Confirmed with Link: Lindy Ruff named Head Coach, Press Conference at 1:00 PM EDT

[ValJamesDuex]

Lindy, I think the fan base would not hold it against you if you quit this sh*t show organization at the end of the year. Go enjoy fishing in Montana!

 

[Zman5778]

Lindy, I think the fan base would not hold it against you if you quit this sh*t show organization at the end of the year. Go enjoy fishing in Montana!

I wouldn't blame him if he quit NOW.

 

[sabres4ever]

This was a desperation hire.

 

[Jimmybarndoor2]

Accountability

 

[Zman5778]

This was a desperation hire.

I don't think it was "desperation". It was lazy and safe.

 

[Zman5778]

Exactly where I am.

I get why we made the hire.

Just please bring in good assistants.

Was curious what I posted when this hire was made.

.......yup. I still get why we made the hire. But not allowing Lindy to bring in his own assistants is inexcusable.

 

[Tatanka]

That KA wasn’t shown the door along with Granato was a portend to this hire. Firing Granato was a knee jerk PR move. It didn’t come from a lucid examination of the organization. Of those available he checks a lot of boxes. I guess it could be worse. Besides KA avoided embarrassing Terry having other candidates say “Thanks, but no thanks.”

My initial opinion still holds. Lindy hasn’t lost the room, he never had it in the first place. The players know he was lipstick on a pig and nothing else changed. Without a full on restructuring of the front office and hockey ops I see no reason to believe anything will change.