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I'm just telling you what I heard from people who knew him. He wanted to rise in ranks in the organization and some found his way of doing so distasteful.

This. Much will be known about Jarmo soon. Shake the bottle, I say

My experience is that most people over-promoted are the last to realize they are in over their head. In my opinion this doesn’t make them bad people. More importantly, I think most of the best current GM’s are first timers. Probably a function of a switch to a more analytics driven league.

I understand the hesitation to move on from Lindy and hand it to Appert. If one of the above are Jarmo's preference, go for it. Unless Jarmo starts off with a bang of a trade that clearly makes the team better, I think a coaching change is the way.

We got the change we asked for with Adam’s departure. Expect Jarmo will elevate the operation and reset the roster. Have hope again.

Really hate the idea of giving anyone that is more likely to be a bad coach than not the reigns as an interim coach. Midseason coaching changes USUALLY work just by giving the players a different voice to be following even when the tactics don't change significantly. And sometimes those coaching changes that work ONLY work because of that - see Ron Rolston as the poster boy of that situation. And IMHO Appert is more likely to be a bad coach than a successful one when he's implementing everything from scratch the way he wants it. Should he be named the HC, truly hope that expectation is wrong. But would rather they give DeBoer, Leone, or even Prospal or Peca the reigns than Appert. Heck, would rather have Tortorella as the HC than Appert even though expect that would have a fairly short window of working. Know Pegula would never hire him, but is Gallant still available and willing?

Playfair: "My grandmother put shaving cream in my hand while I was sleeping once...."

I wasn’t alive for either of these hires. That timeline is crazy. It does make me wonder now what proportion of GM hires around the league are fist timers. Maybe this number isn’t all that crazy.

That's not necessarily a given. Exhibit A: Bill Polian with the Bills.

Eh, he lived to tell about it. How many others could've made that claim? 😉

I wouldn't be surprised if it happens within a week. I think Jarmo knew this was happening and has been making plans. If his guy is available, why not switch now? Alternately, if Appert is a possibility for the long term, give him the interim tag now and give him 50 games to prove himself.

Lindy has lost his fastball. I said it a year ago to the day (tomorrow) and I was correct. With that said, I am letting him ride out the season. Maybe it’s nostalgia, maybe it’s vibes, maybe it is because it is hard to hire a new full staff midseason, or maybe it’s because I don’t want Appert as interim. It’s probably all of that. But I’m not putting Lindy out to pasture midseason UNLESS he wants to ride out this last season as a front office advisor. This team isn’t going anywhere this season as constructed. I need a coaching bloodletting and full offseason coaching search. The time for that is April.

It's not relevant because of the guy who was just fired. He was fired because he did not make the team relevant. This makes it a doubly relevant story.

Hopefully Jarmo is blowing up DeBoer's Agent's phone right now.

They’ve only ever hired two GM’s with previous GM experience; Punch Imlach and Bowman, who wasn’t GM in Montreal but was GM with St. Louis

That makes him the best man!

Hallelujah

What’s so wrong about telling a guy that his mustache needs to go?

1 team just fired their GM. It's really too much to ask them to stfu about Allen puking for 15 min and not take Bob in Tonawandas call until next segment?

Perhaps my imagination is not capable enough.

Unadulterated speculation! The joy of message boards. I will be curious of the initial moves: 1) Tuch -- extend or move? Quinn and Jarry mean the trade market is open for business. 2) Does Ruff get more autonomy for his staff? Will there be assistant coaching moves? Or is Ruff going directly upstairs now and a new head coach is in the cards?

When was the last time the Sabres hired an experienced NHL GM, someone who previously held an NHL GM job? I think it’s Bowman. Think on that one for a second.

Note to self: get some hobbies.

I think Kevyn's fault (which I initially thought was a strength) was that I got the impression he communicated two ways with Terry and got Terry's input/buy-in on all major moves. I think he tried to steer the club in his desired direction, but within the constraints Terry put on him. I feel that Jarmo is aware of this dynamic and accepted the position only after putting boundaries in place with respect to Terry's inputs/buy-in/meddling. I hope that he told Terry that while he appreciates that Terry is an avid fan, he needs to stay out of the decision making process, barring certain, pre-specified conditions. Instead of the guardrails being on the GM, the guardrails will now be on the owner. In exchange for this freedom, Jarmo has promised certain milestones be reached with respect to making the playoffs, winning playoff series, etc., and if he doesn't make the promised milestones then Terry can re-evaluate Jarmo's position as GM. Executive positions typically have expected targets/goals. Terry will understand if Jarmo demands certain freedoms in exchange for commitments to team goals.

I still can’t believe JK got Panarin for Saad. That alone tells me he knows something about gm’ing.