Well, what a surprise. We're back here again. A few faces changed, but the result was still basically the same along with my opinion about what needs to be done. My long-standing belief that Darcy Regier should be fired never wavered while the Sabres made their miraculous march into ninth place.
You should know that it's just as tiresome for me to write about his job status as it is for you to read about it year after year. Why does it continue, you ask? Funny, but I've asked myself the same question. Why do the Sabres continue to employ a general manager after years of failure? My opinion isn't changing until I hear the answer.
Respected hockey minds for years wondered how Regier kept his job when so many others have been fired for less. I'm not talking about three or four people. It's more like three or four dozen on all levels: current and former executives, current and former scouts, current and former players, current and former Sabres.
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Shame on them for not wanting their names used, but you can understand why they don't need the aggravation. It's been years since someone I trusted told me Regier should stay. Most are stunned he's still here, and a growing list are saying the same about Lindy Ruff. Just last week, one of them suggested I write a column saying Regier should be retained with the idea the Sabres would fire him.
It's ludicrous, right?
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Pegula, if he's true to his word, needs to find the answers for himself. That's the hard part. He's not likely to get the truth from other GMs who want Regier in charge of the Sabres for as long as possible because he's not viewed as a major threat. Someone needs to give Pegula a cold, informed, unfiltered opinion rather than polite gibberish.
Even good general managers get fired every year, sometimes simply because a change is needed. Craig Patrick served as GM for 17 years in Pittsburgh in a front office that included Sabres top executives Ken Sawyer and Ted Black. The Pens replaced him with Ray Shero, whose fresh perspective helped him finish the job in two years.
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This notion Pegula removed handcuffs from Regier was a myth. Tom Golisano acknowledged when he sold the team that he cared mostly about the bottom line, but Regier wasn't tied down. The Sabres were 15th, the top half, in payroll the previous two seasons.
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Buffalo lost 12 straight road games without making a trade when almost any move would have worked to shake up a stale but comfortable group. Black suggested in January that Regier was shopping his players, but nothing was done until minutes before the deadline.
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Several GMs and scouts, in town for world juniors, were baffled that Regier was traveling with the Sabres rather than watching the tournament in his own town. And people wonder why we're back here again, in a familiar place with a familiar story about a man whose teams produce results that are all too familiar.
sorry but pinning this on Darcy is ****ing stupid. He finally got the ok to spend and do whatever he wants and pulled off some awesome trades, got the best UFA Dman, one of the better UFA forwards (turned out not good but oh well).
this is the offseason they'll get rid of parts of the core, he tried to finally really ADD to his core but it failed. They'll move on from it.
He's on his soap box but he's right. Regier has made some good moves and some lucky moves but he's not well thought of in the world of hockey and has ultimately failed with the Sabres.
"He's not likely to get the truth from other GMs who want Regier in charge of the Sabres for as long as possible because he's not viewed as a major threat."
That's quite possibly the dumbest thing he's ever written, which is saying a lot.
He's on his soap box but he's right. Regier has made some good moves and some lucky moves but he's not well thought of in the world of hockey and has ultimately failed with the Sabres.
Is this your opinion, or do you have any proof of this?
"He's not likely to get the truth from other GMs who want Regier in charge of the Sabres for as long as possible because he's not viewed as a major threat."
That's quite possibly the dumbest thing he's ever written, which is saying a lot.
Take my first for this rental faceoff man! No, Really! It's a steal!
Hodgson for Kassian? What a buffoon this guy is!
Ehrhoff for 4 million per year? Insanity! Get me the Wiz!
"He's not likely to get the truth from other GMs who want Regier in charge of the Sabres for as long as possible because he's not viewed as a major threat."
That's quite possibly the dumbest thing he's ever written, which is saying a lot.
Respected hockey minds for years wondered how Regier kept his job when so many others have been fired for less. I'm not talking about three or four people. It's more like three or four dozen on all levels: current and former executives, current and former scouts, current and former players, current and former Sabres.
And of course he gets to hide behind "anonymity" and not actually have to name anyone. Now if this was a respected journalist (Jim Kelley) writing that, I would be more inclined to take it at face value instead of likely exaggeration or straight up ********.
So then the concensus among posters here is that actually, well informed NHL insiders would give an honest opinion of Regier as a GM, right?
If that's true, how about this passage from the article:
"Respected hockey minds for years wondered how Regier kept his job when so many others have been fired for less. I'm not talking about three or four people. It's more like three or four dozen on all levels: current and former executives, current and former scouts, current and former players, current and former Sabres."
I guess those are just the random insiders who actually are lying to keep Darcy in Buffalo. Right?
I don't read this guy's columns, nor the Buffalo News. I think his comment about GMs conspiring to keep a bad GM in Buffalo is kind of stupid.
But I am quite sure a lot of insiders wonder how Darcy keeps his job.
I think the collective NHL world was astounded when nothing happened in January when we hit rock bottom, at least for a little while.
After that I'm sure they just rationalized it as "more small time weirdness from a small time organization. Let's move on to something more interesting."
So then the concensus among posters here is that actually, well informed NHL insiders would give an honest opinion of Regier as a GM, right?
If that's true, how about this passage from the article:
"Respected hockey minds for years wondered how Regier kept his job when so many others have been fired for less. I'm not talking about three or four people. It's more like three or four dozen on all levels: current and former executives, current and former scouts, current and former players, current and former Sabres."
I guess those are just the random insiders who actually are lying to keep Darcy in Buffalo. Right?
I don't read this guy's columns, nor the Buffalo News. I think his comment about GMs conspiring to keep a bad GM in Buffalo is kind of stupid.
But I am quite sure a lot of insiders wonder how Darcy keeps his job.
I think the collective NHL world was astounded when nothing happened in January when we hit rock bottom, at least for a little while.
After that I'm sure they just rationalized it as "more small time weirdness from a small time organization. Let's move on to something more interesting."
Find any other journalist besides Bucky Gleason saying these things.
I wonder how many Mighty Taco crumbs are in the cracks of this guys keyboard.
I understand these guys are "opinion" writers.... but.... for once... can't we have an opinion article backed up by facts... and not by just the writer telling us they are facts. "No really..trust me.. it's true".
I wonder how many Mighty Taco crumbs are in the cracks of this guys keyboard.
I understand these guys are "opinion" writers.... but.... for once... can't we have an opinion article backed up by facts... and not by just the writer telling us they are facts. "No really..trust me.. it's true".
It's the buffalo news...does that answer your question?
My favorite part is when he criticizes Regier for not executing the Nashville trade sooner, as if the value wasn't directly driven by the immediacy of the deadline. And as if the pick would have done us more good if we had gotten it sooner... somehow. At that point you could just tell that the guy has lost all sense of reason and is just furiously mashing his keyboard while foaming at the mouth.
It was a myth that Pegula removed the handcuffs from Regier?
Had Regier not been handcuffed by former management, the Drury and Briere fiascoes wouldn't have ended so poorly. One, or both, would still be here (Drury's career may not be over - things could be entirely different).
The current leaders of the team wouldn't have been prematurely thrust into their current roles. They'd still be grooming.
The Sabres would still be a good team. These articles wouldn't exist, nor would criticisms for Regier.
I like how Bucky doesn't even acknowledge how far back the franchise was set because of how the Drury and Briere situations played out.
i laughed when i read that too
