Why would he when he has the opportunity to keep trying? It's his career, it's not like he's gonna go "lol didn't do well enough, sorry guys." Would you do that at your job?
4-7: Botterill Presser Live
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Why would he when he has the opportunity to keep trying? It's his career, it's not like he's gonna go "lol didn't do well enough, sorry guys." Would you do that at your job?
I demand hari kari right there on the podium!!
kirby11
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Oh **** who dropped the RoR nuke.
**** your weak ass response big head. You got no cap relief in the trade and could have signed Skinner without trading RoR
**** your weak ass response big head. You got no cap relief in the trade and could have signed Skinner without trading RoR
Doug Prishpreed
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vcv
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He kind of admitted that up front and said he is still open to what they are looking for.Probably because he doesn't know.
vcv
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Someone going to ask about waiting so long to send Thompson down?
La Cosa Nostra
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Except he did and stop with the false narrative that we could afford Skinner and RoR. The trade MATTERS BEYOND 18-19.
It's not a false narrative and has been explained to you repeatedly. But hey, continue to ignore it.
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Our GM is just as much an idiot as our former coach
vcv
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Yay someone asked about Tage Thompson.
JB says:
- Developing at the NHL level and not just at the AHL level... aka not really an answer.
- A few times they talked about sending him down and he would make "a few good plays". LOL.
JB says:
- Developing at the NHL level and not just at the AHL level... aka not really an answer.
- A few times they talked about sending him down and he would make "a few good plays". LOL.
sabremike
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The crap we got back for ROR made the deal cap neutral so that's another Botts porker.
How on earth could we NOT afford both?
kirby11
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There's the Tage question.
Tage responded with "a couple good plays" in between weeks long stretches of garbage so it was fine to not demote him?
**** all the way off Botts.
Also "risto moved the puck well" lol when?
Confidence is rapidly dropping tbh
Tage responded with "a couple good plays" in between weeks long stretches of garbage so it was fine to not demote him?
**** all the way off Botts.
Also "risto moved the puck well" lol when?
Confidence is rapidly dropping tbh
vcv
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I missed a small bit at the end, but when asked about Risto he seemed to only mention his offense. Did I miss anything?
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His comments today match with what we saw on the ice and in the moves they made. I'm hoping he's not GM on Tuesday.
For all the shit he got about his press conferences, at least Tim Murray would answer questions with actual answers. Botts loves dancing around things and being as vague as humanly possible.
PirateShip
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Deflect , Deflect , Deflect. Such a laughable lack of accountability for his Tage Thompson development fiasco.....
sabremike
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HA he just cited the OT goal vs Montreal as a great Risto moment when it was literally the stupidest thing he could've done and it went past the goalie by pure dumb luck.
Doug Prishpreed
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Jason Botterill: “Everyone needs to take responsibility, including management.”
Also Jason Botterill: “the ROR trade was awesome and Tage kept saving himself with these killer plays at key moments, so there’s no way we could send him down.”
Also Jason Botterill: “the ROR trade was awesome and Tage kept saving himself with these killer plays at key moments, so there’s no way we could send him down.”
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#Sabres general manager Jason Botterill is set to address the media next from KeyBank Center! You can listen in live here:
Botterill - I want to thank Phil Housley. I enjoyed working with him for the last couple of years. He put a tremendous amount of time helping the organization. #Sabres
Botterill - The decision was not an easy one, but in the second half of this season, the results were not there. We are aresponsible for the success and failures of the organization. We are not pleased with where we're at. We all need to be accountable. #Sabres
Botterill - Some of the same mistakes were continually showing up, especially in the second half of the season. This is a results driven business, and the results weren't showing up. #Sabres
Botterill - Whenever you have a coaching change, you try to pinpoint who's at fault. Everyone needs to take some blame. We didn't put the right roster out there, we didn't give the players the right tools to succeed. #Sabres
Botterill - We did take some steps in the right direction, but we didn't carry over with the results in the second half. #Sabres
Botterill - Communication was a big part of what we wanted to change between the coaches and the players. Unfortunately, the message wasn't getting through. #Sabres
Botterill - Terry and Kim were not involved. I made my recommendation with them this morning and they accepted it and then I talked to Phil. "I did not look for player interaction, that is my decision."
