Ralph KruEger hired to coach the Sabres

[Mike McDermott]

Here's some more insight from this brilliant mind:



Yeah, I'll take what she has to say with a grain of salt.

Several grains of salt. Or possibly a whole shaker worth.

 

[jc17]

Talking defensive scheme in that YT video around 13:45 (Marty asking the question). Nothing overly in-depth, but it's there.

Well at least he says they aren't going to give people easy zone entrances and there might be pressure at the blue line

 

[Sabreality]

Well at least he says they aren't going to give people easy zone entrances and there might be pressure at the blue line

file under: how would you fix Risto?

 

[Buffaloed]

Now quit picking on her. We're not social media bullies.

 

[Rasmus CacOlainen]

Now quit picking on her. We're not social media bullies.

If you dont want to be attacked on social media, dont post dumb shit masked as some sort of insider insight?

 

[Fjordy]

Herself is to blame

 

[brian_griffin]

What would you have said?

A new GM, Ryan O'Reilly at 2C, and Vlad Sobotka bannished to the hinterland !!??

Will listen to the interviews when driving later. Finally have a slow steady rain today. I'm 3.5 hours west of home, so I'll be driving with it later this afternoon, hopefully.

Wonderful to hear he's had broad interest in coaching staff positions.

 

[Chainshot]

Well at least he says they aren't going to give people easy zone entrances and there might be pressure at the blue line

I liked hearing him mention support behind whoever is being aggressive on the puck. Buy-in and foot speed will be issues, sure, but hey... something other than the RD ceding the blueling like Abysmal's system or whatever mite-level man-to-man horseshit Phil slung is a little bit of mana to my ears.

 

[AustonsNostrils]

The Stuart Smalley act is going to wear thin if they don't win.

 

[Baccus]

I liked hearing him mention support behind whoever is being aggressive on the puck. Buy-in and foot speed will be issues, sure, but hey... something other than the RD ceding the blueling like Abysmal's system or whatever mite-level man-to-man horse**** Phil slung is a little bit of mana to my ears.

I dunno, I'm kind of going to miss glancing at the TV and having the immediate thought "WTF is the defenseman doing chasing his man at the top of our blueline?!?"

 

[Chainshot]

I dunno, I'm kind of going to miss glancing at the TV and having the immediate thought "WTF is the defenseman doing chasing his man at the top of our blueline?!?"

Time allows me to laugh at that response. But yeah, that is an experience I certainly shared. And then we get to yell at a defenseman for being god-awful defensively when he's getting stuck between where he's supposed to be and where he has been told to go (and went).

I yearn for some basic hockey, executed quickly and with full participation from people working every shift. Just... basics. It doesn't matter what sort of style they want to play so much if they aren't doing basic things right and well.

 

[Baccus]

I still remember during an intermission late in the year, and I think they were showing a Borgen shift to show some "bright" points of how he was playing in his own zone, and yes he did a good job. But of course the whole clip is him following around his man all over the DZone, and I just was shaking my head at how he looked good playing so 'badly'...

 

[Chainshot]

I still remember during an intermission late in the year, and I think they were showing a Borgen shift to show some "bright" points of how he was playing in his own zone, and yes he did a good job. But of course the whole clip is him following around his man all over the DZone, and I just was shaking my head at how he looked good playing so 'badly'...

Watching guys do what they've been coached to do since they first put on skates, and then watching them do things to fit the deployed system... you can see the hesitation and confusion. I've wondered at the Pilut benching and then subsequent hard time he had upon arriving back in Rochester. How much did they mess him up because I don't see Rochester d-men rotating out like that in game action. They stay to their responsible areas, not facing a man and chasing him all the way to the blueline. Weird.

 

[joshjull]

 

[1point21Gigawatts]

Now quit picking on her. We're not social media bullies.

I stay away from the twitter scene. Is it normal for a dumb post to have a team of sycophants praising the poster?

She seems to have zero insider information and deserves to have her post lambasted. The personal attacks are ridiculous. Twitter is a disease.

 

[flashsabre]

The Stuart Smalley act is going to wear thin if they don't win.

Explain to me which act doesn't wear thin if you aren't winning?

 

[Dreakon13]

I stay away from the twitter scene. Is it normal for a dumb post to have a team of sycophants praising the poster?

You'll have your share of people who senselessly praise the person, most likely because it's a woman and they can't help but try and get on her good side... and your share of people who viciously attack the person, most likely because it's a woman and want to knock her down a peg for some reason.

If it's some nobody dude like me, it probably doesn't even get a comment.

 

[slip]

Explain to me which act doesn't wear thin if you aren't winning?

The Jason Botterill Show for some.

 

[vcv]

Watching guys do what they've been coached to do since they first put on skates, and then watching them do things to fit the deployed system... you can see the hesitation and confusion. I've wondered at the Pilut benching and then subsequent hard time he had upon arriving back in Rochester. How much did they mess him up because I don't see Rochester d-men rotating out like that in game action. They stay to their responsible areas, not facing a man and chasing him all the way to the blueline. Weird.

Does any other team in the NHL do that? Chase their guys down all the way through the zone? It's so insane.

 

[dotcommunism]

Can we please stop wasting time discussing twitter randos and their bad opinions?

 

[Buffaloed]

The Stuart Smalley act is going to wear thin if they don't win.

He's more like Chauncey Gardner V2 than Smalley.

I felt connected to a greater purpose when Krueger said, "We're not rebuilding. We're building on".
I was waiting for him to say, "As long as the roots are not severed, all is well. And all will be well in the garden".

 

[Tatre]

He's more like Chauncey Gardner V2 than Smalley.

I felt connected to a greater purpose when Krueger said, "We're not rebuilding. We're building on".
I was waiting for him to say, "As long as the roots are not severed, all is well. And all will be well in the garden".

You must recognize when you're building on sand, and your work will eventually sink.

 

[Chainshot]

Does any other team in the NHL do that? Chase their guys down all the way through the zone? It's so insane.

Nope. None. I'm sure it grated on the players as well.

 

[Der Jaeger]

Does any other team in the NHL do that? Chase their guys down all the way through the zone? It's so insane.

Dumbest system I’ve ever seen.

 

[Club]

This is roughly the equivalent of PoKeMoN_Dude_420giving Krueger the thumbs down because his uncle’s neighbor works for the Sabres.

I’m largely ambivalent to the hire until I see proof of what we have, but this is just twitter garbage.

Best. Might consider a username change

I think Krueger will get great results from guys like Sam and Casey. Brand new system everyones got to buy in to. Looking forward to see how Ralph taps in to players, and gets the best out of them.