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  1. The Next Coach of the Buffalo Sabres

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    Just stop.

     

    People who post to a Sabres message board in mid-May after a turbl season are probably in the top -- what -- 2 or 3% among Sabre fans who consume information about the team and the league. If you so happen to be in top -- what -- .5% or .25% of fans who know who the up and coming AHL coaches are of a team that I still sorta think of as being in the Campbell Conference, well then bully for you.

     

    But don't throw shade on how others follow the game, team, league.

     

    Edit: And I see you're new to the place, so you should get a pass for taking a fairly gratuitous swipe at a venerable (yeah I typed it) long-time poster like LabattBlue.

    Venereal maybe.

    I admire your commitment to posting long after your credibility on this topic went up in flames.

    What did I do now?

  3. The Next Coach of the Buffalo Sabres

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    If I'm TP I hire Bylsma before Babcock reveals his decision. This has already taken on a LeBron-James-free-agency vibe. I don't want the team to be tarnished by Babcock turning us down. It makes any coaching hire we make look like a runner up. Didn't we just go through that with the draft lottery?

    It wouldn't change the perception. People would see right through it.

     

    I'm trying to hold my fire. But, geez, how many people can look at the situation in Buffalo and say, "Nah..." I'd even count Lindy and Darcy in that group.

  14. The Next Coach of the Buffalo Sabres

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    I don't think this is an actual report. I think Hammy boy is just being pissy that the national media is reporting on his team. Friedman didn't say that the major pitch happened now. I'm sure that the major pitch happened when he visited Buffalo, but the pitch probably didn't stop there. I'm sure there's an ongoing pursuit.

    "Now it's believed that the Sabres are putting together a big pitch," ...

     

    "Now" could be just a throwaway word, like starting a sentence with "Well." But the present tense "are" seems to be saying the big pitch is new.

  21. What would you do to increase offense?

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    Posted · Edited by PASabreFan

    Isn't there a more direct way to do this, if the "league" wants it? Owners (governors) get in a room and agree to direct their GMs to buiild more offensive teams and hire more offensive-minded coaches, or hire new GMs to do it, if the dinosaurs balk. Macro change vs. micro change.

     

    Does the "problem" of scoring in the NHL result in the need for that meeting? Nah. Everything's too golden right now for anyone to be worried about whether their customers are satisfied. They neglect the game at their peril. I can tell you I can't get a young relative, boy or girl, to watch a hockey game with me. "Oh my God, it's so boring." It's how I feel about basketball, and they'll watch basketball.

  22. The Next Coach of the Buffalo Sabres

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    Maybe I'm girding myself for the inevitable letdown, but, after trying to keep an open mind, I'm kind of done with Babcock. He comes off a little too diva-like.

     

    “I’ve said this before: There’s not a better job. There’s a different job,” Babcock said. “So you’ve got to be careful.”

     

    How to read that? Maybe: he knows how good he has it in Detroit with Holland and ownership and he knows his compensation is going to go up. What does, say, Buffalo really offer? It's a different job, not a better one, despite the extra millions Terry might kick in over the course of the contract.

     

    Here, the different job is one he wants to be careful about. It's still a major build. We overvalue our kids; Babcock won't. This is where the diva comes in. He's said it in too many ways. He wants the almost-perfect spot where he can keep winning (instant gratification). Is he insecure about his coaching abilities or just being realistic about how coaching can't overcome a talent deficiency? He'll stay in Detroit because he knows that's his best shot of winning in the short term. They may be getting a little long in the tooth, but it's not like that franchise is going to just fall on hard times.

     

    He's not up to doing the hard, dirty work in Buffalo? Fine. Let's move on.

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