Tanking or trying? Sabres answer

[Novacane]

What really did happen with Lafontaine?

[JATMtheJATM]

What really did happen with Lafontaine?

speculation is, from what i can gather, is patty didnt wanna go with a full bore rebuild, wanted to try to retain miller and ott, and reload as opposed to stripping down the roster and building through the draft. murray wants to completely rebuild his team and use this draft as the center piece. apparently, they were at odds. pat resigned.

[Skooby]

Pat wanted to spend more time with the Fam, nothing unreasonable.

[Downinfloflo]

Pat wanted to spend more time with the Fam, nothing unreasonable.

Yeah....Why take a Job to leave after 2 months??

There was no GM in place when Pat was hired, They were at odds with how to go about things, Pegula had no clue what to do, He's an oil man, Not a sports guy.

Murray was a better sales man than Pat, He won!!

[Skooby]

Yeah....Why take a Job to leave after 2 months??

There was no GM in place when Pat was hired, They were at odds with how to go about things, Pegula had no clue what to do, He's an oil man, Not a sports guy.

Murray was a better sales man than Pat, He won!!

I was being sarcastic, Pat was simply canned & they made a cover story to make it look like he had a choice.

[Downinfloflo]

I was being sarcastic, Pat was simply canned & they made a cover story to make it look like he had a choice.

Sorry!!

[Night Train]

What really did happen with Lafontaine?

From someone I know, he was calling other teams & making his own potential deals without telling anyone.... and Murray said " WTF ? ".