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I like the way you think though. Now is the time to look for the undervalued or blocked.....Right right, he struggled last year too.
Scratch that idea
I like the way you think though. Now is the time to look for the undervalued or blocked.....Right right, he struggled last year too.
Scratch that idea
As @SeaOfBlue mentioned, he has had a veteran team. He hasn't really developed any prospects so the record is misleading. He hasn't proven anything. Our very own coach in Keefe swept him last year despite us having a much worse team. Now some of that had to with Kaskusiuo, but Keefe played a role as well.Is Chris Taylor a guy that we should look at? He's got a pretty good record in the AHL as their head coach.
As @SeaOfBlue mentioned, he has had a veteran team. He hasn't really developed any prospects so the record is misleading. He hasn't proven anything. Our very own coach in Keefe swept him last year despite us having a much worse team. Now some of that had to with Kaskusiuo, but Keefe played a role as well.
I'm surprised more people don't see what happened for what it is. This is primarily massive cost-slashing rather than a well-developed change. They endorsed Botteril all of 3 weeks ago, and then hired a guy who has very little experience in Hockey-ops (you could legit argue none). 12 of their 15 amateur scouts had been there all of 2 drafts, one hadn't even been there for a draft. Crisp who assistant director of scouting had been there since 2017 and Forton head of college scouting had been there since 2015. I haven't seen a full list of who was turfed and the Sabres haven't updated their front office page yet, as a bunch of people we know to be fired are still listed.
I find it hilarious how people are justifying these firings as anything but cost related. 3 of the 5 amateur scouts they kept are the 3 longest tenured scouts in the organization who significantly pre-date Botterill. They essentially fired a bunch of people who were there for 2 drafts. Which at this point is almost impossible to judge them on.
They aren't planning on hiring that many new people. So, if you are paying for travel and salaries for 18 scouts and reduce it to 7, those are sizable cuts. Not replacing both AGMs. These are massive cuts to a team. Its clearly about expenses. Almost none of these scouts have done anything that merited them being fired at this point. Just look at what Pegula said during the presser, and then look how they cowardly fired everyone after they faced the media to avoid questions.I highly doubt that the front office savings once they hire new people will be of any real significance to their bottom line tbh.
They aren't planning on hiring that many new people. So, if you are paying for travel and salaries for 18 scouts and reduce it to 7, those are sizable cuts. Not replacing both AGMs. These are massive cuts to a team. Its clearly about expenses. Almost none of these scouts have done anything that merited them being fired at this point. Just look at what Pegula said during the presser, and then look how they cowardly fired everyone after they faced the media to avoid questions.
Which makes it ridiculously petty and cheap. But, let's see what they do with the cap space. I'm thinking they aren't spending much of it.I mean front office expenses have to be the tiniest portion of their expenses. And it's not like they broke the bank with that existing front office.
Which makes it ridiculously petty and cheap. But, let's see what they do with the cap space. I'm thinking they aren't spending much of it.
Most of the scouting staff had been there only 2 drafts. They had already recycled most of that staff. Some hadn't even been there for a draft. Yet, 3 of the 5 scouts they retained had been there since 3 of 5. That should remove a lot of the benefit of the doubt.For me...
1.They've never been cheap before, despite their crap market and revenue.
2.That front office absolutely deserved to be dismantled.
For me, they're doing what Edmonton should have done ages ago, but never did.
I'm giving them the benefit of the doubt for now.
Most of the scouting staff had been there only 2 drafts. They had already recycled most of that staff. Some hadn't even been there for a draft. Yet, 3 of the 5 scouts they retained had been there since 3 of 5. That should remove a lot of the benefit of the doubt.
They don't deserve the benefit of the doubt at all. It's pretty clear it is related to Natural gas being below 2 dollars for most of 2020, after being around 4 dollars when they bought it. Read some of the quotes about them in some of The Athletic pieces.
Hell, they even mentioned video scouting and supported Botterill until he disagreed with turfing everyone in the name of savings.
If they don’t replace the scouts and go to video scouting which they have talked about you are talking about significant savings due to the removal of travel, rental cars, gas, hotels, etc.Eh, no matter what the price of natural gas, you're talking about maybe a total of what? $1m in salary they just fired? $2m?
It's nothing, really.
If the Devils are smart, the top 2 choices they should consider are Laviolette and Gallant.
Ruff is interesting though along with Stevens.
Terry Pegula is an idiot. Just few weeks ago, he said that Botterill is safe.