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I'm not saying they will, but I'm sure they're deluded enough to believe he'd want to be here.
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TCTC
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I don't think there's a more punchable face in the league than Trevor Zegras.
Larry44
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Read harder, I guess. I'm not going to make a list of replacements every time I call for the obvious thing to be done
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Different young inexperienced guys. I don't see how either is a necessary "better than Briere".
I said this last year to my Sabres friends. I think it's an interesting comparison and it will be interesting to see who (if either) succeeds as the pathways are to some extent opposite. At this point neither.
Because you don't have any and you are afraid to look bad by naming someone who later busts somewhere.
Firing people is not an answer unless you have an improvement in mind.
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I've actually repeatedly written who I want, and it's weird to soar in with your level of condescension because you missed it; that's a you problem, not a me problem. If I were choosing, then we'd have Tulsky or Zito as GM and Knoblauch or Lavi as coach. I've been thumping for Knoblauch since he designed our controlled entries under Hakstol, which incidentally became the strongest aspect of the team's offense.
Here's the other thing, though: Those positions aren't the real problem. The REAL problem is higher. That piece of shit Clarke has done so much goddamned harm to this franchise that he's undone his legacy as a player, which is meaningless to the strong majority of the fanbase since not many of them were alive for it. He has set the direction and culture of the team, filled it with people who think like him, and then those people hire coaches and GMs and those people also think like them, and as a result they suck ass. All while scouts who think like them have eternal tenure while failing to find talent, and the development team that thinks like them turns all skill into dust.
I remember when there were Commanders fans who told me the same thing you're telling me. I said then, sometimes management is so goddamned bad that it's hard not to improve on them if you've gotten rid of the root of the problem. I've been proven right on that front. The Flyers are the same.
I mean, is that why you think we should keep everything the same and keep doing all the stuff that never works and never will? Because you personally can't think of anyone better?
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Out of curiosity, what does "succeed" look like to you in this context?
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My guess is since we are talking Buffalo mediocrity is successful
Those guys have not had a chance to assimilate into the culture which could take up to 6 months depending on how uncultured they were previously. Once they have fully assimilated then they can be trusted to touch the ice.
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GapToothedWonder
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What a lively discussion. I guess we should wait a few years until we see how things shake out.
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Give me 5 predictions you have for the Flyers over the next 2 full seasons.
Or do you have no opinions at all? Just a complete winding?
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They probably all wish they could also escape the hell hole known as the Flyers organization.
The Flyers are the Spinal Tap of the NHL. A traveshamockery.
I thought "locker room guy" Laughton would of stopped this? I thought he was making sure he was such a great locker room guy that this isn't allowed? Wasn't he supposed to be in charge of putting into place the Torts "don't-feel-sorry-for-Frost" gameplan?
No, I don't believe it is "the same" and I was good with hiring Briere. I'm simply willing to give him a reasonable time to succeed or fail.
I hated the Fletcher hire and wanted him gone. I would have been on board with Zito as well but every team that isn't winning has a fanbase saying we should have hired Zito now. It's what happens when somebody succeeds.
