What does ruff do to implement his system ? Can someone explain what system and advance coaching he as a coach provide ? Like you cant just stand behind the bench so what is the system the sabres use to help these players winn?
As you know there are 2 basic schools of thought here.... force your system on the players irrespective of what their strengths, weaknesses and abilities are.
This works best if you already have a talent laden team.
The other approach is to adjust and adapt your coaching in accordance with the players you are given.
I think Ruff is doing the latter. It takes time to put that all together. Ruff's current team is NOT his 2003-04 team. That level of talent is not there.... except perhaps for todays squad's defense corp.
We are familiar with his coaching systems as applied in the past. He never ran a run and gun system. (Which is pretty much all this team has been good at.) Lindy ran a read and react transition trap, counter attack system last time I watched him coach the Sabres. He had the talent and the intelligence and quickness to make that happen. And if you didn't play the system, you sat.
This crew.....? (Laughs hysterically.)
So the approaches Lindy is applying are still in development. They have to be.