Pat Lafontaine resigns position with team

[caley]

My favourite thing about this speculation is Bruce Garrioch randomly tweeting this

"I won't be wearing a Fedora," says LaFontaine. #Sens

Then several minutes later

"I won't be wearing a Fedora," said Tortorella. #Sens

The replies to that first one are great: "Are you hearing something" "What does this mean?"

 

[Duddy]

No thanks

Yeah, I mean why would you want a guy that can work with youth and knows something about development. Not like the Sabres need that in the next few years.

 

[Sabre Dance]

Twitter strikes again

Matthew Barnaby ‏@MattBarnaby3636 1m

Jr Sabres was inside joke. Sorry lol

 

[Shmuffalo]

Why does Drama follow Nolan? Now I get why this guy was blackballed.

Holy jump to conclusions mat.

 

[NuxFan09]

Can someone fill me in on the root of this situation? It's maddening when I log on to Twitter and I see random tweets about something without knowing the basis of it.

So there might be an executive shakeup or there's some drama surrounding Coach Ted Nolan. What's the basis here or is this pure, 100% speculation at this point?

 

[Fly Boy]

You guys should know that rabi just posted a thread guessing Nolan out and Peca in. Don't know if he's got inside info on this one.

 

[Paxon]

Yeah, I mean why would you want a guy that can work with youth and knows something about development. Not like the Sabres need that in the next few years.

I don't think he's shown himself to be a particularly good NHL coach. It's not necessary that every name has to have past ties to the Sabres organization.

 

[OcAirlines]

You guys should know that rabi just posted a thread speculating Nolan out and Peca in.

Why should we know that?

 

[cybresabre]

Why should we know that?

http://hfboards.mandatory.com/showthread.php?t=1614223

 

[Team Cozens]

"All the hubbub is over Nolan. Nothing is done with anybody yet, but it's definitely over Teddy."
- From a good source

3 wins in a row was ruining the tank??

 

[ZZamboni]

could it involve Peca as well then?

edit: I hope we are really making a big deal out of nothing because things have been seeming to go so smoothly lately

Some are (and enjoy) making a big deal out of things. Others will just sit idly by and wait for the real details to emerge instead of reaching and reacting to those reaches.

 

[Beerz]

Some are (and enjoy) making a big deal out of things. Others will just sit idly by and wait for the real details to emerge instead of reaching and reacting to those reaches.

So why not wait till facts come out to post?

 

[misterchainsaw]

Why should we know that?

Rabi has a track record of obtaining accurate info before anybody else has it. Most notably, he broke McKee being out of Game 7 with the Hurricanes before anyone else IIRC.

 

[silverfish]

Can someone fill me in on the root of this situation? It's maddening when I log on to Twitter and I see random tweets about something without knowing the basis of it.

So there might be an executive shakeup or there's some drama surrounding Coach Ted Nolan. What's the basis here or is this pure, 100% speculation at this point?

Looks like the rumor is Murray wants Nolan gone, but LaFontaine ain't having it.

 

[HiddenInLight]

So why not wait till facts come out to post?

If everyone did that, this forum would get really boring really quick.

 

[Doug Prishpreed]

Did you guys see Nolan's very sad-faced post-game the other night, first game back from the olympics? People guessed that he was sad Miller was leaving but I have a feeling it was over news about his own position. Just a guess, but perhaps Murray told him he was likely on his way out earlier that day? And maybe Patty was upset over it, so now they're both on the way out?

 

[Sabre Dance]

So Pegula probably shared a donut with peca this morning and offered him the Sabres head coaching job.

 

[Karate Johnson*]

LaFontaine needs to resign. Too many cooks in the kitchen, and he's doing exactly what he said he wouldn't


Ted Black resigning puts to rest the false notion that he isn't involved in the hockey stuff.

 

[NotABadPeriod]

We all knew this was going to be a problem with having a coach in place before the GM. Despite all the claims of how it could work, if keeping Nolan was not a requirement for the GM gig, things were gonna get messy. The real question I have is why now...why not in the offseason?

 

[Beerz]

So Pegula probably shared a donut with peca this morning and offered him the Sabres head coaching job.

 

[boots electric]

Also, someone should tell Patty that his loyalty is to the organization, not Ted Nolan

 

[ZZamboni]

So Pegula probably shared a donut with peca this morning and offered him the Sabres head coaching job.

Ooooooh Burn!

 

[Push Dr Tracksuit]

Can't see Black threatening to resign over Nolan.

Blacks loyalties being anywhere with Pegula seasm far fetched at best

 

[Myllz]

I don't get what the big deal about Nolan is. He was hired to be temporary, so why is it a big deal if Murray wants to can him? If all this is legit, LaFontaine did a pretty garbage job of vetting Murray if he didn't ask his opinion on keeping Nolan.

 

[flyingpig]

We all knew this was going to be a problem with having a coach in place before the GM. Despite all the claims of how it could work, if keeping Nolan was not a requirement for the GM gig, things were gonna get messy. The real question I have is why now...why not in the offseason?

exactly.

Unless Nolan demanded the extension and was told no by Murray.

Hell, at least wait until after the deadline...