Sabres fire Housley

[FreeBobbyFarnham]

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[hyduK]

Eichel strikes again.

 

[HaNotsri]

Listening to ”burning down the House”

 

[TMLeafer]

What's the coach and GM casualty count in Buffalo now over the last 5 seasons?

 

[Shmuffalo]

The hunt for Q is real.


Maybe we'll nab Stanley Cup pedigreed coach, a' la Daniel Byslma?

 

[Jimmy Firecracker]

I was told this guy was the best thing to happen to Buffalo.

 

[Shmuffalo]

I was told this guy was the best thing to happen to Buffalo.

Was this in the 80's?

 

[boredmale]

Listening to ”burning down the House”

You beat me to it

 

[MackAttack26]

What's the coach and GM casualty count in Buffalo now over the last 5 seasons?

 

[serp]

Oh thank goodness it happened . Anything but replacing Housley would've been just wrong after the two seasons he coached the team to. Especially how the team completely imploded in the second half was a dead giveaway there was something wrong between coach and team

 

[Beerz]

Thank God.

Wouldn't cry if Botts was following him.

 

[CupInSIX]

The race for Quenneville is on.

 

[The List Of Jericho]

Say it ain't so Phil...

 

[Royal Thunder]

Thank god

He is a good man but was so so so overmatched as a HC at this level

 

[BlueDream]

I know you can't draw too many conclusions from a 24/7 series to judge a coach, but when Housley talked in the room, he just sounded like a complete pushover and joke. Didn't seem like he commanded the room at all.

 

[Shmuffalo]

What's the coach and GM casualty count in Buffalo now over the last 5 seasons?

5 years would be Nolan, Bylsma, Housley, and whoever they pick next. Go back a more year, you can add Lindy and Roloson.

3 GM's - Darcy, Murray, and Big Head Botts.

 

[Jacob]

Terrible hire from the get-go. No previous head coaching experience (at least coaching men) and his personality and demeanor is just obviously wrong for a head guy.

 

[Royal Thunder]

I know you can't draw too many conclusions from a 24/7 series to judge a coach, but when Housley talked in the room, he just sounded like a complete pushover and joke. Didn't seem like he commanded the room at all.

Yep. Didn't earn respect of the room and you could tell. He wasn't a guy they could follow into battle.

We've had 4 bad coaches in a row. Praying we finally hire one that other teams would actually be interested in having as their coach.

 

[1972]

I know Buffalo gets criticized, but that was Ron Rolston level coaching for the last two years. One of the most stubborn least creative coaches I’ve ever seen. Something doesn’t work? keep at it for half a season. Sam Reinhart played ZERO games at centre this season, a guy who was as pure as a centre gets in junior. That’s ridiculous for a team that was brutal down the middle.

 

[1972]

Terrible hire from the get-go. No previous head coaching experience (at least coaching men) and his personality and demeanor is just obviously wrong for a head guy.

He’s definitely a terrific person, but being an NHL coach takes a pretty thick skinned guy who can handle 20 alpha males. He’s probably a great assistant, and at the end of the day I bet he’d be happier as an assistant.

 

[Smartguy]

Is there any coaches left? Isn’t that 8 vacancies now? Could 2 drop with early exits? Has to be probably the most job openings in one summer ever

 

[Dirty Dog]

While Byslma was a below average coach, Housley was the worst I have ever seen.

 

[Empoleon8771]

There wasn't any coach who was going to be able to survive the collapse the Sabres had. I think Botterill has a lot of work to do with that team and fixing them definitely won't be an easy task.

 

[Sidney the Kidney]

Housley just seemed more like the kind of guy you'd have as an assistant coach. Weird hire to start with.

 

[Club]

Thank God.

Wouldn't cry if Botts was following him.

Disagree, personally. But that's just me.