TrueBlueGED Posted April 14, 2019 Report Share Posted April 14, 2019 37 minutes ago, Hoss said: Precisely. Life is stressful enough. Coaching is an area where there simply isn't enough data available to fans for us to actually know anything. I'll continue to think it's a useless exercise to get worked up over candidates. It's definitely a huge moment for the franchise but see above. On the other hand, arguing with incomplete information is so American it may as well have been in the Declaration of Independence! Maybe specific candidates are hard to evaluate, but I do think it's interesting to see what different people value in general. 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoss Posted April 14, 2019 Report Share Posted April 14, 2019 6 minutes ago, TrueBlueGED said: On the other hand, arguing with incomplete information is so American it may as well have been in the Declaration of Independence! Maybe specific candidates are hard to evaluate, but I do think it's interesting to see what different people value in general. I definitely check this thread often to see what people think and say about certain candidates, but I giggle whenever someone shows any sort of excessive angst. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doohickie Posted April 15, 2019 Report Share Posted April 15, 2019 16 hours ago, PASabreFan said: It's fun, I suppose. No, this is just social media. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doohickie Posted April 15, 2019 Report Share Posted April 15, 2019 14 hours ago, Weave said: I think the same is true of prospects as well. I can't get overly excited when I'm nowhere near qualified to make a judgement about them. Sure, but why let that stop you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Huckleberry Posted April 15, 2019 Report Share Posted April 15, 2019 We will have to wait a while longer anyway, Botts is with team Canada now. Suppose he has some candidates he can spend time with in Ruff and AV. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ogelthorpe Posted April 15, 2019 Report Share Posted April 15, 2019 Any rumors on possible candidates? In NOLA so out of the loop for the week. Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dudacek Posted April 15, 2019 Report Share Posted April 15, 2019 McLellan is the only name that we know the Sabres have talked to, or that is/was even on their list. Lots of other names, but they are just speculation from the usual sources. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WildCard Posted April 15, 2019 Report Share Posted April 15, 2019 McKenzie tweeted out that we have 3 people on our list. I'm assuming McLellan was one, AV likely another, and the 3rd is a mystery Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoss Posted April 15, 2019 Report Share Posted April 15, 2019 27 minutes ago, WildCard said: McKenzie tweeted out that we have 3 people on our list. I'm assuming McLellan was one, AV likely another, and the 3rd is a mystery I looked it up and McKenzie never tweeted this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LGR4GM Posted April 15, 2019 Report Share Posted April 15, 2019 51 minutes ago, WildCard said: McKenzie tweeted out that we have 3 people on our list. I'm assuming McLellan was one, AV likely another, and the 3rd is a mystery Why? It sounds like he lost his NYR job because he wasn't good at developing a young roster. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WildCard Posted April 15, 2019 Report Share Posted April 15, 2019 26 minutes ago, Hoss said: I looked it up and McKenzie never tweeted this. Yeah I can't find it. I've searched all the TSN tweets, wgr tweets, 31 thoughts articles...nothing. Maybe I'm miss-remembering, but I could have sworn the phrase 3-4 candidates was thrown out there 4 minutes ago, LGR4GM said: Why? It sounds like he lost his NYR job because he wasn't good at developing a young roster. Experience guy who took two different teams to the Cup would be my guess Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoss Posted April 15, 2019 Report Share Posted April 15, 2019 (edited) 5 minutes ago, WildCard said: Yeah I can't find it. I've searched all the TSN tweets, wgr tweets, 31 thoughts articles...nothing. Maybe I'm miss-remembering, but I could have sworn the phrase 3-4 candidates was thrown out there Experience guy who took two different teams to the Cup would be my guess He said McLellan was “one of a number” of candidates for Buffalo. Maybe somebody else out there put a number on it? Either way my guess is the candidate list is long than that. Edited April 15, 2019 by Hoss Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brawndo Posted April 15, 2019 Report Share Posted April 15, 2019 Check the most recent 31 Thoughts Podcast. I believe Friedman might have said something similar to that during the Buffalo Segment. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dudacek Posted April 15, 2019 Report Share Posted April 15, 2019 (edited) 1 hour ago, LGR4GM said: Why? It sounds like he lost his NYR job because he wasn't good at developing a young roster. That was essentially what Dave Maloney said on GR. Which is interesting, because Kesler, Bieksa, Edler and Burrows sure blossomed under his watch in Vancouver, as did the Sedins, although they were mid-20s by then. I’m not sure what young guys AV mishandled with the Rangers either. The young guys when he arrived were Kreider, Hayes, McDonough, Skjei and Miller. They seemed to develop just fine. Zibanejad got better this year with him gone, but he’s not a kid any more. Vesey? Buchnevich? Who were the kids Maloney is talking about? Edited April 15, 2019 by dudacek 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Radar Posted April 15, 2019 Report Share Posted April 15, 2019 1 hour ago, LGR4GM said: Why? It sounds like he lost his NYR job because he wasn't good at developing a young roster. GR had guy on who said this. Of course Simon immediately crossed AV off list. Rivet on Instigators seemed to pew,pew it. Said he liked him as coach. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derrico Posted April 15, 2019 Report Share Posted April 15, 2019 Yep. Talking heads are going to taking head. Show me some real examples to back it up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tom webster Posted April 15, 2019 Report Share Posted April 15, 2019 Marty Biron said AV only coach he hates. Everyone else has said he is more of a Marv Levy type delegator who leans on his veterans. Nail in coffin would seem to be questions about his communication abilities since that seems to be a big thing with JBOT. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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LGR4GM Posted April 15, 2019 Report Share Posted April 15, 2019 Solves that problem 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tom webster Posted April 15, 2019 Report Share Posted April 15, 2019 Just now, LGR4GM said: Solves that problem My thoughts exactly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew Amerk Posted April 15, 2019 Report Share Posted April 15, 2019 Getting closer and closer to Gronborg. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabel79 Posted April 15, 2019 Report Share Posted April 15, 2019 As the dominos fall, it appears more and more like there’s a long game being played, a candidate yet to shake loose. That, or nobody has any clue what they’re doing. I’m gonna hope it’s the first thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrueBlueGED Posted April 15, 2019 Report Share Posted April 15, 2019 1 hour ago, Derrico said: Yep. Talking heads are going to taking head. Show me some real examples to back it up. 20 minutes ago, tom webster said: Marty Biron said AV only coach he hates. Everyone else has said he is more of a Marv Levy type delegator who leans on his veterans. Nail in coffin would seem to be questions about his communication abilities since that seems to be a big thing with JBOT. It's a moot point now with him going to Philly, but one thing I had thought about is his year away from the game. How many of the top end coaches actually take a year off after being fired? Boudreau, Trotz, Laviolette, Julien...all those guys were unemployed for like 3 microseconds. The Dan Bylsma's of the world are the ones who take time off because they're not actually that highly in demand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WildCard Posted April 15, 2019 Report Share Posted April 15, 2019 (edited) We're gonna hire Todd Richards, book it Edited April 15, 2019 by WildCard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WildCard Posted April 15, 2019 Report Share Posted April 15, 2019 25 minutes ago, Andrew Amerk said: Getting closer and closer to Gronborg. Great article on him https://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/nhl/rikard-gronborg-nhls-first-european-head-coach-since-2001/ If was in North America, or had previous HC experience in the NHL, we'd be all over him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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