Ruff vs Granto with this years team

[mjd1001]

Not who is better long term, not who do you like better....

Simply this year's current team...which staff would have them higher in the standings?

Ruff and the current staff?

Granato and last year's staff (if they were still here with the exact same roster that Ruff has now)?

Not sure if this will go anywhere but i'm curious.  I know a lot of people will say "no difference" or "it doesn't matter" or "about the same"...but if you had to pick one, which would you rather have?

[EM88]

I am not sure if it would make much of a difference since many of the assistants are the same and the front office is the same. 

We know Ruff and co. do not have the team in a good position now. So I will vote for Granato.  What we have is not good, and I cannot prove the negative so that is my choice.

[GASabresIUFAN]

none of the above

[JohnC]

Granato was the right coach to follow Krueger. It's still an open question for me whether Ruff is the right replacement for Granato. In my view, Granato's strength is in developing young players. But that stage of development for young players on this team is over with where now it is about seriously competing to win right now. The Granato firing was a reasonable action to take at the time. 

[PerreaultForever]

Ruff is clearly not in a position to make any radical moves/changes. The culture and the general composition of the team and the organization is the same. The team SLIGHTLY resembles more of a typical hockey team but only slightly. Most of the same issues remain and they are likely to remain next year as well. 

Almost certain everybody returns next year and if they fail again Ruff will be replaced by Appert mid season. Ruff might get bumped upstairs if Terry is a "fan" but he might also just get shown the door like Ted Nolan. 

Obviously I'd prefer it if Terry cleaned house, turned it over to an experienced hockey guy and just went down to Florida to enjoy his money or just watch Bills games and just stay away. But it won't happen.