Thanks, I think. I don’t want to make anyone go too introspective because of it, but there is a certain similarity that I can’t shake.
To clarify my original point, the 10 years is the near-constant abuse part. I’ve been a fan since birth, which was much more than 10 years ago.
nah, it’s good. My first marriage wasn’t a good partnership, and some trained professionals might assess it as abusive. But, from my experience it isn’t until you step outside of a situation and assess it with some emotional detachment that you can see it clearer, objectively, and completely. And I won’t speak ill of anyone - it takes 2 people to have a relationship and therefore 2 people to have relationship problems, and I have/had my blame.
To the hockey analog, I’d be devastated if the Sabres relocated. Knowing that’s an immense improbability, but also acknowledging there’s no apparent and/or credible plan for franchise improvement might be akin to having a beloved family member whose alcoholism is functioning in society, yet they will never quit. Or someone who is emotionally abusive, or alternatively emotionally distant, yet you’re “stuck” with them out of financial need.
They’d never hire me. I never draft low ceiling defensive defensemen and I take liberal fliers on smaller skill guys who can skate fast. Although I do almost always win my trades.
there’s a saying in basketball “you can’t coach height” meaning you can’t make someone taller. I’ve heard a similar analogy “you can’t coach speed” meaning there’s a limit to how much faster you can make a player.
Would love for the Sabres to focus on something coherent. Speed would be an acceptable something.
