By giving up 5 or more goals and not scoring anymore.How the f*** do u lose a game up 4-0 in the 1st? LOL
By giving up 5 or more goals and not scoring anymore.How the f*** do u lose a game up 4-0 in the 1st? LOL
I became a bit of a Sabres fan back in the Briere/Drury days. I'd really like for them to be good again.
Maybe Kevyn Adams is the wrong GM again. But you can't fire the GM every 2 or 3 years, or no plan ever gets implemented. And they've gone through a number of coaches with similar results. The only coach I think was a real dud was Ralph Kreuger. Ruff is a bit of a dinosaur, but he's also had a great history in Buffalo.
Can Sabres fans enlighten me a bit on the Pegula situation. I always hear that they meddle in the process, or that Adams is just a yes man. But what meddling/forced-decisions have actually happened? Aside from the Eichel drama, that was poorly handled by everyone involved, I don't know of anything Terry Pegula has done to interfere.
Yes, and that team was…. avalancheI've seen teams come back from 5-0 as well.
It happens, although rare.
Wasnt one of those scraps Tage Thompson?You're probably never going to get a GM to go on the record saying "The owner forced me to make that bad move", but there's been a few bad decisions that owner interference seems highly likely.
1) Trading Ryan O'Reilly for scraps a few hours before he was due to be paid a $7 million bonus
2) Jeff Skinner 8x10 full NMC contract
In addition to meddling, he's also been quite cheap since covid hit in 2020. Fired almost the entire scouting department and we're routinely at the bottom of the league in terms of salary cap. Two different seasons we had to acquire a guy on LTIRetirement just to hit the cap floor.
How is it the owners fault?
Didn’t the guy own the Bills too? They’re very good. Maybe the Sabres continue to struggle because their core guys aren’t as good as needed to be a winner?Hes the reason the team can't hire any competent, experienced executive to run the whole thing. Hence why they are left hiring yes men like Adams. Who then make poor decisions.
Why did ROR, Reinhardt, and Eichel want out of Buffalo?Does a core of Eichel, Reinhart, Dahlin, Power, Cozens, ROR and Peterka make the playoffs?
I would like to watch it too. Do you know how to post a link to it?I watched the video where Kevyn Adams highlights the way Ruff's teams play. That has not aged well.
It's impossible to discuss coaching without discussing other aspects of the team along with it. You either discuss why Lindy is at fault completely, or you need to give your reasons for why he isn't (or at least isn't solely to blame).I feel like any convo about the Sabres spirals off into a million different directions, and I was looking to focus on that game’s coaching in particular.
We had the talent to go up 4-0. We sat on our heels, Lindy didn’t solve that, it’s an embarrassing loss and one we really couldn’t afford. We’ve given away so many key games already this year, like another big loss to the Habs, and honestly- anyone blaming the roster or GM, no, our lineup should beat the Habs 9 outta 10 times, especially if it’s a track meet like last game was. But nope, we lose to them, the Islanders, and now a complete meltdown when we really couldn’t afford it.
Blue Jackets today, can’t wait for a 3-2 squeaker of a win so we can pretend for just a bit longer.
Again, just ask yourself- would you want Lindy as your head coach for any other team? No, so there’s your most immediate problem. You aren’t gonna win shit in this league without a decent coach.
It's impossible to discuss coaching without discussing other aspects of the team along with it. You either discuss why Lindy is at fault completely, or you need to give your reasons for why he isn't (or at least isn't solely to blame).