shrader
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41 minutes ago, That Aud Smell said:
I need a multi-episode, well-produced "BTS" of this guy's life.
I get the feeling that it would put you to sleep. And that’s not to mock the guy, I’d take that life any day.
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26 minutes ago, ... said:
Not sure what anyone could expect from a 28-page thread titled "Lindy Ruff officially hired as Sabres HC".
I would be interested to see what others think would be happening in here right now other than what is actually happening.
Recipe swaps? Some odd tangent into a discussion on stick blade curves? A debate over which year Miata is the best?
It’s too bad that it was pre-internet. I’d be curious to see what the first thread with that title looked like.
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I’m driving through a Costco parking lot right by the front entrance. This guy wearing obnoxiously large headphones no look walks out in front of my car, tapping away at his phone. Really, it’s no big deal, I’m paying attention and I full expect to stop in front of stores. This douche then proceeds to stop right in front of my car in the middle of the crosswalk and continues to tap away on the phone. I have so little hope for the future of mankind.
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Just now, darksabre said:
Let's check in to see if everyone is being normal about this.
Oh
Yeah, it’s truly riveting stuff in this thread. And we wonder why people constantly disappear around here.
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I love that story from a few years ago about how Kiper has DVDs of the Carson era Tonight Show and he watches them Monday-Friday at 11:30 each night.
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1 hour ago, SwampD said:
I would bet money that they know English just fine. It’s just easier than telling you they don’t care.
I heard the English before I said a word to them. If they’re out there again today, I already have the more creative responses cued up.
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My neighbors across the street are building an extension on their house. They started the framing yesterday. During their break, the workers were laying down napping in my yard. I went outside and told them they were in the wrong yard and one responded “what did you say?”. I said it again and then got nothing but “no English”.
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7 hours ago, Doohickie said:
Yeah but they're not "eating babies" mean, are they?
You don’t eat babies when you’re in your own market.
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10 minutes ago, Brawndo said:
The Sharks have fired HC David Quinn.
This would be a good landing spot for Donny Granato.
They couldn’t have been expecting better this year. That’s probably a lucky turn of events for Quinn.
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My islander fan neighbor kept his kids home from school yesterday because “canes fans are mean”. Ladies and gentlemen, the future of America.
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18 hours ago, inkman said:
But that’s about a rule in a league with nonsensical rules abound. It’s not, “do you know how you busted your ass for years to finally achieve the ultimate goal, well that doesn’t mean ***** because of Jay McKee’s stef infection”.
At the end of the day, one guy has his ring and the other doesn’t. Adams isn’t losing any sleep over that comment.
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4 minutes ago, inkman said:
So Adams just laid there and took it. I guess that’s how things work. Your boss pays you millions, you better learn to be emasculated and embarrassed on the reg.
Ruff had to sit there and take it with no goal questions in Dallas.
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I hope you got some of those Robocop add ons.
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30 minutes ago, That Aud Smell said:
Gotcha. I'd be surprised if Lindy had 3 or more years left on his Devils deal. My guess is that a no double dipping clause would, if carefully drafted, anticipate a scenario where the remaining term on a Devils deal could outlast the term on a subsequent deal (and then likewise wipe out the Devils' obligation to pay in that event). YMMV, as @Taro T often says.
Well at least they don’t have to give away draft compensation anymore for hiring a fired coach. What a truly awful rule that was.
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1 minute ago, That Aud Smell said:
Good question. I'd guess no more than 2. There should be (?) setoff/offset language in the Devils' contract (i.e., no double dippin').
Also: Shoutout to a DEAL WITH THE DEVIL.
Yeah, no double dipping, but I have no idea what a two year deal does if you have more than two years remaining. I assume the original team is still on the hook for those extra years, but that’s just a guess. Lawyerese confuses me.
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9 minutes ago, PromoTheRobot said:
Or Appert will join as Lindy's assistant and future HC. Ruff retires or joins FO.
Almost like you wrote it.
It’s subscription so I can only read the first few lines. That said, Lambert has always been a douche daring back to his college days. The first line at that link shows to me that he’s still that douche.
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2 hours ago, MISabresFan said:
You’ve followed up your useless commentary with even more useless commentary. Touché.
Look, just because some guys aren’t cut out for head coaching jobs doesn’t mean that they aren’t very good at other roles.
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20 minutes ago, That Aud Smell said:
A 2-year deal?
That's interesting, actually.
You hear that coaches don't want to be lame ducks. Isn't that what happened with Granato when he got extended in early 2023 through 2025-2026? Lindy will start out in the penultimate year of his deal.
Hmm. Bets being hedged? On both sides?
I wonder what was remaining on his deal with the Devils.
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2 hours ago, dudacek said:
Arbour has zero loser points, Lindy 153. Doesn’t show how many OT wins he had.
I agree that career winning percentage isn’t great proof of a coach’s ability. And I agree with your point, even if it wasn’t the one I was trying to make.
Mine was that it’s kinda like ranking goalies based on the same stat. Too many underlying variables.
Just for the record, I don’t care one bit about the loser points. Those are ties. The shoot out win is the phony point.
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Just now, dudacek said:
Ties count as zero. This is wins as a percentage of games coached.
Ok, so then I have zero use for this metric. Arbour and Ruff are tied, but a 2-2 final score can wind up as a positive outcome for one but not the other.
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2 hours ago, MISabresFan said:
Phil Housley, Matt Ellis, Matt Barnaby, and Ron Rolston. Rob Ray as special consultant.
Just for the record, Phil Housley is the associate coach of this year’s Presidents’ Trophy winning team. So maybe we don’t mock him as an assistant.
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9 minutes ago, dudacek said:
I think it’s kinda interesting that career winning percentage is being used as a mark against Lindy. Here are 10 of his peers:
- Darryl Sutter .498
- Pat Burns .492
- Pat Quinn .489
- Jacques Lemaire .489
- Lindy Ruff .487
- Al Arbour .487
- Mike Keenan .485
- John Torterella .480
- Dick Irvin .477
- Paul Maurice .470
And for fun:
- Punch Imlach .452
The winning percentage of the modern guys, Lindy included, gets inflated a bit by shoot outs and the newer OT rules.
But anyway, I’m assuming these count tie as a half, but do you know if that’s the case?
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If they are going for a more experienced coaching staff, I wonder if he tries to reunite with James Patrick. It looks like he’s coach towards the middle/bottom of the pack, first year with a new team in the WHL. Otherwise, it doesn’t really look like he has “his guy” anymore, maybe Chris Taylor who was on the NJ staff.
I’ll be very curious to see what new blood he winds up with as at least one of the assistants.
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With what we’ve run out there in the last decade, pretty much every game next year, the coach with more wins will be behind our bench. Sadly, the rare game where that isn’t the case is the in-division matchup with Florida.
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