Don Cherry
12-11-2002, 09:22 AM
By BOB DICESARE
Buffalo News
12/11/2002
Look around, Darcy Regier. Look around at what you've wrought.
Behold row after row of vacant blue seats, for a game that's radio only, with many tickets available two for the price of one.
Put a hand to your ear, ye of the six-year contract, and listen. Listen to the silence.
It's 10 minutes before opening faceoff, and the anticipation's building. Can't you tell? Rob Ray's announced as a scratch, and there's a lone, distant cheer. Missed the original? Sit tight. Here comes the echo.
Doug Allen emerges to belt out the anthems, and who can help but feel for the guy? It's like singing in the shower. Allen would have found more atmosphere this Tuesday night working a hotel lounge in Stickville. Just one request. Play Misty for me. Because these are the saddest of times.
The attendance is announced as 9,966, lowest since the opening of HSBC Arena. And there's no debating the accuracy of the figure so long as it's Count One/Add One Night at the turnstiles. Won't be long before Sabres attendance is on par with a Drew Bledsoe pep rally. Or indoor soccer, of all things.
http://www.buffalonews.com/editorial/20021211/3023780.asp
Buffalo News
12/11/2002
Look around, Darcy Regier. Look around at what you've wrought.
Behold row after row of vacant blue seats, for a game that's radio only, with many tickets available two for the price of one.
Put a hand to your ear, ye of the six-year contract, and listen. Listen to the silence.
It's 10 minutes before opening faceoff, and the anticipation's building. Can't you tell? Rob Ray's announced as a scratch, and there's a lone, distant cheer. Missed the original? Sit tight. Here comes the echo.
Doug Allen emerges to belt out the anthems, and who can help but feel for the guy? It's like singing in the shower. Allen would have found more atmosphere this Tuesday night working a hotel lounge in Stickville. Just one request. Play Misty for me. Because these are the saddest of times.
The attendance is announced as 9,966, lowest since the opening of HSBC Arena. And there's no debating the accuracy of the figure so long as it's Count One/Add One Night at the turnstiles. Won't be long before Sabres attendance is on par with a Drew Bledsoe pep rally. Or indoor soccer, of all things.
http://www.buffalonews.com/editorial/20021211/3023780.asp