4-7: Botterill Presser Live

[Kyndig]

Why would he trash players on his team publicly lowering their value though? Hes not going to say..oh hes garbage.

 

[sabresandcanucks]

Ugh...that was tough to listen to. It sounds like a guy learning on the job.

 

[darcyRegier]

I think people need to chill out a little lol

 

[Chainshot]

I'm even more convinced now that he is not the man to helm an NHL franchise. He has no clue.

 

[Dirty Dog]

Lol it’s a press conference guys

 

[Doug Prishpreed]

Ugh...that was tough to listen to. It sounds like a guy learning on the job.

He’s always tough to listen to. You hope that he’s just playing things close to the vest and not actually that stupid.

 

[Chainshot]

I think people need to chill out a little lol

For how much longer? Another 8 years?

 

[jd1970]

Ugh...that was tough to listen to. It sounds like a guy learning on the job.

Just like the owner

 

[Mattilaus]

I think people are freaking out a bit too much here. The same way they did when everyone was convinced Botts was keeping Housley because he said he had confidence on the coaching a few weeks ago.

Of course his responses are canned. Did anyone expect him to come in and say "I messed up the ROR thing badly, Sobo is trash and doesn't belong in the NHL, Tage is trash and shoulda been in the AHL, and both our goaltenders suck". He came out, took responsibility by saying he didn't get the players and made it adamant the firing was his decision alone. That's about all the useful information that can be gleaned until we see what he does this summer.

 

[joshjull]

 

[Gabrielor]

He dodged left and right.

Hopefully he's gone this week too.

 

[The Red Helmet]

The guy has been a failure thus far and gets one tough question through the entire press conference.

 

[Sabresfansince1980]

Lol it’s a press conference guys

But he has to admit how much he sucks or else he should fire himself!!! AAAHHHHHH!!!!!

 

[jd1970]

Don't worry until Eichel`s agent orders him to tell the media how he doesn't love hockey anymore.

 

[Dirty Dog]

But he has to admit how much he sucks or else he should fire himself!!! AAAHHHHHH!!!!!

I don’t know what people expect him to say for a lot of this. The dude has no doubt made mistakes.

 

[Sabresfansince1980]

He gave us a hint that the ROR trade was subpar

There was certainly tacit agreement in his response.

 

[Jame]

Those ROR and Tage answers were embarrassing

 

[Gabrielor]

The positive:
- He acknowledged lack of depth scoring first, without having to be prompted
- Also acknowledged defensive breakdowns

The negative:
- Wouldn't admit they botched Thompson
- Answer about ROR trade
- Just rewatched end and answer about Risto. Gross. Hopefully he's just trying to pump Risto up for a trade.

I'd bet my car that this is the case.

 

[Dahlin 2 Eichel]

A lot of panties being tied into a string in this thread holy cow.

 

[Sabresfansince1980]

I don’t know what people expect him to say for a lot of this. The dude has no doubt made mistakes.

They want full Budd Dwyer.

 

[Icicle]

1) Looks like he gave Housley the benefit of the doubt until the end. What a good GM should realistically do. Decision was basically made in March it seems. New candidates will appreciate this.

2) Made it clear that having both a successful Amerks and Buffalo club is important. Took blame on Tage not becoming what he wanted. Made it clear ROR trade isn’t done yet (truth!). Also made it clear RORs cap space is what made Skinner possible- for those who doubted it still

3) Has a plan and it’s a balance of now and future. I like it!

4) Didn’t speak much of Ristolainen except when asked. Feels like he might be gone. He also spoke more about Reinhart unprovoked than he has in the past— I feel less strong about Reinhart being traded now. He wasn’t including him in his ‘core youth’ examples before but is now.

5) He made absolutely no mention of any of the veterans. Eek.

 

[Gabrielor]

Those ROR and Tage answers were embarrassing

He gave 25 seconds of fluff before he got to Tage, and then just said f*** it, and gave up.

 

[GellMann]

His answer about Risto today was more flattering than things he's said about Risto before, which suggests to me that he's posturing. I think trading Risto is his first move this offseason

 

[5 Minute Major]

Thanks for that, Josh.

However, how wise would it be? One of the things Botterill mentioned, early in his presser, was the lack of play on defense.

We know. And the guy who made the terrible trade and did a lousy job of assessing roster talent and allowed his prospects to play out of their depth needs to go.

But, the model in Pittsburgh!

 

[Fearnot]

So head says we need to get back where we were in the first 25 games and ignores that their performance didn't match the advanced stats and that they would fall dramatically barely maintaining a .500 gf/ga.
We need people in charge who can look at all facets of the game even down to the numbers. Player usage was awful this year and not being able to change and adapt their system to the competition around them.