Guest Posted March 15, 2017 Report Share Posted March 15, 2017 Fyi: From Marty Biron today on twitter: '' I love Ted Nolan but I can tell you he wasn't a good coach anymore. Bylsma's a good coach. Not the problem." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WildCard Posted March 15, 2017 Report Share Posted March 15, 2017 Well Marty, you're wrong Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doohickie Posted March 15, 2017 Report Share Posted March 15, 2017 Fyi: From Marty Biron today on twitter: '' I love Ted Nolan but I can tell you he wasn't a good coach anymore. Bylsma's a good coach. Not the problem." This coming from Marty Biron, paid Buffalo Sabres analyst. #AltCoachFacts Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randall Flagg Posted March 15, 2017 Report Share Posted March 15, 2017 Twitter is pretty dumb. There's nothing of value, no analysis there. Same thing when Travis Yost or whomever tweets that Bylsma sucks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WildCard Posted March 15, 2017 Report Share Posted March 15, 2017 And since when was Nolan a good coach to begin with? 'Anymore'? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PASabreFan Posted March 15, 2017 Report Share Posted March 15, 2017 And since when was Nolan a good coach to begin with? 'Anymore'? Is good a relative notion? Can a bad coach take two teams to the playoffs in the NHL? Win the Adams? Have success in the Olympics? It's more like right/wrong. Nolan was the right coach for the Sabres the first time around. Bylsma is the wrong coach now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrueBlueGED Posted March 15, 2017 Report Share Posted March 15, 2017 Twitter is pretty dumb. There's nothing of value, no analysis there. Same thing when Travis Yost or whomever tweets that Bylsma sucks. Has Yost turned on Bylsma? There was a time not long ago he loved him some Disco Dan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randall Flagg Posted March 15, 2017 Report Share Posted March 15, 2017 Has Yost turned on Bylsma? There was a time not long ago he loved him some Disco Dan. That name came into my head because on the radio today he said that Jack and probably more players don't like Dan. I didn't catch how he feels about that, or anything else, so he still may like him, but I believe he called him a "dead man walking". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew Amerk Posted March 16, 2017 Report Share Posted March 16, 2017 I may not watch anymore games until DD is gone. And I've seen every game except one (thanks to a TWC screwup) since 1997. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StuckinFL Posted March 16, 2017 Report Share Posted March 16, 2017 I may not watch anymore games until DD is gone. And I've seen every game except one (thanks to a TWC screwup) since 1997. That's pretty much what I've been doing. I suffered through watching the tank but I can't stomach watching this team right now. At least the tank had a point. This just feels even more painful to watch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PASabreFan Posted March 16, 2017 Report Share Posted March 16, 2017 I may not watch anymore games until DD is gone. And I've seen every game except one (thanks to a TWC screwup) since 1997. This is strong. The Sabres need to know about it. So many have checked out, at least mentally. It's supposed to be fun. Has there been a more boring Sabres coach? Ted Sator maybe? When this guy is gone, no one is going to know he was here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randall Flagg Posted March 16, 2017 Report Share Posted March 16, 2017 This is strong. The Sabres need to know about it. So many have checked out, at least mentally. It's supposed to be fun. Has there been a more boring Sabres coach? Ted Sator maybe? When this guy is gone, no one is going to know he was here. I don't look fondly back at the Ottawa brawl, but when they did that Beyond the Blue and Gold special on it, I instantly was shot back to a time where the Sabres were the most fun part of my life. And my life was good. They were that fun. The game itself was incredible, taking the brawl out completely. Every game felt like a playoff game, we all wondered what amazing things we were going to see, there was a connection felt between every Buffalonian that felt the same way. The special made watching the rest of the BJs game fun, but by the end all of that faded away and I was back to thinking about what we have now. I get a low level enjoyment from watching Eichel and hoping he scores, and the rest is almost unpleasant. I'm still hooked, but there's a cloud over every single thought I have that concerns this organization, from Terry Pegula to Lauren Hall to Johan Larsson and Hudson Fasching. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kristian Posted March 16, 2017 Report Share Posted March 16, 2017 That's pretty much what I've been doing. I suffered through watching the tank but I can't stomach watching this team right now. At least the tank had a point. This just feels even more painful to watch. I feel dumped in the pre-tank, add-morons-like-Leino-years, where the only word I had to describe the Sabres were "futility". This team gives me the exact same feeling. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pi2000 Posted March 16, 2017 Report Share Posted March 16, 2017 I don't look fondly back at the Ottawa brawl, but when they did that Beyond the Blue and Gold special on it, I instantly was shot back to a time where the Sabres were the most fun part of my life. And my life was good. They were that fun. The game itself was incredible, taking the brawl out completely. Every game felt like a playoff game, we all wondered what amazing things we were going to see, there was a connection felt between every Buffalonian that felt the same way. The special made watching the rest of the BJs game fun, but by the end all of that faded away and I was back to thinking about what we have now. I get a low level enjoyment from watching Eichel and hoping he scores, and the rest is almost unpleasant. I'm still hooked, but there's a cloud over every single thought I have that concerns this organization, from Terry Pegula to Lauren Hall to Johan Larsson and Hudson Fasching. This team has no identity. What are they? Nobody knows. An enigma wrapped in a riddle. Not even they know who they are. Like a blind man in a house of mirrors. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Radar Posted March 16, 2017 Report Share Posted March 16, 2017 While I'm not sure who to blame but in any case this team and it's coach is uninspiring to say the least. Lacking an identity describes it best, I suppose. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doohickie Posted March 16, 2017 Report Share Posted March 16, 2017 This is strong. The Sabres need to know about it. So many have checked out, at least mentally. It's supposed to be fun. Has there been a more boring Sabres coach? Ted Sator maybe? When this guy is gone, no one is going to know he was here. Just like Ron whats-his-name... with the glasses. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mustache of God Posted March 16, 2017 Report Share Posted March 16, 2017 At this point is there anybody on this board in the "Don't Fire Bylsma" camp, anyone who thinks he's good for this team? And since when was Nolan a good coach to begin with? 'Anymore'? Nolan had a strategy he was able to employ that no other coach could during his first rodeo here: Play Hasek. Win games. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Claude Balls Posted March 16, 2017 Report Share Posted March 16, 2017 Harrington tweeted about getting thoughts on next years Winter Classic from Jack, ROR, Franson and Bylsma. I tweeted back, why bother asking DB, hopefully he won't be there. The coach has ruined the locker room. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doohickie Posted March 16, 2017 Report Share Posted March 16, 2017 That name came into my head because on the radio today he said that Jack and probably more players don't like Dan. I didn't catch how he feels about that, or anything else, so he still may like him, but I believe he called him a "dead man walking". It's fine not to like the coach. You can hate the coach, but as long as you're winning you can still follow him. It seems like some of the players hate the coach *and* they're not winning. You want the coach to maximize the performance of the team by maximizing performance of the individual players within his system. I think that even acknowledging there are problems with defense and overall depth, this team's performance is not even clsoe to being maximized. I thnk the proof of this is to look at how many points they lost after being in the lead halfway through the game or later. They're good enough to pull ahead of other teams; they should be good enough to consistently hold the lead. But they don't. I think this is a no-brainer. And since when was Nolan a good coach to begin with? 'Anymore'? I think if you say Marty's words in your head in Marty's French-Canadian voice, you'll find we're over-emphasizing that word. I think he was just filling out a sentence, not necessarily implying that Nolan was ever that good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doohickie Posted March 16, 2017 Report Share Posted March 16, 2017 I don't look fondly back at the Ottawa brawl, but when they did that Beyond the Blue and Gold special on it, I instantly was shot back to a time where the Sabres were the most fun part of my life. And my life was good. They were that fun. The game itself was incredible, taking the brawl out completely. Every game felt like a playoff game, we all wondered what amazing things we were going to see, there was a connection felt between every Buffalonian that felt the same way. The special made watching the rest of the BJs game fun, but by the end all of that faded away and I was back to thinking about what we have now. I get a low level enjoyment from watching Eichel and hoping he scores, and the rest is almost unpleasant. I'm still hooked, but there's a cloud over every single thought I have that concerns this organization, from Terry Pegula to Lauren Hall to Johan Larsson and Hudson Fasching. Now the connection is one of sympathy for each other; a kind of shared mourning (I say that as a Buffalo expat who goes to a lot of Bills Backers events). The joy is tempered by the knowledge that it's likely that his goals are futile- we'll lose in the end anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WildCard Posted March 16, 2017 Report Share Posted March 16, 2017 @ByMHarrington 27m27 minutes ago Seriously, people. If #Sabres fired Bylsma and hired Boston U's guy as their coach, how could ANYONE take them seriously? Come on. Well? Ironically, it's not like anyone can take Harrington seriously. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darksabre Posted March 16, 2017 Report Share Posted March 16, 2017 @ByMHarrington 27m27 minutes ago Seriously, people. If #Sabres fired Bylsma and hired Boston U's guy as their coach, how could ANYONE take them seriously? Come on. Well? Ironically, it's not like anyone can take Harrington seriously. Hires like that are literally how coaches get "discovered". Harrington is so dense. I mean, I'm not advocating that move, but if GMTM did it I wouldn't hate it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dudacek Posted March 16, 2017 Report Share Posted March 16, 2017 (edited) Would be kinda like Pittsburgh hiring that Wisconsin coach a few years back, Badger Bob Jackson? JOhnson? Nothing good ever comes from hiring them college boys. ???? Edited March 16, 2017 by dudacek Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 16, 2017 Report Share Posted March 16, 2017 (edited) Fyi: http://www.si.com/nhl/2016/01/25/jack-parker-dave-hakstol-flyers-ncca-coaches-pro Do y'all think PSE will eat $15 mill to fire DD to hire Jack's babysitter? Do we really want Jack to be making the coaching decisions? Edited March 16, 2017 by yse325 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WildCard Posted March 16, 2017 Report Share Posted March 16, 2017 Fyi: http://www.si.com/nhl/2016/01/25/jack-parker-dave-hakstol-flyers-ncca-coaches-pro Good article. And Hakstoll is a joke of a coach Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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