Id be happy with Lindy, he’s a legit top coach, and his style might be what we need.
Appert is Granato development style, is that what we need?
Gallant? Sure I guess, he prefers vets, so not sure how he’d do with a young team.
Boudreau another old head but makes the playoffs all the time.
tthousand
Would Berube take the job?
oldsole26
Knowing this organization it’ll probably be Seth Appert.
v-irtual
Boudreau or Ruff would be my vote.
AmaziahJames
Fuck it, Scotty Bowman. Yeah he’s 90-91 years old, but we’re the only team he coached that didn’t win a Cup (Blues were an expansion team so they don’t count) He owes us one.
Achilles_Buffalo
Sad thing is, this meme doesn’t have enough doors…
SitOnltAndRotate
Gallant
notPatrickClaybon
I always forget we had Bylsma… god it’s been a long time since this has been fun lol
Whippet27
This time around they will go with a proven veteran (Ruff, Berube, but please god not Torts) to right the ship. I hope the next pick after that is a promotion for a younger hot shot. The Cap’s Carbery has been really good at getting that team to overachieve — and he was AHL coach and Leafs assistant before.
DJ-dicknose
Peca? Or do we want a retreat?
the_missing_worker
Pretend to be a normal NHL team who is hiring a normal NHL head coach.
Someone people have heard of with a track record in the NHL. No AHL head coaches. No first-time head coaches. No 4D brain-genius out-of-left-field nonsense. No zany kookie ideas like making Marty Biron coach. No retreads or nostaligia-bait. Do not promote Ellis. Do not promote Seth Appert.
Just. Be. Normal.
Hire a normal NHL coach. That’s it.
Cozscav
Knowing this sub you’re gonna say hire Lindy as if holding onto the past hasn’t been a problem for 13 years.
Knowing Kevyn Adams he’ll push hard for berube or even Rod Brind’Amour.
jooce81
Berube or bust
stuiephoto
I jokingly said that sending peca to NYR was Adam’s getting him experience behind an amazing bench before coming back. I am less joking about it now that donny was fired.
Moist-muff
How many coaches is that now?
Edit: 7, 7 coaches in 13 years
wnyguy4fun
That’s exactly why this team hasn’t seen the playoffs in 13 years ….definition of insanity do the same thing over and over and expect different results
BatKat58
54 years of disappointment. Thanks guys.
cookskii
Totally forgot about bylsma
cookskii
The next person to say Lindy ruff gets pistol whipped
DyingSurfer3-5-7
Rod the Bod is a no brainer if they are crazy enough to let him walk, but I assume it’s Peca.
sillygoosiee
Lindy Ruff
OpabiniaGlasses
A realistic and sound option would be Todd McLellan.
fatloui
Maybe easier said than done. The very experienced NHL coaches without baggage typically would have more than one team interested. Why choose the Sabres when they have a track record of killing coaching careers?
Darthswanny
Yall act like this is a surprise the bills cycled through coaches until they found mcd
YouPatheticWorm1958
Ken Hitchcock.
ClosPins
There is hope. The sale of the Coyotes should tell all the cheap owners that their franchises are still worth $1b to $1.25b, no matter how much they are losing. That’s what a franchise is worth now. Any franchise (so long as you can move/sell it).
They’ve been operating for years as if the franchise is only worth half that amount.
If they aren’t idiots (and that’s a big if), their internal budget should have increased massively over the last couple weeks (which actually explains all the firings today).
Substantial-Hippo-52
*opens binder of oft-fired head coaches*
Ahh, yes.. here’s Gallant. Oh, and Daryl Sutter, he’s probably looking to get back to the grind.
Perhaps Claude would like to get back to it, or maybe Woodcroft is the youthful VIGOR this team requires… Choices, choices.. hm.
Just hire another coach who’s already been fired from somewhere else, preferrably multiple times, and hope for the best.
That’s what we’re best at here in Buffalo…being stupid, and hoping.
sabresin4
I had completely forgotten Phil Housley was our coach.
forever-explore
Lindy!
CSMegadeth
Who’s next is the next coach and GM Adams. Two or three years of failure and I’ll see everyone here to do this again. Repeat ad nauseum.
