Congratulations Cubs! (Why not the Bills?)

[Mad Max]

CUBBIES living proof that curses ain't xxxx. Proper management, strong assembly of players, little luck.

I hope this inspires Pegs.

[jills]

CUBBIES living proof that curses ain't xxxx. Proper management, strong assembly of players, little luck.

I hope this inspires Pegs.

Why not the Bills?


Proper management, strong assembly of players, little luck.
That's why:down:

[Forward_Lateral]

Only another 88 years before the Bills win one then?

[Night Train]

I hope this inspires Pegs.

Bills Sign Theo Epstein - 5 years 50 million

[Buffalogic]

Theo the cursebreaker. Redsox and cubs.

[IlluminatusUIUC]

Theo the cursebreaker. Redsox and cubs.
That man will never buy another beer his entire life. Lifting *those* fan bases??

[Mad Max]

Discounting the "curse" nonsense, it took one committed owner in Ricketts less than 10 years to turn his team into a WS Champ.

He made immaculate hires and spent what needed to be spent.

Terry has the pockets and I believe thw will. if he has makes the right moves...

[IlluminatusUIUC]

http://deadsp.in/0J93Fm2

[Novacane]

We're not cursed. Just stupid.

[Mr. Miyagi]

Bills Sign Theo Epstein - 5 years 50 million

We just need to beg Doug Flutie to forgive us, bring him a boatload of money to be our ambassador.

[jimmifli]

Only another 88 years before the Bills win one then?

Anybody can have a bad century.

[stuckincincy]

What an entertaining Series that was. Congrats to both clubs. :up:

[OpIv37]

Discounting the "curse" nonsense, it took one committed owner in Ricketts less than 10 years to turn his team into a WS Champ.

He made immaculate hires and spent what needed to be spent.

Terry has the pockets and I believe thw will. if he has makes the right moves...

But so far he isn't making the right moves. He's literally making the exact same mistakes that set the Sabres back 3+ years.

[Victor7]

Lets start by getting rid of the old Ralph's bean counting cronies.

I'm looking at you Russ Brandon and Jim Overdorf.

[Mace]

Lets start by getting rid of the old Ralph's bean counting cronies.

I'm looking at you Russ Brandon and Jim Overdorf.

Might want to whoa on Overdorf, he does a pretty decent job with cap and salary negotiation, keeping in mind he just does this at someone elses direction on who to negotiate with and sign. We got a lot of decent roster filler in for vet minimum and the opt out on Taylor could prove to be priceless.

[Mace]

http://deadsp.in/0J93Fm2

This was priceless, people need to read it.

[OpIv37]

Might want to whoa on Overdorf, he does a pretty decent job with cap and salary negotiation, keeping in mind he just does this at someone elses direction on who to negotiate with and sign. We got a lot of decent roster filler in for vet minimum and the opt out on Taylor could prove to be priceless.

There was an article that bringing back Harvin was Overdorf's idea....

[Mace]

There was an article that bringing back Harvin was Overdorf's idea....

Yeah, but what lost GM lets his cap guy and salary negotiator come up with personnel moves he didn't think of ? It was a good contract, though Harvin will end up being Harvin.

[Historian]

But so far he isn't making the right moves. He's literally making the exact same mistakes that set the Sabres back 3+ years.

The theory among some who work for the Pegulas (in low level positions) is that they didn't buy these teams to be sports moguls.

They bought them to keep the politicians off their case in regards to fracking.

[Mace]

The theory among some who work for the Pegulas (in low level positions) is that they didn't buy these teams to be sports moguls.

They bought them to keep the politicians off their case in regards to fracking.

I couldn't agree with that. Between HarborCenter, Pegula Sports & Entertainment, Impact Sports Performance, 716 Food & Sport, owning the Bills, Sabres, Bandits, & Rochester Americans, donating for the Penn State Pegula Ice Arena, donating for the Houghton College Kerr-Pegula Athletic Complex, and his Sabres Bills MSG network deal, he's looking pretty mogul to me.

That's real closed to 2 billion dollars in sports from a guy thought to be worth around 4 billion.

To keep politicians off your case, you donate to them. To become a mogul, you spend 2 billion on sports related enterprise, imho.

[DynaPaul]

All the leagues need more of this. People are tired of seeing the same old teams in it every year and it could bring more fan bases back to life.

[TacklingDummy]

Only another 88 years before the Bills win one then?
The Bills have never won a Super Bowl.
1970-present.

Only 62 years to go. Woohoo

[Albany,n.y.]

I'm so envious of Cubs fans, but not in a jealous way. I wish I was in their spot today, celebrating a world championship of my favorite team.