fly as hale wrote:
acrossthelines wrote:
I love Lindy Ruff, but I think that at this point both he and the team would benefit from parting ways. Twelve seasons is too long a time to remain a coach of the same team in this league. They clearly do not listen to him when his heart isn't in it, and his faith in them wanes too often.
I don't get it, people always want to correlate Lindy's tenure with how his player apparently don't listen to him. It's not like he's had the same players for the 12 years he's been the Sabres' head coach, and I don't think any fan is in a position to know what goes inside the locker room to know if the players aren't listening/don't care about what Lindy says.
Ruffs tenure does play a roll, while he hasnt had all of these particular players for all 12 years he has had them since, what, 05-06? that almost 5 years of the players hearing the same thing season in and season out. after a while it gets to the point of "in one ear and out the other." while it does seem to work every now and then, eventually a shake up is needed to get "new blood" and new ideas in the locker room.
the thing is though Ruff has had 12 years and has only managed 1 cup appearance, 3 ecfs. while he does have a lot of wins, anyone who is with the same team for that long is bound to rack up some W's. that doesnt mean that hes necessarily doing any good behind the bench. hell, even this year, Millers play is the reason the teams where they are now. without Miller, the sabers would be watching the playoffs at home.
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