Next Sabres Coach?

[GASabresIUFAN]

I think everyone is going to get their wish and DD will be shown the door as soon as the season ends.  We have debated the merit of this decision, and even I after watching the two stinkers on the West Coast will agree that the team has turned on him and at this point there maybe no other choice but to let him go.

 

Ok so who is the next coach?  Terry Murray? Hitchcock? Luke Richardson?  Kevin Dineen? Gerard Gallant? Jack Capuano? Could Dave Tippett become available? Michel Therrien? Mike Keenan? (Just kidding). Others?

 

I'd be interested in Dave Tippett. 

[WildCard]

Erie Otters coach, Todd Richards, Phil Housley

 

I would love Tipett, but at this point I doubt he ever leaves Arizona

[Guest]

I should have added Housley.

[Jacque Richard]

Ted sator

[apuszczalowski]

Not gonna happen unless TM is also shown the door, TM is more likely to move out players then DD, he has been talking about how the problems aren't coaching,it players not listening to the coach

[JJFIVEOH]

[Weave]

Coaching purgatory. It's like the 1980's without the favorable making the playoffs odds.

[kas23]

I would love Tipett, but at this point I doubt he ever leaves Arizona

There's no way this man survives that place alive. There's just no way a guy can coach such a horrible team for so long before getting the axe.

[tom webster]

David Quinn

[woods-racer]

Kris Knoblauch, the Otter's coach.

 

Alex DeBrincat is leading goal score in the OHL with two-ish games remaining to the season.  He was an un-drafted, unheralded walk on to the Erie Otters.

 

He coached Conner McDavid, the most heralded pick since a kid named Sidney. 

 

He seems to have the knack of giving players the best chance to succeed.

 

If he makes Rochester even, the organization will be better.

 

my 2 cents.

[Brawndo]

Sheldon Keefe, Kris Knoblach or Phil Housley.

 

If DD somehow survives this season, Knoblach to Rochester would not be the worst idea as he can step in to the Sabres HC in November

[bunomatic]

There'll be a few available after the playoffs. Most of these teams have higher expectations than the Sabres. We set the bar pretty low.

[woods-racer]

I'm hoping that if the Sabres are looking within the NHL ranks for their next head coach that they use a version of a coach's corsi. A coach that regularly ices a team with good possession numbers would be nice. 

Edited March 18, 2017 by Woods-Racer

[Stoner]

When was the last time the NHL had a general manager/coach?

[WildCard]

When was the last time the NHL had a general manager/coach?

Mac T in Edmonton a few seasons back

[thewookie1]

When was the last time the NHL had a general manager/coach?

Briefly this year in Florida

[MattPie]

When was the last time the NHL had a general manager/coach?

 

Does Lou's annual fire the coach and take over while he was in NJ count?

[Guest]

Here are a couple of more interesting candidates

1) Bob Boughner - former Sabres D. Credited with improving SJ D and PK. Coached Windsor to 2 OHL Chamionships

2) Lane Lambert - Trotz top asst.

3) Travis Green - Utica AHL Coach - Coached Portland WHL to a championship. 970 games as an NHL center.

4) Scott Arniel - has HC experience, former Sabre, runs NYR offense and PP.

[WildCard]

Good list, but I'm passing hard on Arniel. I do not like how the Rangers run their offense.

[MattPie]

Good list, but I'm passing hard on Arniel. I do not like how the Rangers run their offense.

 

I was thinking the same thing.

[Sabre fan]

I'm hoping that if the Sabres are looking within the NHL ranks for their next head coach that they use a version of a coach's corsi. A coach that regularly ices a team with good possession numbers would be nice. 

totally agree...after Lindy and now Blysma's wonderful system of trying to get a early lead then hang on for dear life, a coach that allows their team to actually attack and play a skating and passing style system would be so darn refreshing and exciting. The Sabres actually have the players to play that style and the forwards especially would benefit greatly from any upgrade to the coaching system

Edited March 18, 2017 by Sabre fan

[Guest]

Then start with Trotz asst Lane Lambert.

[tom webster]

Here are a couple of more interesting candidates

1) Bob Boughner - former Sabres D. Credited with improving SJ D and PK. Coached Windsor to 2 OHL Chamionships

2) Lane Lambert - Trotz top asst.

3) Travis Green - Utica AHL Coach - Coached Portland WHL to a championship. 970 games as an NHL center.

4) Scott Arniel - has HC experience, former Sabre, runs NYR offense and PP.

I/m sticking with David Quinn but I wouldn't mind any of the above.

[Wyldnwoody44]

Tie Domi

 

 

Him and Ray could brawl in between commercial time outs, and he'd have more fire in his fart than DD does in his entire anatomy

Edited March 18, 2017 by Wyldnwoody44

[StuckinFL]

Gallant would be my choice. I could really see him setting up an unleashed physical offense with our up and comers that punishes the opponents night after night both physically and on the score board.