Will the Sabres be better coached this year?

[dudacek]

From Rachel Lenzi in the Buffalo News:

 

As much as people say they’re ready for change, they’re also inherently resistant to it, or the possibility of being changed. That’s not a knock on the Sabres or their players, but something that has been studied on scientific, psychological and organizational levels.

Ruff didn’t have a good chunk of time to implement his own philosophies under the proverbial and physical roofs of training camp in Buffalo. The Sabres began training camp Sept. 18, then traveled to Europe in a matter of days, to prepare to open the 2024-25 season against New Jersey in Prague. That’s a lot of logistics to juggle, from Ruff’s standpoint, from a player’s standpoint and from an organizational standpoint. Now, in NFL parlance, throw in a four-inch-thick playbook of entirely new concepts to learn, and there’s a lot to manage and absorb.

I think the team looked poorly coached last year.

How much of that was due to what Lenzi mentions: transition from Granato and lack of prep time?

Will we see a more cohesive, together team this year as a result of those obstacles being removed?

[Pimlach]

At what point did the slow start and the travel to Europe become an excuse?  

They recovered and moved into a playoff position for a short time, and then they completely fell apart, lost 13 in a row (or something like that), and made no moves to stop the bleeding.  They were dead by US Thanksgiving once again.  

They had a strong finish when the backup goalie got hot and they were playing with no pressure on them.  

They have the exact same coaches so they are probably not any better coached. 

-  They might better understand what the coaches want. 

-  They might see more young players mature and get better.  

-  They might have a few players step up and lead better.  

[Archie Lee]

New Jersey was worse that the Sabres in 23-24, had a new coach last year and had the same short camp and travel issues. 

Edited 4 hours ago by Archie Lee

[LGR4GM]

44 minutes ago, dudacek said:

From Rachel Lenzi in the Buffalo News:

 

As much as people say they’re ready for change, they’re also inherently resistant to it, or the possibility of being changed. That’s not a knock on the Sabres or their players, but something that has been studied on scientific, psychological and organizational levels.

Ruff didn’t have a good chunk of time to implement his own philosophies under the proverbial and physical roofs of training camp in Buffalo. The Sabres began training camp Sept. 18, then traveled to Europe in a matter of days, to prepare to open the 2024-25 season against New Jersey in Prague. That’s a lot of logistics to juggle, from Ruff’s standpoint, from a player’s standpoint and from an organizational standpoint. Now, in NFL parlance, throw in a four-inch-thick playbook of entirely new concepts to learn, and there’s a lot to manage and absorb.

I think the team looked poorly coached last year.

How much of that was due to what Lenzi mentions: transition from Granato and lack of prep time?

Will we see a more cohesive, together team this year as a result of those obstacles being removed?

What horse hockey. I've heard this awful excuse on wgr as well and it's nonsense. If Lindy Ruff, one of the most veteran coaches in the league doesn't know how to handle the mentioned issues above then why the ***** is he here?

Sure, they could be better this year because there's less "new concepts" but also it's hockey, there's not some crazy magical new concept coming from Ruff. They have mediocre coaches and bad gt. They're probably talented enough but not experienced enough. 

Edited 4 hours ago by LGR4GM

[Archie Lee]

36 minutes ago, dudacek said:

From Rachel Lenzi in the Buffalo News:

 

As much as people say they’re ready for change, they’re also inherently resistant to it, or the possibility of being changed. That’s not a knock on the Sabres or their players, but something that has been studied on scientific, psychological and organizational levels.

Ruff didn’t have a good chunk of time to implement his own philosophies under the proverbial and physical roofs of training camp in Buffalo. The Sabres began training camp Sept. 18, then traveled to Europe in a matter of days, to prepare to open the 2024-25 season against New Jersey in Prague. That’s a lot of logistics to juggle, from Ruff’s standpoint, from a player’s standpoint and from an organizational standpoint. Now, in NFL parlance, throw in a four-inch-thick playbook of entirely new concepts to learn, and there’s a lot to manage and absorb.

I think the team looked poorly coached last year.

How much of that was due to what Lenzi mentions: transition from Granato and lack of prep time?

Will we see a more cohesive, together team this year as a result of those obstacles being removed?

I also want to add, in all my decades following major league sports in North America, I can’t recall another example where a coach who got more wins out of a team than his successor, was blamed for the failures of his successor. It is, frankly, a bizarro theory.

[DarthEbriate]

The coaches are the same. Are the players better able to execute? Will it matter if it’s Wilford? Or if Luukkonen can’t replicate his good half season?

Joker was coachable. He got into Quenneville’s lineup as a rookie kid. He did just fine in Boston. He did what he was told. Which comes back to the question, is the Sabres coaching staff any good? Can the staff improve itself?