Here we go again…..Kevyn

[Spoonman]

I don’t know if anyone feels like I do and I am done with Kevyn. How many shots does a GM get to be successful? 

I will admit that the state of the Sabres over last 1 1/2 DECADES doesn’t help, but 6 years?! 

He is NOT a knowledgeable GM, has hit on a few trades, and lost on many.

I struggle w Pegs (what does Kevyn have on him!?) keeping this ineptitude in his organization. Bills thrive vs Sabres. 
 

What am I missing? WHAT SAY YOU !? 

[PerreaultForever]

I was done with Kevyn 2 years ago. Heck, I was sort of done with him when he was hired. 

[Demoted]

Sabres fans been done with him.

[LGR4GM]

5 hours ago, Spoonman said:

I don’t know if anyone feels like I do and I am done with Kevyn. How many shots does a GM get to be successful? 

I will admit that the state of the Sabres over last 1 1/2 DECADES doesn’t help, but 6 years?! 

He is NOT a knowledgeable GM, has hit on a few trades, and lost on many.

I struggle w Pegs (what does Kevyn have on him!?) keeping this ineptitude in his organization. Bills thrive vs Sabres. 
 

What am I missing? WHAT SAY YOU !? 

Terry didn't want to spend money and likes Kevyn. Pegula wants to play hockey while enjoying the sunshine that is the Bills, meaning his hockey team is secondary to his interests. 

They're going to waste an entire season so Adams and all the coaches contracts expire, and then bring in new ppl next year... by new I mean Appert and Kekalainen. 

Terry is like most billionaires, he likes the smell of his own b.o.

[Porous Five Hole]

Palm trees and taxes 

[#freejame]

19 minutes ago, LGR4GM said:

Terry didn't want to spend money and likes Kevyn. Pegula wants to play hockey while enjoying the sunshine that is the Bills, meaning his hockey team is secondary to his interests. 

They're going to waste an entire season so Adams and all the coaches contracts expire, and then bring in new ppl next year... by new I mean Appert and Kekalainen. 

Terry is like most billionaires, he likes the smell of his own b.o.

Also in that he has an outsized impact on destroying everything that people love and hold dear. 

[PASabreFan]

No need to wait for a shutout loss to write this.

Just now, #freejame said:

Also in that he has an outsized impact on destroying everything that people love and hold dear. 

But he didn't become a billionaire by being arrogant, cold and crass!

[Flashsabre]

Shanahan Press Conference: “Every decision made here the last 5 years+ has been the wrong one.”😁

[mjd1001]

6 hours ago, Spoonman said:

I don’t know if anyone feels like I do and I am done with Kevyn. How many shots does a GM get to be successful? 

I will admit that the state of the Sabres over last 1 1/2 DECADES doesn’t help, but 6 years?! 

He is NOT a knowledgeable GM, has hit on a few trades, and lost on many.

I struggle w Pegs (what does Kevyn have on him!?) keeping this ineptitude in his organization. Bills thrive vs Sabres. 
 

What am I missing? WHAT SAY YOU !? 

Pegs keeps him not because of his performance, but because he is obedient, he takes the arrows for the owner, he will never cast any blame on the owner. 

Pegs doesn't want a GM, he wants a PR person to protect him And make him feel listen to and important.

[thewookie1]

24 minutes ago, Flashsabre said:

Shanahan Press Conference: “Every decision made here the last 5 years+ has been the wrong one.”😁

That would be nice to have a credible front office

[Pimlach]

1 hour ago, #freejame said:

Also in that he has an outsized impact on destroying everything that people love and hold dear. 

Explain this please.  

[inkman]

1 hour ago, mjd1001 said:

Pegs keeps him not because of his performance, but because he is obedient, he takes the arrows for the owner, he will never cast any blame on the owner. 

Pegs doesn't want a GM, he wants a PR person to protect him And make him feel listen to and important.

Are there NHL GM’s routinely throwing the team owner, their boss, under the bus? 

[JohnC]

KA was an owner's hire. From a qualification standpoint, it made no sense. From the owner's perspective, he got exactly what he wanted. He hired someone in his organization (business side) who had numerous discussions with on how to cut costs and save him money. A plan was drawn up to start over again, replacing the more expensive core players with cheaper newly drafted players. It was the standard model for most rebuilds. 

