He was just named the President of the Sabres, same position he holds with the Bills. Clearly the Pegulas value him very highly.
He will continue to hold both roles fwiw.
He was just named the President of the Sabres, same position he holds with the Bills. Clearly the Pegulas value him very highly.
He will continue to hold both roles fwiw.
COMING SOON...
Originally Posted by Dr.Lecter
Meathead (07-27-2015)
LOL!!!
You know what I like Brandon and I think he is a good leader. I would hope this means he runs the organization but does not have a say in drafting or signing players. All it means is that he is overseeing the organizations from a business side and making sure people have the power to make decisions when it comes to personnel but he has no vote what so ever, but he will hold the person accountable for mistakes.
After an exhaustive search lasting more than 20 minutes, the new head coach of the Buffalo Sabres will now be:
Nicholas Pierandri - head coach, Syracuse
http://suhockey.com/profiles/npierandri/
Recently hired coach Dan Bylsma, upon his departure from team facilities, issued an official statement:
"WTF?"
bleve (07-27-2015),IlluminatusUIUC (07-27-2015),Slick (08-01-2015),sukie (07-27-2015),Topas (07-28-2015),trapezeus (07-27-2015),WagonCircler (07-27-2015),YardRat (07-27-2015)
Has anyone heard from WagonCircler? This could kill him.
Billszone 2013 Prediction Contest winner!
BuffaloRedleg (07-28-2015),cookie G (07-27-2015)
what the hell does a billionaire know about business? Pegula is out of his mind.
/sarcasm
better days (07-27-2015)
He is out of his mind. The Bills have woefully underperformed during Brandon's tenure because Ralph and his lackey valued the bottom dollar over winning.
If Pegula wants to make money regardless of the outcome on the field/ice, then keeping Brandon is the right business decision. If Pegula actually wants to win games, this is ****ing stupid.
give brandon credit. he moves the most snakeoil anyone has ever seen.
sabres plan to be good is officially derailed.
Slick (08-01-2015)
http://sabres.buffalonews.com/2015/0...o-assume-role/
The Pegulas were unhappy with how there were always issues with the operations of the sabres compared to how they saw the Bills operation ran smoothly
Brandon isn't a GM, he isn't a scout, he doesn't do player personnel. He's a marketer, a business growth executive. He has nothing to do with wins and losses. Why is that so hard to understand?
Crisis (07-31-2015),djjimkelly (07-28-2015)
Thats the problem here. You are not viewing Russ from a business perspective. No one is saying Russ was ever a great talent evaluator. You guys just needed someone to blame therefore you concocted the thought that he was was responsible for a lot of the decisions and blamed him for the results ON THE FIELD.
Even you would fire Russ if that were true, yet you aren't even worthy of sniffing Russ' jockstrap when it comes to business.
Last edited by justasportsfan; 07-27-2015 at 11:12 AM.
better days (07-27-2015)
April fools? No ****** way this is real.
wagoncircler's head may explode when he hears this news.
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It is VERY real.
Here's the WGR news release: http://www.wgr550.com/Black-is-out-a...f-the/21793558
It was also disclosed today that he is a managing "partner."
I am not a Russ Brandon fan. He is a "yes" man and I hate seeing "yes" men get ahead.
Bill Polian had no problem saying no to Ralph and wasn't scared of losing his job.
Maybe there is more here but from what I've seen Im not impressed. The Toronto debacle falls on his shoulders and that didn't market the team geographically. It just made the Bills more vulnerable and for that I will never trust this guy.
trapezeus (07-27-2015)
Unexplainable to say the least.
I guess that as long as he keeps his nose out of field/ice decisions its ok. He's a money maker for sure. But at what cost ? Over winning ? Its up to Pegula. Ralph always valued the bottom line over winning. That's why Brandon stuck around for so long despite the team's ineptitude.
I thought Brandon wasn't involved with football operations anymore. Is that no longer the case?
If it's strictly from a business standpoint, I'm fine with him staying here. I've been under the impression that Russ is running the business end and Whaley is running the football end and neither answer to the other person, they both answer only to the Pegulas.
Topas (07-28-2015)
Screw Polian. He screwed the Pegula's when Marrone quit.
Yeah, Polian wasn't scared of losing his job & that helped the Bills how?
A good executive knows how to get his point across without losing his job.
Russ was in charge. If he wasn't making the decisions on the field, he was picking the guys who were. He has a LOT of blood on his hands for the disaster that this team has been since he arrived. I could give two ****s about his business acumen. He doesn't get wins.
HHURRICANE (07-27-2015),Slick (08-01-2015)
Brandon has been a marketing genius. I don't understand the hate. He was a non-football guy tasked with making football decisions. Anyone really surprised he failed? I'm not. He is doing what he should and what he is good at.
don137 (07-28-2015)
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