How much of this is on the coach?

[Goldseatsaud]

Ruff isn’t the answer here. It’s time Lindy to call it

[Carmel Corn]

21 minutes ago, Goldseatsaud said:

Ruff isn’t the answer here. It’s time Lindy to call it

I don't know what's worse....Lindy or Seth.  Pick your poison because those are the only choices Pegula will allow.

[Pimlach]

18 hours ago, Ctaeth said:

I'm not going to dump on lindy because all of the coaches that have tried with this group have failed.  At some point, you have to say that this is on the players because they aren't talented enough, they are mentally fragile, they are injury prone, and the team isn't deep enough to sustain injuries to their best players.  Obviously, by saying "it is the players", this also implicates the gm since he assembled the group of players (and coach fwiw).

That and he was stuck with the same group of assistant coaches.  

Undoubtedly, he deserves some of the blame as the skipper of this sinking ship.  But I'm not willing to put a large portion of the blame on him

This group has had two coaches, Granato and Lindy.  Lindy has been worse thus far.  The playets aren’t listening to him.  

Edited 7 hours ago by Pimlach

[bunomatic]

Lindy should have the ability to hire and fire his assts. even though he hasn’t been any better. He should have insisted on his own coaching staff coming in. Everything this team does is unorthodox. Emulate the winning organizations. Its simple really.

[Sabres Fan in NS]

None.

I will trot out the estimed @Eleven's mantra down the ages of the past 15 years - it's the roster.

[wingnut]

If we're focusing on head coach, I wonder how many NHL HCs would be ok with 20 yr old Kulich as being the "1C" for their team? Seems like the current roster would be a big 'no' for most.

And I like what Kulich has shown. But 1C at 20 yrs old seems insane to me. Wash, rinse, repeat.

[Ctaeth]

3 hours ago, Pimlach said:

This group has had two coaches, Granato and Lindy.  Lindy has 0 worse thus far.  The playets aren’t listening to him.  

I was counting krueger as well.  You can debate whether that is fine or not.  But quite honestly, it is beside the point I was trying to make.  This group of players has been unsuccessful for years.  Lindy inherited an unsuccessful group of players.  And wasn't able to pick his own assistant coaches to help get his message through to the players.