at least 2How many do we have now? Have we finally overcome the deficit after canning all of Botterill's scouts?
How many do we have now? Have we finally overcome the deficit after canning all of Botterill's scouts?
Role | 21-22 Person | 19-20 Person |
GM | Kevyn Adams | Jason Botterill |
Associate GM | Jason Karmanos | |
Assistant GM | Randy Sexton | |
Assistant GM | Mark Jakubowski * | Steve Greeley |
VP of Hockey Administration | Mark Jakubowski | |
VP of Hockey Research & Strategy | Sam Ventura | |
Director of Analytics | Jason Nightingale | |
Dir of Pro Scouting | Jeremiah Crowe * | |
Dir of Amateur Scouting | Jerry Forton * | Ryan Jankowski |
Assistant Dir of Amateur Scouting | Jason Nightingale * | Jeff Crisp |
Head of Collegiate Scouting | Jerry Forton | |
Scout | Kevin Devine * | |
Scout | Austin Dunne * | |
Scout | Frank Musil * | |
Scout | Anders Forsberg | |
Scout | Graham Beamish * | |
Scout | Tristan Musser | |
Scout | Lukas Sutter | |
Scout | Tommi Vesanen | |
Amateur Scout | Cory Banika | |
Amateur Scout | Steve Cocker | |
Amateur Scout | Kevin Devine | |
Amateur Scout | Austin Dunne | |
Amateur Scout | Merk Ferner | |
Amateur Scout | Marcus Fingal | |
Amateur Scout | Scott Halpenny | |
Amateur Scout | Randy Hansch | |
Amateur Scout | Frank Musil | |
Amateur Scout | Teemu Numminen | |
Amateur Scout | Tom O'Connor | |
Amateur Scout | Ron Pyette | |
Amateur Scout | Rob Riley | |
Amateur Scout | Matt Tiesling | |
Amateur Scout | Magnus Welin | |
Pro Scout | Graham Beamish | |
Pro Scout | Jeremiah Crowe | |
Pro Scout | John Van Boxmeer | |
Coordinator of Team Services | Cole Burkhalter | |
Dir of Team Ops | Cole Burkhalter * | |
Head of Hockey IT | Kyle Kiebzak | |
Manager of Hockey Tech/Team Ops | Kyle Kiebzak * | |
Coordinator of Hockey Admin | Brett Ruff * | Brett Ruff |
Executive Assistant | Terri O'Brien * | Terri O'Brien |
A * indicates the person was in the Sabres hockey department in 2019-20 and is still in the Sabres hockey department today.[TBODY] [/TBODY]
Role 21-22 Person 19-20 Person GM Kevyn Adams Jason Botterill Associate GM Jason Karmanos Assistant GM Randy Sexton Assistant GM Mark Jakubowski * Steve Greeley VP of Hockey Administration Mark Jakubowski VP of Hockey Research & Strategy Sam Ventura Director of Analytics Jason Nightingale Dir of Pro Scouting Jeremiah Crowe * Dir of Amateur Scouting Jerry Forton * Ryan Jankowski Assistant Dir of Amateur Scouting Jason Nightingale * Jeff Crisp Head of Collegiate Scouting Jerry Forton Scout Kevin Devine * Scout Austin Dunne * Scout Frank Musil * Scout Anders Forsberg Scout Graham Beamish * Scout Tristan Musser Scout Lukas Sutter Scout Tommi Vesanen Amateur Scout Cory Banika Amateur Scout Steve Cocker Amateur Scout Kevin Devine Amateur Scout Austin Dunne Amateur Scout Merk Ferner Amateur Scout Marcus Fingal Amateur Scout Scott Halpenny Amateur Scout Randy Hansch Amateur Scout Frank Musil Amateur Scout Teemu Numminen Amateur Scout Tom O'Connor Amateur Scout Ron Pyette Amateur Scout Rob Riley Amateur Scout Matt Tiesling Amateur Scout Magnus Welin Pro Scout Graham Beamish Pro Scout Jeremiah Crowe Pro Scout John Van Boxmeer Coordinator of Team Services Cole Burkhalter Dir of Team Ops Cole Burkhalter * Head of Hockey IT Kyle Kiebzak Manager of Hockey Tech/Team Ops Kyle Kiebzak * Coordinator of Hockey Admin Brett Ruff * Brett Ruff Executive Assistant Terri O'Brien * Terri O'Brien
12 of the 19 people in the hockey department today were with the team in 2019-20.
Thanks for breaking it down like that.
Seems they are still running very, very lean.
At a quick glance, the set-up seems pretty good overall, if they'd just hire more scoutsThanks for breaking it down like that.
Seems they are still running very, very lean.
At a quick glance, the set-up seems pretty good overall, if they'd just hire more scouts
I went to high school with Brett ruff, nice kid. Had no idea he had been working for the team
also glad nightingale is out of an exclusively analytics role. he didn't do a very good job imo
KA seems very much interested in analytics though, at by his recent hires. why would he bump him to a different role if a.) nightingale wasn't the best option or b.) nightingale didn't want to do it?We don't have enough information to judge that, IMO.
If Nightingale was never given a real team or the ability to really influence decisions, that could say a lot less about Nightingale and more about the people above him.
KA seems very much interested in analytics though, at by his recent hires. why would he bump him to a different role if a.) nightingale wasn't the best option or b.) nightingale didn't want to do it?
I do agree, however, that past GMs didn't seem to give the data any time of time. that is definitely for certain
I think Nightingale was miscast in an administrative role. It was different when there was just Nightingale and an intern. Jason Karmanos oversees the analytics department now and his vision requires an administrator to hire and oversee a group of data scientists to develop policies and procedures to create a highly functional unit. Ventura isn't just an analytics guy, he's an accomplished administrator that's demonstrated he can develop an effective department.KA seems very much interested in analytics though, at by his recent hires. why would he bump him to a different role if a.) nightingale wasn't the best option or b.) nightingale didn't want to do it?
I do agree, however, that past GMs didn't seem to give the data any time of time. that is definitely for certain