The argument shouldn't be about whether the "rebuild plan" was right or wrong because that was the approach that was decided on. Even if it was the wrong approach to take, that doesn't mean that it couldn't have worked reasonably well by year five if implemented properly. Anyone who has been in the work world knows very well that it doesn't matter what the "plan" is, whether it is a smart or foolish plan, that it will not work when carried out by incompetents. 

So where are we now five years into the KA tenure? We are still a flailing franchise that is spinning its wheels and getting nowhere fast. Within the Pegula ownership era it has been noted for its best players wanting out. And it shouldn't be surprising that its current best players will be on the verge of wanting out of this fiasco situation. What's the lesson to be learned? Ownership matters.  

 

[inkman]

1 hour ago, LGR4GM said:

Terry didn't want to spend money and likes Kevyn. Pegula wants to play hockey while enjoying the sunshine that is the Bills, meaning his hockey team is secondary to his interests. 

They're going to waste an entire season so Adams and all the coaches contracts expire, and then bring in new ppl next year... by new I mean Appert and Kekalainen. 

Terry is like most billionaires, he likes the smell of his own b.o.

Everyone needs to know this.  T-Pegs is the new OSP (we’ll have to come up with something other Golisano’s old nickname). He is pinching every penny he can.  He won’t pay anyone that isn’t with the team. Sort of understandable but in today’s sports world, it’s not a realistic plan. 

[mjd1001]

4 minutes ago, inkman said:

Are there NHL GM’s routinely throwing the team owner, their boss, under the bus? 

I don't think so but that's not the point... Don't take it to extremes. 

How many times in the past... Decade? When things have gone bad pegula is nowhere to be found in Adam's has to sit in front of the reporters and take the tough questions... While his answers hardly ever stray from something like... Terry is a great owner and the rest of us just have to do better... Or some version of that?

I haven't noticed things like that happening.... certainly to the extent they happen here... Around the rest of the NHL.

 

[Carmel Corn]

I don’t think there is a single GMKA fan left on this board.  He has failed miserably and this is the ONLY team (i.e. owner) in the entire NHL that has still allowed this disaster (GMKA) to keep his job.  The fish stinks at the head, so all fingers point to Pegula and his indifference to the fans.

[inkman]

1 hour ago, Flashsabre said:

Shanahan Press Conference: “Every decision made here the last 5 years+ has been the wrong one.”😁

Is throwing yourself under the bus = credibility? 

[Gatorman0519]

I was done the day he was hired. 

[DarthEbriate]

The palm trees and taxes tax is really the Sheevyn Tax(ation of Trade Routes).

How much better off would the franchise be now if --- when Pegula wanted to cut costs --- he had brought in an experienced GM who said "I can save you some cash here and there, but we can win with Eichel/Reinhart/Dahlin/Thompson/Ullmark" instead of saying, "they're a rotten core, we need to remove top skill performers and build around the D-man who is only 20 years old."?

[inkman]

4 minutes ago, DarthEbriate said:

The palm trees and taxes tax is really the Sheevyn Tax(ation of Trade Routes).

How much better off would the franchise be now if --- when Pegula wanted to cut costs --- he had brought in an experienced GM who said "I can save you some cash here and there, but we can win with Eichel/Reinhart/Dahlin/Thompson/Ullmark" instead of saying, "they're a rotten core, we need to remove top skill performers and build around the D-man who is only 20 years old."?

I think you are giving too much credit to Adams having anything resembling a plan.  He’s been winging it with terrible results. 

[Ross Rhea]

It actually takes a lot of talent and effort to be this bad for this long. Here's to you Terry, Kim, Kevyn...........! 

[matter2003]

[GASabresIUFAN]

...and i didn't even start this thread.

[OverPowerYou]

The Sabres are making me not care again. This lasted for two games. The best part is, they should come out playing on Saturday,l like their seasons are on the line, but they are probably going to fall Flat on their faces 

[Doohickie]

2 hours ago, Pimlach said:

Explain this please.  

Not without getting into politics.