RecommendationOk4148
Need a longer hallway
ScoobySuby
You forgot about Lindy at the very beginning. Also add him to the end because he’s really the only option here
MhrisCac
Insert the Lindy Ruff nostalgia hiring, going full circle to the goathead jerseys and a Stanley cup run within 2-3 seasons.
EHHHHHHHLJ
Bill belicheck for head coach
Madi3400
This was how I learned granato was gone. Hopefully this is for the better.
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David Carle
Lindy ruff
Id be happy with Lindy, he’s a legit top coach, and his style might be what we need.
Appert is Granato development style, is that what we need?
Gallant? Sure I guess, he prefers vets, so not sure how he’d do with a young team.
Boudreau another old head but makes the playoffs all the time.
Would Berube take the job?
Knowing this organization it’ll probably be Seth Appert.
Boudreau or Ruff would be my vote.
Fuck it, Scotty Bowman. Yeah he’s 90-91 years old, but we’re the only team he coached that didn’t win a Cup (Blues were an expansion team so they don’t count) He owes us one.
Sad thing is, this meme doesn’t have enough doors…
Gallant
I always forget we had Bylsma… god it’s been a long time since this has been fun lol
This time around they will go with a proven veteran (Ruff, Berube, but please god not Torts) to right the ship. I hope the next pick after that is a promotion for a younger hot shot. The Cap’s Carbery has been really good at getting that team to overachieve — and he was AHL coach and Leafs assistant before.
Peca? Or do we want a retreat?
Pretend to be a normal NHL team who is hiring a normal NHL head coach.
Someone people have heard of with a track record in the NHL. No AHL head coaches. No first-time head coaches. No 4D brain-genius out-of-left-field nonsense. No zany kookie ideas like making Marty Biron coach. No retreads or nostaligia-bait. Do not promote Ellis. Do not promote Seth Appert.
Just. Be. Normal.
Hire a normal NHL coach. That’s it.
Knowing this sub you’re gonna say hire Lindy as if holding onto the past hasn’t been a problem for 13 years.
Knowing Kevyn Adams he’ll push hard for berube or even Rod Brind’Amour.
Berube or bust
I jokingly said that sending peca to NYR was Adam’s getting him experience behind an amazing bench before coming back. I am less joking about it now that donny was fired.
How many coaches is that now?
Edit: 7, 7 coaches in 13 years
That’s exactly why this team hasn’t seen the playoffs in 13 years ….definition of insanity do the same thing over and over and expect different results
54 years of disappointment. Thanks guys.
Totally forgot about bylsma
The next person to say Lindy ruff gets pistol whipped
Rod the Bod is a no brainer if they are crazy enough to let him walk, but I assume it’s Peca.
Lindy Ruff
A realistic and sound option would be Todd McLellan.
Maybe easier said than done. The very experienced NHL coaches without baggage typically would have more than one team interested. Why choose the Sabres when they have a track record of killing coaching careers?
Yall act like this is a surprise the bills cycled through coaches until they found mcd
Ken Hitchcock.
There is hope. The sale of the Coyotes should tell all the cheap owners that their franchises are still worth $1b to $1.25b, no matter how much they are losing. That’s what a franchise is worth now. Any franchise (so long as you can move/sell it).
They’ve been operating for years as if the franchise is only worth half that amount.
If they aren’t idiots (and that’s a big if), their internal budget should have increased massively over the last couple weeks (which actually explains all the firings today).
*opens binder of oft-fired head coaches*
Ahh, yes.. here’s Gallant. Oh, and Daryl Sutter, he’s probably looking to get back to the grind.
Perhaps Claude would like to get back to it, or maybe Woodcroft is the youthful VIGOR this team requires… Choices, choices.. hm.
Just hire another coach who’s already been fired from somewhere else, preferrably multiple times, and hope for the best.
That’s what we’re best at here in Buffalo…being stupid, and hoping.
I had completely forgotten Phil Housley was our coach.
Lindy!
Who’s next is the next coach and GM Adams. Two or three years of failure and I’ll see everyone here to do this again. Repeat ad nauseum.
Need a longer hallway
You forgot about Lindy at the very beginning. Also add him to the end because he’s really the only option here
Insert the Lindy Ruff nostalgia hiring, going full circle to the goathead jerseys and a Stanley cup run within 2-3 seasons.
Bill belicheck for head coach
This was how I learned granato was gone. Hopefully this is for the better.
Terry