   

The leadership contrast between the two teams is polar opposite and I do not understand why Terry does not see it and fix it.  

The two sports may not have a lot in common operationally, but the things that winning organizations consistently do are very common.  

 

Edited 3 hours ago by Pimlach