Tuesday, March 17, 2009

Fire lindy ruff, regier and quinn

by Steve

Not sure if you've noticed or even care any more, but the Sabres got embarrassed yet again tonight. They lost to Ottawa 4-2. The Sabres are fighting for the last spot in the playoffs while the Sens are fighting for, uh... new contracts? better draft position? hot chicks at the bar tonight? Not much else. Yet they have beat the Sabres five times this year. And Ottawa has been out of the playoff discussion for much of the season.

There is no other logical conclusion than to fire the head coach, the general manager(who has been an epic failure for more than three years) and the 'managing partner'. True it is impossible to fire someone that has a partial ownership of the team, Lawrence Quinn, aka the managing partner, whatever the fuck that means but everyone else's heads should roll. The head coach is now commencing his fifth season in the last seven without reaching the playoffs. YES 5 OUT OF 7 YEARS NO PLAYOFFS!

This is the NHL not baseball where four teams make it or even football where 6 teams make it. This is the national fucking hockey league. More than half the teams(eight) out of 15 in each conference make the playoffs each season. What explanation can it be other than a shitty head coach who has no clue what the fuck he is doing. The players tuned this career loser out long longggg a go.

Buttt buttt he lost good players, he's gone to the Stanley Cup, he's been to 4 Eastern Conference finals. I DON'T GIVE A FUCK. 0-1 in the cup finals 1-3 in the ECF. Congradufuckinglations. Years he didn't make the playoffs he had satisfactory talent to be in the top 8 in the conference. AND if he didn't, then why the fuck was the GM brought back year after year?

I really don't wanna bring up all of Regier's epic, head scratching, teeth grinding, gun loading mistakes, mostly because the list is too long but, what has this dude done to deserve to retain his job? Hasek, Drury, Briere, Dumont, Vanek, Miller, Pominville, Grier, Peters, Hecht, Campbell... did he handle any of these situations correctly? You wanna give him credit for the post lockout success? I chalk it up to luck.

Oh, and Ruff.. who has done absolutely nothing the last two full seasons, and choked in the playoffs the previous season.. why does he have a job? His players are unmotivated, over paid, under producing losers, who have tuned him out and rarely show up for more than a game or two in a row. They play down to their opponents, collapse regularly, and show no will to win. He has been the head coach for twelve years!! Pittsburgh fired their head coach a month ago and they have not seemingly lost since. What does continuity get you? Mediocrity in Ruff's case.

FIRE RUFF, FIRE DARC, FIRE QUINNY IF POSSIBLE AND REVAMP THE ROSTER.. HOLY SHIT I CAN'T WATCH THIS FUCKING DOGSHIT ANY MORE.

1 comment:

  1. He ranked 15th in the NHL GM Rankings because they felt sorry for him, holy fuck!
    How can we rate Regier so highly when he has: a) failed to come to terms with his team’s three best players?; b) let two of them get away and got nothing in return?; c) traded his best defenseman while his team was fighting for a playoff spot?; d) dismantled one of the best scouting staffs in the league?; and, e) has presided over the Sabres as they’ve gone from Stanley Cup contender to barely middle-of-the-pack? Because he’s taking the bullet for an owner (Thomas Golisano) who refuses to spend money despite the fact the Sabres have essentially sold out every game the past two seasons and have gone on long, lucrative playoff runs. Regier is a good hockey man and it wouldn’t be a surprise to see him leave at the first opportunity.

    CAREER 390-299-120 (.556)
    CUPS 0
    PLAYOFFS 10-6 series record

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