Botterill - We're going to be open from what we want with our next head coach. #Sabres
Botterill - We have to continue to develop skill moving forward. It was great to see the success of Jack Eichel and Sam Reinhart. It was nice to see Jeff Skinner get to 40 goals, but we relied on them too much. We have to continue to find depth scoring. #Sabres
Botterill - We still have a lot to improve on defensively. We need to move pucks out of our own zone quicker and stay out of our own zone. #Sabres
Botterill on a Jeff Skinner extension - Both sides continue to focus on how to get a deal done. The relationship on both sides have been a positive one, but we continue to find a resolution. #Sabres
Botterill - The final decision on Phil Housley's staff will be up to the next head coach. #Sabres
Botterill - The first half of the year, we saw what this team could be in the future. It's evident with the young skill we have. Dahlin, Eichel, Reinhart, Mittelstadt... the energy is positive. There's work to be done. We're not a finished product by any means. #Sabres
Botterill - When I was hired here it was to get to the playoffs. Not just for one year, but be a consistent winner in this league. #Sabres
Botterill - You are always going to learn from different trades (the Ryan O'Reilly trade), but we're going to continue to make changes moving forward. #Sabres
Botterill - GMJB on ROR trade: “we also don’t think that trade is completed yet, there’s development there, draft picks and it also gave us cap space and resources that allowed us to go out and get Jeff Skinner...” #Sabres
Botterill - GMJB says that Skinner new deal can “100%” still happen #Sabres
Botterill - I trusted our players, felt comfortable with our players. I was going to trust them. I thought there was a big improvement in the coaching staff from last year, and we tried to bring in a player like Montour to help moving forward. #Sabres
Botterill - I did not look for the players' input on this decision. It was my decision. #Sabres
Botterill - I want to thank Phil Housley. I enjoyed working with him for the last couple of years. He put a tremendous amount of time helping the organization. #Sabres
Botterill - The decision was not an easy one, but in the second half of this season, the results were not there. We are aresponsible for the success and failures of the organization. We are not pleased with where we're at. We all need to be accountable. #Sabres
Botterill - Some of the same mistakes were continually showing up, especially in the second half of the season. This is a results driven business, and the results weren't showing up. #Sabres
Botterill - Whenever you have a coaching change, you try to pinpoint who's at fault. Everyone needs to take some blame. We didn't put the right roster out there, we didn't give the players the right tools to succeed. #Sabres
Botterill - We did take some steps in the right direction, but we didn't carry over with the results in the second half. #Sabres
Botterill - Communication was a big part of what we wanted to change between the coaches and the players. Unfortunately, the message wasn't getting through. #Sabres
Botterill - Terry and Kim were not involved. I made my recommendation with them this morning and they accepted it and then I talked to Phil. "I did not look for player interaction, that is my decision."
Botterill - We're going to be open from what we want with our next head coach. #Sabres
Botterill - We have to continue to develop skill moving forward. It was great to see the success of Jack Eichel and Sam Reinhart. It was nice to see Jeff Skinner get to 40 goals, but we relied on them too much. We have to continue to find depth scoring. #Sabres
Botterill - We still have a lot to improve on defensively. We need to move pucks out of our own zone quicker and stay out of our own zone. #Sabres
Botterill on a Jeff Skinner extension - Both sides continue to focus on how to get a deal done. The relationship on both sides have been a positive one, but we continue to find a resolution. #Sabres
Botterill - The final decision on Phil Housley's staff will be up to the next head coach. #Sabres
Botterill - The first half of the year, we saw what this team could be in the future. It's evident with the young skill we have. Dahlin, Eichel, Reinhart, Mittelstadt... the energy is positive. There's work to be done. We're not a finished product by any means. #Sabres
Botterill - When I was hired here it was to get to the playoffs. Not just for one year, but be a consistent winner in this league. #Sabres
Botterill - You are always going to learn from different trades (the Ryan O'Reilly trade), but we're going to continue to make changes moving forward. #Sabres
Botterill - GMJB on ROR trade: “we also don’t think that trade is completed yet, there’s development there, draft picks and it also gave us cap space and resources that allowed us to go out and get Jeff Skinner...” #Sabres
Botterill - GMJB says that Skinner new deal can “100%” still happen #Sabres
Botterill - I trusted our players, felt comfortable with our players. I was going to trust them. I thought there was a big improvement in the coaching staff from last year, and we tried to bring in a player like Montour to help moving forward. #Sabres
Botterill - I did not look for the players' input on this decision. It was my decision. #Sabres
