SabresVet

Any decent HC interviewee was interviewing KA to see what his plan was. DG had some results with young kids and that's nice. But teams have more film on him and results don't always carry over from one season to another. Underwhelming hire, but not surprising.

If this were a real franchise, they'd have the org structure in place beginning at the top first. But they don't. It reminds me of the Islanders during the summer Tavares was moved. Lamoriello was hired, who in turn hired Trotz and NYI made a 23 point improvement the following season despite losing their best player. It takes high organizational aptitude do turn things around. There needs to be stability above the HC level to produce a winning team and the Sabres don't have that. It doesn't help to have Adams as the GM when he's seen as the owners' pet hire who doesn't have the latitude to act as a GM should.

Long time lurker, but here goes. The torches and pitchforks out for Jack are aiming a little low. He's not perfect, but definitely not the root cause to all the dysfunction either. Management and the people who hire them impact an organization more than your best player does. To that point... Ownership's influence over personnel decisions on and off-ice makes it all but impossible to assemble a winning team. Imagine being a GM and you're told whom to re-sign, the terms of a contract and then watch as the scouting staff all but purged. What franchise can win with that level of meddling? And what decent hockey executive type would work under those conditions? Getting rid of Jack seems inevitable, but it won't repair what's wrong. Nor will recycling good or better players for younger ones that have "potential." The team is where they are because ownership doesn't have a clue and remain locked in their echo chamber.