Lindy Ruff focused on ‘win-now mode’ for the Sabres
After speaking to the media and fans, Lindy Ruff has set the tone for his second tenure as Sabres head coach. Sneaky Joe breaks down Lindy’s comments, including his comments about the team being in ‘win-now mode’. Plus, what Lindy had to say about his style of play, and comparisons to his teams of the past.
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17 Comments
Now with Lindy here lets hope Adams sticks to his word and makes the bottom 6 forward group more"abrasive"
Im assuming its bye bye to Olofsson , Girgenson , Jost and possibly Krebs .
Speaking of Adams word, he said he talked to a double digit amount of candidates last week before settling on Ruff. Not that it matters but sorry there arent 10 veteran coaches who are looking for working now . Unless im missing someone but i could only list 8 and that didnt include Quennville since he hasnt been cleared to return to the NHL. Mcellan , Berube, Gallant, Jullien, Boudreau, Evason, Eakins, & Woodcroft is who could think of.
In the end Adams knows next year if he doesnt make the playoffs next spring , he is gone so he figures if you are going down you grab onto someone who you know and trust and thats why he hired Lindy Ruff. Thanks for the video
Yeah, not too thrilled if I'm Kevyn and I'm spewing out that this isn't a nostalgia hire and then the owner goes on a 5 minute speech about 99 and 05,06.
Lol but he was here before so he's back and no matter what Adams says this was clearly a move to get fans back into the arena and hit nostalgia notes and let's not forget save his job. And I highly doubt Adams called that many people in 6 days. That's a lie Adams knew he was hiring Lindy when he started making all those promises during the press conference when they fired Granato. And when it blows up in his face and he's outed as a fraud I'll be damn happy to bid him farewell as the GM.
Also Joe, just some constructive feedback. Your audio drowns out at the end with each podcast as soon as you play the music overlay. Might want to check out a solution because it sounds like your talking into a tube as soon as the closing music starts.
The sabres have to absolutely get rid of dump and chase for the skinny guys. We give up so many possessions.
lindy better win the cup eh! sabres need ogie ogalthorpe and some foil
Would love to hear your thoughts on analytics. He went in depth WAY more than I thought and I couldn't love his comments more.
yeah, "double digits" was bs, but whatever.
Why would Adams talking to candidates for the coaching position before firing Granato be crappy? Let’s be honest, would you quit your job before at least looking to see what your option were if you knew you were leaving? This is no different if Adams already had it in his head that he was replacing Granato.
Adams has always done his homework. Even though everyone figured he ran with Ruff since day one (even I assumed he had him pegged since the Granato dismissal), he confirmed to the speculation that he did talk a lot of coaches. I like he is now going to push these players to play to their strength. In a way, that is a scary prospect with the likes of Skinner in that he never skates defensively so "playing to their strengths" means Skinner won't be asked to change at all. I hope he doesn't allow the players to keep the same, otherwise Powers is still gonna be a big non-hitting Dman. Ted Nolan is still my #1 favorite Sabres coach, but then Lindy Ruff is my #2.
This isn’t just about Lindy. KA needs to step up and round out the bottom 6
This will all just be for show unless Adams remakes the bottom 6 and introduces some VETERANS with talent. No more recycled Girgs and Josts.
This is excellent news! I prefer this over the 'win-later mode' that some coaches like to use. I can see why Lindy didn't last long on the open market.
If Lindy coaches 10 years till he's 74, he'll be almost old enough to run for president.
they need to figure out how to protect their net , they’ve been lost in their own zone past few years, Lindy should be able to fix that and the power play
I love that he wants to reward players with ice time, you play the right way you’ll get key faceoffs, you’ll be on the ice for empty nets you’ll get rewarded, no more of the bs okposo 4th line taking key draws and loosing them or having the wrong lines out
Cozens needs to clear his head over the summer.. He wasn't the same after he got his @$$ handed to him early in the season and he missed a couple games. Not sure if he was silently battling concussion issues or if that incident just knocked him back a peg and he lost his youthful cockiness.