Russ Brandon resigns as Sabres / Bills President, Kim Pegula assumes role

[sincerity0]

Did Russ have a team working under him (sexual relation puns aside)? If so, I suspect the Pegulas may be cleaning house.

Meh, I am okay with Kim staying on in a permanent capacity (it is her team) as long as she surrounds herself with people in the industry who know what they are doing.

Well... he was the president of the Bills/Sabres/PSE so everyone outside of Kim and Terry was under his helm.

Kim has been very involved in running the business side of things. I’d imagine that Russ handled the mundane day to day stuff and Kim was more of a “Chair of the Board” and focused on big projects. I don’t think anything changes given how active she has been.

Btw I have NO problem with Kim or Terry being active owners. They have invested upwards of $2b in WNY and likely saved both franchises from moving. After years and a few mistakes the two of them seem to have found competent people to run the Bills and Sabres.

 

[sabrebuild]

Just get a person of hockey in the position of PHO. Lock it in as a position that is needed. K Adams would be fine. See how he does for the year. Evaluate next summer. But keep the GD position as a needed thing Pegulas!

Why would Kevyn Adams be good for that role with literally zero experience for that kind of role.

 

[truthbluth]

Dean Lombardi is the perfect choice for PHO.

 

[26CornerBlitz]

5-1: AP Sports Writer John Wawrow on Russ Brandon's resignation (5:21)

 

[Chainshot]

Why would Kevyn Adams be good for that role with literally zero experience for that kind of role.

PHO should be someone with executive experience, not just someone who's nearby. Adams as a PHO would be nearly as silly as Regier's "exhaustive search" of one candidate that lead to the retention of Rolston.

 

[ZZamboni]

PHO should be someone with executive experience, not just someone who's nearby. Adams as a PHO would be nearly as silly as Regier's "exhaustive search" of one candidate that lead to the retention of Rolston.

I agree. I was just thinking, just to create the position in the organization. And go from there. Baby steps

 

[1point21Gigawatts]

Also, what an asshole. Acting like it was all in his plan to step down. You did some f***ed up shit and got caught. You aren’t getting your gold watch for time served.

 

[Chainshot]

Beyond personal preferences that Russ GTFO of both sports teams, I hope the people impacted by his scum bag actions are able to recover and heal.

 

[Fezzy126]

I just wanted to stop in and say...

 

[Beerz]

Harrington spreading lies that Kim will be in charge of Hockey Operations since she is the President and Brandan Shanahan has the same title so therefore.... Ugh

 

[Icicle]

These two posts are incompatible. Regardless of any veracity of any alleged improprieties of misconduct, if Pegulas were allowing a graceful step-down of Brandon, they would have thanked him for his contributions & dedication before/after they purchased the team(s).

I call B.S. on Brandon's version of "contemplating retirement".


Where I work, the most recent example of married (not to each other) co-workers who were having a consensual affair at work resulted in both of them being released the next time there were performance-related cutbacks.

To the bolded: She's the boss. It's a private company. Even if it was consensual, she's under no professional, personal, moral, or pseudo-moral obligation to keep her mouth shut about it.

As for any potential future impact on Brandon's potential future employment, that was Brandon's responsibility, not Pegulas. My employer is not responsible for my potential future employability, whether continuing with my employer or going elsewhere.


Agreed, and if there was any appearance, let alone reality of any quid-pro-quo involved, it's best for the organization to purge / re-assign / re-align the people in order to preserve organizational well-being & integrity.

They can easily get sued for tarnishing his career even if everything they said is true. Even if they praised him. You are entirely responsible if you say anything. That’s why most employers won’t do anything other than confirm employment dates.

 

[AustonsNostrils]

Do we know what exactly a 'president' does and what a 'director/president/vice-president of hockey operations' does? the latter began in pro sports as a glorified title for successful GM's, the GM and the hockey/baseball ops guy was the same person. Maybe that has evolved into clear areas of responsibilities. Maybe every team does it differently.

Owners should own, go to owners meetings, where they contribute to running the league, CBA, TV, etc. When it comes to their own teams concern themselves with running the business, not the team other than the hiring and firing of qualified people to run teams.

 

[cybresabre]

Why would [placeholder] be good for that role with literally zero experience for that kind of role.

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[sabrebuild]

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I honestly do not know what you are saying.

 

[Montag DP]

At least all the conspiracy theory posts about him being some sort of insidious meddling mastermind can stop now.

 

[Paxon]

At least all the conspiracy theory posts about him being some sort of insidious meddling mastermind can stop now.

They will just be about Terry and Kim, perhaps deservedly in Terry's case.

 

[UnleashRasmus]

Kim Pegula, WTF. This better just be on the business side.

 

[cybresabre]

I honestly do not know what you are saying.

If only I had a dime for every time I heard that. Character flaw.

This is applicable to so many things we've seen around our team. Undoubtedly it will be true in the future, hence the need for future reference.
Instead of following in the well-worn paths of successful organizations, we try things our own way and marvel at the ineffectiveness... only to try something novel and ineffective once again.

 

[Buffaloed]

They can easily get sued for tarnishing his career even if everything they said is true. Even if they praised him. You are entirely responsible if you say anything. That’s why most employers won’t do anything other than confirm employment dates.

Right. It's similar to when Lafontaine left. We should be used to this crap by now. They probably have NDA's signed up the wazoo.

 

[sabrebuild]

If only I had a dime for every time I heard that. Character flaw.

This is applicable to so many things we've seen around our team. Undoubtedly it will be true in the future, hence the need for future reference.
Instead of following in the well-worn paths of successful organizations, we try things our own way and marvel at the ineffectiveness... only to try something novel and ineffective once again.

Not to worry, I can be quite dense.

Agreed. On some level it’s amazing this rebuild looks to be working out after the list of questionable management decisions that have gone throughout. Makes me think the tank was still the right choice.

 

[Howie Hodge]

Poses the question of whether the Bills ticket sales was more about a passionate fan base than it was about a marketing genius.

 

[Buffaloed]

Will the Bills be moving their training camp to Kim Pegula's alma mater Houghton College this year or will they play out their contract with Russ Brandon's alma mater St John Fisher until 2021? The Pegula's donated $25 million to build an athletic center at Houghton.

 

[CatsforReinhart]

Who do we want in here for head of hockey operations?

 

[missingmika]

Kim Pegula, WTF. This better just be on the business side.

Well she does have more experience in the NHL and NFL than anyone on this board!

 

[Havok89]

Kim Pegula, WTF. This better just be on the business side.

Russ Brandon’s role was solely on the business side, wasn’t it ?