Amerks coach Dan Lambert let go...now we need 2 coaches!

[Scottysabres]

Kind of amazed this has been the attitude around here to, well, pretty much everything that's happened. I mean, not to pick on your meh specifically for an AHL coach, but we completely cleaned house, signed the MVP of the playoffs for the Russian league in a d-man we desperately need....and it all just feels so, well, meh. 

 

Have the Sabres broken us like the Bills have?

Nah. Its not the clubs that have broken down the fan bases empathy. Its the culture of losing in Buffalo sports history that has. At some point and time, we need championships at the NHL and NFL levels.

[Thorner]

Is that like a Buffalo stormtrooper type of thing you've got going there>

It sure is!

 

Exactly where I am. And I'm actually good with that.

(Kane is gone, so I guess that qualifies as a big move, but he won't be bringing a big name back.)

I think someone will come in who is perceived like Chris Tanev or Brian Doumilin was three years ago.

That's what I'm thinking, too.

[nfreeman]

Dan Lambert, Ron Rolston, Chadd Cassidy... this decade has been littered with rookie coaches in Rochester whose career peaked and stalled there. Is it any wonder the team has been struggling?

 

Really, all those years of stability with Lindy and Darcy disguised the fact that the Sabres simply haven't been a place that has brought in and developed coaching and executive talent.

 

When's the last time you remember a Sabre assistant being hyped for a job elesewhere?

Jim Benning is only executive graduate of the "Sabre school" in the past 20 years.

Who's the premier assistant or minor league coach? Scott Arniel?

And neither of those guys were hired out of Buffalo.

 

Something tells me this is an area where Botterill can and will make a difference.

Maybe Kevin Dineen? But your point is correct.

[Derrico]

Not surprised. Honestly I thought it had already happened. It's a good and necessary move too. Rochester was garbage, and Lambert was a Byslma man

This.

[Brawndo]

Botterill has placed an emphasis on Head Coaches who emphasize development in Wilkes Barre. I expect the same in Rochester.

[pi2000]

The problem in Roch is lack of talent, not coaching IMO. They need more Baptiste's and Bailey's, and that can only happen if the talent in Buffalo improves.

[LGR4GM]

The problem in Roch is lack of talent, not coaching IMO. They need more Baptiste's and Bailey's, and that can only happen if the talent in Buffalo improves.

I agree. I think the coaching was part of the issue in Rochester. Edited May 27, 2017 by LGR4GM

[pi2000]

I agree. I think the coaching was part of the issue in Rochester.

Maybe. But is was pretty much a foregone conclusion Lambert was gone anyway.

[LGR4GM]

Maybe. But is was pretty much a foregone conclusion Lambert was gone anyway.

Well ya, he was running Bylsma system. That was DOA once Botterill came in.

[GASabresIUFAN]

Well ya, he was running Bylsma system. That was DOA once Botterill came in.

Yep. Chris Taylor as next Amerks bench boss?

[LGR4GM]

Yep. Chris Taylor as next Amerks bench boss?

Will his Amerks history and Penguins history, seems like a likely candidate. Depends on how he is with developing players. 

[GASabresIUFAN]

Will his Amerks history and Penguins history, seems like a likely candidate. Depends on how he is with developing players.

 

The best part is that he was let go by TM when he hired Lambert. Irony?

[Rasmus_]

All I can say about Lambert is meh.  His coaching style was atrocious.  

[Brawndo]

Lambert hired as HC of Spokane's WHL Team

 

http://buffalonews.com/2017/06/05/ex-amerks-coach-dan-lambert-hired-spokane-whl/