TheDawnOfANewTage
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Shocking: Lindy Ruff isn’t a good coach, and the owner is the problem in Buffalo
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How the f*** do u lose a game up 4-0 in the 1st? LOL
sabremike
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I think it's fair to note Ruff was forced to keep virtually the entire staff of the prior coach so didn't even get to bring in his own guys.
qc14
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Trust me I don't think Ruff is a great coach either but the roster is also just not that good -- obviously both reflect poorly on Pegula though
BHD
Here comes Skinner
I watched the video where Kevyn Adams highlights the way Ruff's teams play. That has not aged well.
BHD
Here comes Skinner
Ace
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How did Kevyn Adams escape this headline?
No organization would have hired him. He’s been there five years. Spent to the floor three of them…claiming he needed money for future contracts…which is not only not how the cap works…but it’s to keep a team together that doesn’t win.
He’s an unqualified yes man. And he has to go immediately.
No organization would have hired him. He’s been there five years. Spent to the floor three of them…claiming he needed money for future contracts…which is not only not how the cap works…but it’s to keep a team together that doesn’t win.
He’s an unqualified yes man. And he has to go immediately.
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Ruff isn’t a great coach but he doesn’t exactly have the greatest roster to work with
LevelingSolo
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benfranklin
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Ive been saying it since Skinner signed his 8 year deal, this team has a culture problem.
They tried to try too soon after drafting Eichel thinking their rebuild was done and it was all downhill from there.
Dont fall for the coach problem Sabreland. You need to cut off the head of the snake and its been one bad GM after another there. You cant fire the owner, so need a GM with some balls that will tell the owner to f*** off on decision making.
They tried to try too soon after drafting Eichel thinking their rebuild was done and it was all downhill from there.
Dont fall for the coach problem Sabreland. You need to cut off the head of the snake and its been one bad GM after another there. You cant fire the owner, so need a GM with some balls that will tell the owner to f*** off on decision making.
Dietpepsi
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The roster is average. The team is average. They are middling in the standings.
Let's not pretend it takes talent to put up 4 in the first on Fourgiev. If you can't score at least 2 in the first 3 shots on the Avs you're in the bottom 5 of the league this year.
I wish I was exaggerating.
I wish I was exaggerating.
Lt Dan
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Uncle Scrooge
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Obviously this is an ugly loss, but it’s also the Avs in a desperation spot. They’re capable of big comebacks, and I think they came back from 3-0 against the Stars and Leafs last year. Those are two playoff teams, so in a vacuum it’s not like losing this game has to define the Sabres.
The bigger problem to me is how they lost 3-0 to the Islanders the game before - a huge game from every angle whether it’s standings, already dropping 1 against the Isles or just avoiding a 3-game losing streak. That doesn’t set you up well to win a game like this, and a 4-0 lead so early in the game was probably a bigger surprise than losing a lead against MacKinnon and co.
The bigger problem to me is how they lost 3-0 to the Islanders the game before - a huge game from every angle whether it’s standings, already dropping 1 against the Isles or just avoiding a 3-game losing streak. That doesn’t set you up well to win a game like this, and a 4-0 lead so early in the game was probably a bigger surprise than losing a lead against MacKinnon and co.
Crosby2010
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I'll give the Sabres a bit of slack. This is Nathan MacKinnon who orchestrated this comeback. He scored the first goal, he scored the tying goal and he assisted on the winner. It wasn't a comeback from the Montreal Canadiens or anything. But yeah, you can't lose a game when you are up 4-0 at home. Much of that goes on the shoulders of the coach, and that's Ruff.
Some Other Flame
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Yeah, it's pretty obviously a cultural issue and it starts at the top with Pegula's vision and the people he hires.
No easy way to get rid of the owner though
No easy way to get rid of the owner though
Is he a goaltender that's fire & ice, or very average that goes on streaks?
I know from the days the Pens faced him on the Rangers he was mostly crap, but somehow always in the conversation of talented Russian tenders (Sorokin, Shesterkin, Vasilevskiy, and sometimes Bobrovsky/Varlamov).
TruePowerSlave
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Their entire core can’t play defence. From their defenceman to their fowards. Terrible management that constructed this team.
ORRFForever
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I like Ruff as a coach but he's not doing a good job of managing his young talent. Having said that, he's forgotten more about hockey than I will ever know
He gets it right with the Bills but not the Sabres.
Don't hear anything about the owner when discussing the Bills.
