Vanek_Fanatic_26 wrote:
OldTimeHockey wrote:
Squanto wrote:
Vanek_Fanatic_26 wrote:
So he can't use another league as an example? I think that's pretty short-sighted.
An example of what?
The reason that Modrak are still with the Bills are completely different than the reasons Regier is still with the Sabres. There is no relationship between the two.
Well then explain yourself and your reasoning. that's something you don't do. This is a chat board, its meant to foster discussion and debate. Tell me how they are different and I bet you come around to that there are similarities.
But overall you are short sighted and the fact that you never get anyone's sarcasm just shows your limitations. You seem to love to harp on me...back at ya babe.
We kind of put this to rest a little while ago, but OK.
um yeah, but he also did another mea culpa in another thread on the topic of sarcasm and his lack of getting it. But me he hammers. He was out of line, but whatever. Its his world I get it now.
See maybe its just my college education coming out, but we tend to compare similar things to make inferences and educated guesses...heck even a hypothesis or two. Go figure.
I guess the issue of small market teams who tell their fan bases that they can't compete financially and we should just be happy with whomever takes the job and whatever duties they choose to undertake..even if they aren't usually paired with the job title isn't worth discussing within a topic on new ownership of one of the franchises. Funny, I think that's right on topic and maybe a little more insightful than, "Yay Pegula, F Darcy."
Each franchise (Bills and Sabres) have done this and every so often a spoke or two gets the blame and gets tossed. Now with the Sabres its different as its not a spoke that's getting tossed, its the hub and a few spokes. Will that change things? Maybe, maybe not, but the possibility that a small market can compete given the right set of circumstances and we could be that franchise is really exciting to me. But we still have to fight the "we get what we get and should be happy with it" mentality that has plague these fanbases for over a decade now.
I mean think about that...we were told we should be happy that a billionaire bought this team and increased revenue. To me that the minimum that billionaire should have done. He's rich and can write a check. He made billions he should be able to improve our financial workings. Where's the hockey part of the equation? If he was just running a business like Paychex fine, but this is pro sports, the bastardization of labor and employment law. The cool digs and unis, flex pricing all good. The Pats got crappier uniforms and won SBs to win back a fanbase. I'll take door number two.
There is a distinct possibility that if Pegula does as good a job as we hope he will that it will not only bolster the Sabres..but the league. At least that's what I think. You get a guy with that much money who says he's all in? That's powerful.
But the Modrak/Regier issue is one of how much influence the architect of the status quo will have going forward. The fact that both Modrak and Regier have been both given reprieves by fans because we can't exactly put the finger on if they were the one behind the poor decision ...nah they are nothing alike. Let's see ol' Squanto actually debate that point. Heck there could be debate that Darcy had to deal with embezzlers and a cheap owner...so maybe he's totally different that he's been allowed to be to this point. One has to wonder why a guy would stay here for as long as he did if he's as respected as he seems to be around the league.
But all Squanto does is go tell me to post on another board. Funny thing to me is that when I represent a client, I represent them all the time, if I act all douchy even for a minute..I could loose a client. That's what I find so amusing out Squanto being a moderator. Maybe he's like that with everyone, but I've never been treated like that on any other board I post on. It just makes the site look lame.
Both organization make player decisions at least somewhat by committee the difference is the card comes from Darcy. But Modrak was on record as wanted Clay Mathews over a lessor player and maybe Darcy had a heated discussion that we should have kept players like Briere, but we won't know because if anything, Darcy is a good solider. But one would have to think that pulling off the Briere trade and housing Phoenix...he'd want to keep the guy. The what ifs are very similar between these two.
Maybe we've not seem Darcy in a fair light...the same things have been said about Modrak...and due at least in part the the murkiness of the front office situations with both clubs. Heck now the Sabres don't even tell you when they extend their front office staff. Sure they don't have to...but what's it say when you don't?
Modrak's has supposedly diminished with some of the comments made early on in Gailey/Nix transfer. Now we're going to see what unfolds with Pegula and Regier, Ruff, etc.. Early reports have both staying on..so how much change is still a significant issue...but like Modrak and his MI6 type job description and the same can be said about Darcy's power and decision making.
Record aside, the Bills seem to be moving in the right direction...that's just with a new GM and coach. The Sabres have a new owner...things might get significantly better more quickly than they may with the Bills. Again, an exciting thought for a Sabres fan who's continually making room for jerseys of players no longer on the team. But hey, at least I have SabreTooth...he can't be traded.
But again ...I'm off topic so go ahead and PM me.
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