Larry Quinn is pretty pretentious, but he does have a point, one that he's merely reiterated with me during his exit press conference. It's not the likes of him, it's the likes of the city. The local politicians in this town are both dumb and corrupt. Even in order to hit a "single" that is Pegula's rink project, the amount of palm-greasing and back-door dealing that had to be done is ridiculous. Even now, I won't be convinced it's even happening until construction actually starts. Quinn is also correct in that it didn't have to be "one or the other" as far as Pegula's project versus Palladino's project, and that's the real problem with his town. There's no reason both couldn't have come to fruition. It's not Quinn that's causing the problem. It's the amount of bending over backwards you have to do to get anything done. You can scoff at Bass Pro and whatnot (even I'm not sure it was a great idea to begin with), but the problem wasn't the ideas the likes of Quinn were coming forward with. The problem was the refusal of the people in charge to make a decision and implement it.
I'm also not sure what's wrong with "swinging for the fences". - buffalofan19
Because when you are 160 pounds with a 200 batting average you whiff a lot. The WNY and Buffalo government along with the Waterfront Board that Quinn was a part of couldn't get anything done while they tried to get that huge waterfront development they strived for. I just think building the waterfront piece by piece is the way to go, and input from Quinn is worthless.
Location: Wonderful things can happen when you sow seeds of distrust in a garden full of (bum)holes Joined: 07.01.2007
Sep 24 @ 9:10 PM ET
Because when you are 160 pounds with a 200 batting average you whiff a lot. The WNY and Buffalo government along with the Waterfront Board that Quinn was a part of couldn't get anything done while they tried to get that huge waterfront development they strived for. I just think building the waterfront piece by piece is the way to go, and input from Quinn is worthless. - GilPerreault
That Waterfront board was merely a shadow. It had no real power or say in anything. It was blatantly obvious when every idea it put on the table was blocked in some way, shape, or form. At this point, you're right, hitting singles is all you can do. That wasn't the case 5-10 years ago. Nothing Quinn said in that piece, however, was really inaccurate, except maybe that the locker room was overkill (then again, if I wasn't a fan of the Buffalo Sabres, I'd probably say the same thing).
