Ruff is an institution in the Sabres organization, serving as a player, a captain, and as head coach. He cannot remain at the helm forever. Replacing him with someone will be a decision one day soon. I like to see him step aside, preferibly resigning, and see #22 raised into retirement.

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Let's go Buffalo!

Saying Lindy's spirit is broken is shit. Coaches don't dwell on the past. You don't hear him saying "Well the team would have played better but Hull's skate was in the crease and thats why we lost tonight to Ottawa" its the players. You see moments of brilliance on this team and then shitty play.. The team is bi-polar. With the new D, Some injuries and lack of heart this team doesn't know what it wants to be. The only players that look like they give a shit are Roy, Vanek, Staff, and of course Miller.
The coach can tell you what to do down to the tee but its up to the players to execute.. And if the players have given up on ruff then shame on them. If you want to replace him then who do you replace him with? Berry Melrose? You don't think the sabres fans would break down the damn glass after the sabres continued to look like shit after the new coach came in.. Lindy has been the coach this long because he gets the job done. He takes a team that doesn't have a goddamn chance and gets them to the playoffs and sometimes the cup.

We need to make player moves.. not in trading but in benching. This team needs to pull their head out of their ass and start winning.

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i like this response...

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Um...I cant really get behind that reasoning. He's gotten us to one cup appearance, A DECADE AGO.

and since then, even when we HAD the pieces, we couldnt do better than the ECF. (which were pretty good, but isn't 'getting the job done')

And just look at the last three years, all of them a fucking disgrace.

Lindy being on the possible chopping block is perfectly rational at this point.

There's a fire at Lindy's house tonight after the game

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Lord Stanley's Cup is what its all about.
Mr. Pegula, your destiny awaits you sir.

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FIGHTER OF THE NIGHTMAN

"on the ice now for buffalo, looking for the pass, and gets it, afinogenov, couldnt get the shot away, now HE DOES, HE SCORES!!!! HOLY MACKEREL ROLE THE HIGH LIGHT FILM, MAXIM AFINOGENOV, WHAT A MOVE!!!!.... thats not fair... that was unbelievable"
-R.J. and Lorenz

typical response. Lindy will be the coach until HE decides to retire, that's it. As for player movement, I just don't see that happening. Yeah, Darcy will move a couple here and there but not until the end of the season and it won't be nobody worth a shit for anyone worth a shit. This is not Darcy's style, never has....never will.

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http://www.theglobeandmail.com/sports/hockey/end-of-the-line-for-lindy-ruff-in-buffalo/article1786126/

Interesting discussion on Canadian radio about the Sabres and Ruff. I have to agree with most of it, especially when they say we have a soft, average team. The Ruff/Sabres discussion starts at 16:30

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Should Lindy end up getting canned, I vote Jules Winnfield as the next coach of the Buffalo Sabres!



God damnit I love this clip!

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If it's a tight squeeze, spit on it! - NyI

He's a middling AHL player who had the good fortune of a drunk arbitrator. - The Squanto re: Tim Kennedy

I think what the guy is looking for here is a CLEAR example of when Lindy took a lousy team, and coached them into something. This means w/o adding good players(or starting with them). I guess you could site 'the hardest working team in hockey' years, but why aren't they working hard anymore? Seems like those may have just been a bunch of hard working players who didn't need a lot of motivation.