Fans should be upset with anyone responsible for the cluster**** that was the last 15 years. I guess it's not entirely Brandon's fault that we fans were dumb enough to fall for his crap, but he made Ralph even richer off of our money while we suffered though a dumpster fire of a football team.Originally Posted by casdhf
Now he doesn't have to hire a new person.
i.e. Pegula is cheap.
swiper (07-27-2015)
but that is what this thread is about. Russ as a business/marketing guy. He's awesome.
better days (07-27-2015),Mace (07-28-2015)
and yet you're telling us Pegula is out of his mind? Okay, he's out of his mind . Just make out your check to Kim Pegula ..... better yet, send the check to me and I'll make sure they get it.
Well Pegula said when he bought the Sabres that the sole reason for the team's existence was to win a Stanley Cup. Then he spends tons of money on everything from FA's to locker room upgrades.
Yet, he turns around and hires a guy who makes tons of money for the owns but can't put a winning team together to save his life.
It makes zero sense.
And btw, the Sabres sold 15,000 seats to a rookie scrimmage in July, just a few short months after finishing last in the league and setting several franchise records for futility. They sold 97% of their tickets last season despite being terrible. They don't need Brandon's used car salesman tactics to make money.
You do not know he is a yes man or not. A good leader might not want to do something and appropriately discusses with ownership or his team and then presents a unified front to the public. This does not mean he is a yes man or not.
It's not his JOB to "put a team together."
**** you, marketing genius. Selling football to WNYers takes a genius?
Total ****ing empty suit.
Terry is apparently no different than Ralph.
Meet the new boss, same as the old boss.
Buffalo sports fans, welcome to fuctville.
Historian (07-27-2015)
Ralph was directly responsible for this.
Are you that dense? It makes perfect sense to hire someone who will make you money.
Where does it say that Pegula made Russ in charge of team personnel?
As a matter of fact, his CEO title was stripped from him when Pegula bought the bills.
Last edited by justasportsfan; 07-27-2015 at 02:29 PM.
Thats why you're an employee. You can always use more expertise to make MORE money.
The more things change the more they stay the same.
So, I guess for those waiting for Terry to be a big change from Ralph....
Yeah, the Pegula's are just like Ralph Wilson was, COMMITTED to Buffalo.
Topas (07-28-2015)
why do people assume that brandon has been helpful selling football in buffalo? this was the easiest job on the face of the earth. and he had to "manufacture his sell outs" using his own words.
Great way to sell out games is to win. which means the mularkeys and the chan gaileys and doug marones can't be your choice. and your GM can't be done in committee. it means you pay your qb, and you find one.
and the bills have historically just kept their guys until they had to fire someone.
That isn't management. it's being completely incompetent at your job.
what he's good at is making morons think that he hasn't be responsible for the failures and somehow solely responsible for people loving football over the last 20 years.
said it many times, russ would be one of the very last ppl i would ever fire from the bills (and now sabres)
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It'll be interesting if the Sabres don't get measurably better in the next couple of years, than certain people can once again re-write history and blame all of the Sabres woes of the past few seasons on Brandon as well.
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Mace (07-29-2015)
Just keep his ass away from the cameras and mikes, please. And as far away from player decisions as possible.
A++ Marketing guy. F++ for personnel and player decisions.
Can somebody please just drive a stake through that idiot's heart?
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