Anonymous players spill on what went wrong this year

[shrader]

1 hour ago, Weave said:

No, YOU put shaving cream on Larry’s hand and tickle his nose.

I thought you put his hand in warm water while he’s sleeping and then pee on him. 

[Doohickie]

48 minutes ago, MISabresFan said:

those players should be released or traded.

Only if they don't want to be here.

[Pimlach]

1 hour ago, bob_sauve28 said:

He is still playing...in the playoffs for a good team. I don't get the complaint about him, he was a very solid player. 

I'm sure there is some wing-ding analytic saying he is weak in 2 on 2 situations away from the puck in high scoring situations, or something. But he is solid 

That article, or what was posted, just came off as really strange. Just simple bi tc hing 

Certainly E Johnson did his best.  I was complaining about Adams minimal effort to improve the team defense.  Just adding a 6/7 vet was not nearly enough.   Lybushkin was just as effective in that role and was younger, less expensive, and healthier.  

The players are complaining and it does sound babyish.   They are Adams entitled group and acting the part.  Adams created and this culture, he earned this.  

Meanwhile the SS Mother Fracker is pulling into the Port of Milwaukee.  The NFL draft is tomorrow, the Sabres can wait.  

 

 

[Taro T]

30 minutes ago, Pimlach said:

Certainly E Johnson did his best.  I was complaining about Adams minimal effort to improve the team defense.  Just adding a 6/7 vet was not nearly enough.   Lybushkin was just as effective in that role and was younger, less expensive, and healthier.  

The players are complaining and it does sound babyish.   They are Adams entitled group and acting the part.  Adams created and this culture, he earned this.  

Meanwhile the SS Mother Fracker is pulling into the Port of Milwaukee.  The NFL draft is tomorrow, the Sabres can wait.  

 

 

 

He brought in Johnson the Elder only and not much else because he and Granato were both convinced the team was pretty much a lock to make the playoffs if they simply kept working hard.

Not only did they pretty much run the band back with almost no changes to personnel, they spent the preseason doing stuff like seeing if come March should they need to have someone step up from Ra-cha-cha would it be Kulich or Rosen that was the right fit on Thompson's line and so on and so forth.

They forgot that the reason they'd been having great starts usually was them gearing up to hit the opening of the RS like it was the start of the playoffs and few of their opponents were taking it that seriously and those opponents definitely weren't taking the Sabres seriously.  When they treated October just like everybody else treats it, October ended up looking a lot more like the rest of the calendar.

My 2 cents.  YMMV.

[PerreaultForever]

6 hours ago, JohnC said:

The world has changed from the 60s where dictatorial coaches controlled their peasant players. Communication is not a one-way street in the modern world of life that includes businesses, education, sports etc. When you noted that Ruff met his players halfway, I considered it demonstrating flexibility and an ability to listen before responding. That's a sign of growth in how to handle players/people, not weakness of yielding to players. What you may consider to be a weakness in style of coaching is something that I see as showing positive traits of a willingness to listen and adjust to players of today. The era of the "old school" coaching for all sports is long gone, eras and people change. You either adapt or go by the wayside. 

Perhaps. But that also speaks to having veterans in the room who want to compete and who drive the kids rather than listening to the kids get their way. Consider that in Buffalo Eichel was in charge. They did whatever Eichel wanted and ran things Eichel's way. Eichel goes to Vegas, with Bruce Cassidy, a far harder coach than Ruff. Probably the meanest next to Torts among recent coaches. Eichel needs to adjust but gets on board. Why? Because that team was led by people like Mark Stone who are warriors and competitors. That's the difference. 

[JohnC]

1 hour ago, PerreaultForever said:

Perhaps. But that also speaks to having veterans in the room who want to compete and who drive the kids rather than listening to the kids get their way. Consider that in Buffalo Eichel was in charge. They did whatever Eichel wanted and ran things Eichel's way. Eichel goes to Vegas, with Bruce Cassidy, a far harder coach than Ruff. Probably the meanest next to Torts among recent coaches. Eichel needs to adjust but gets on board. Why? Because that team was led by people like Mark Stone who are warriors and competitors. That's the difference. 

You are preaching to the choir regarding adding more veterans to this youthful and immature roster. Why would you think otherwise?

The central point in my previous post dealt with having an old school iron-fist coaching approach with today’s players. It doesn’t work. Dinosaurs are extinct and not coming back. Nostalgia is about the past and not the present and future.

[PerreaultForever]

1 hour ago, JohnC said:

You are preaching to the choir regarding adding more veterans to this youthful and immature roster. Why would you think otherwise?

The central point in my previous post dealt with having an old school iron-fist coaching approach with today’s players. It doesn’t work. Dinosaurs are extinct and not coming back. Nostalgia is about the past and not the present and future.

But it does work. Cassidy won a cup. 

[Pimlach]

2 hours ago, JohnC said:

You are preaching to the choir regarding adding more veterans to this youthful and immature roster. Why would you think otherwise?

The central point in my previous post dealt with having an old school iron-fist coaching approach with today’s players. It doesn’t work. Dinosaurs are extinct and not coming back. Nostalgia is about the past and not the present and future.

[JohnC]

11 minutes ago, Pimlach said:

I’ll tell you one dinosaur who had a good run is Lou Lam…… However, his time had run out as it does for everyone. 

[JohnC]

1 hour ago, PerreaultForever said:

But it does work. Cassidy won a cup. 

Do you know what happens to people who look in the mirror instead of looking forward when driving? They crash. 

[PerreaultForever]

3 hours ago, JohnC said:

Do you know what happens to people who look in the mirror instead of looking forward when driving? They crash. 

Adams is the one that needs to look in a mirror. He's a failure plain and simple.