BlueandYellow wrote:
sabresindc wrote:
BlueandYellow wrote:
So you're blaming him for not making the team filled with AHLers and you blame him for not keeping Drury, who went to NY after receiving an offer the same to ours, and Briere, the only one I get.
You don't see the stupidity in this? What team ever purposely shitted up the team to tank?
I'll wait for you to spend nine hours on google.
Hahahaha, where in my post did I blame Darcy for Drury/Briere????? Please show me.... What I said was "His chance to rebuild this team was when they lost Drury and Briere." Where in that statement did I blame him for it??????????? Several of the top teams today had miserable years where they WERE at the bottom. then they were able to get one, or several, number one draft picks. Did they purposely plan on being bad, probably not but no team would admit it if they did.
And look at several of the bottom teams that have REMAINED on the bottom. Edmonton. They drafted Hall, Eberle, Nugent Hopkins, Yakupov, etc. And they still blow. Look at Florida. Look at Tampa. Come now. You NEVER EVER say a GM is bad because he won't tank. And he never actually rebuilt, because after Drury and Briere left he felt he actually had a decent team that only needed a few renovations, which to a point was true because we made the playoffs twice. But I digress. He's actually rebuilding now. And since he has built a good team before, he most certainly can do it again, and pointing fingers at the GM without any reason to is common when the team sucks.
I'll give you Tampa and Edmonton but Florida hasn't had a first round pick since 1994. Obviously that will probably change this season.
The reason why people point fingers at the GM when their team sucks is because he's the one that builds the team. He's the one that hires the scouts and the coaches. He's the one is the final say on who they draft, trade, pick up in free agency using the info obtained by the staff he hires. So it is on him when the team doesn't perform as expected, year after year after year..... Obviously Pegula and his advisors hold Darcy in high regards so we have no choice. We, as fans, have to wait and see what Darcy will do to rebuild the team. If he builds this team and they win the Stanley Cup within the next 5 years.... Then I'll eat crow and give him props.
Honestly, I'm venting because I don't see a light at the end of this tunnel. We were promised, yes promised a Stanley Cup within three seasons. The reason why, because the owner put his complete faith in Darcy Regier because I'm sure Darcy told him this team would be in the right spot after some "renovations" as you called it. Well they're not.... Darcy failed to add the right pieces to the puzzle. Our top goal scorer and top goalie will be leaving the team by the end of next season (if not sooner). Now we have to endure a rebuild again by the same GM who wasn't able to succeed with the last rebuild. Yeah they had some great moments, some great players but they didn't win the prize. They didn't bring home the cup.... For that i would call his last rebuild a failure.
As I said, there is no light at the end of this tunnel and I just feel like we'll be crashing into a brick wall eventually.
Man, I appreciate this debate we've had. Neither of us really know what will happen and both of us have decidedly different views on what could happen. I hope your view comes through, I really do.
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sabretoothpick wrote:
Yhoshi wrote:
wollt ihr die sabres oben sehen müsst ihr die tabelle drehn.
It's a phrase that basically means, if you wanna see the Sabres at the top, turn the rankings.
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I guess we don't have a choice but to sit back and watch this team struggle for years. I really hope next season we really suck because if they sit in the middle of the pack, year after year we will NEVER see a cup here...NEVER!!!!!
