Will Lindy Ruff get another coaching opportunity?

[viper0220]

Will Lindy Ruffy get another coaching chance?

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[McDuffz88]

I think he will. Lindy isn't a coach that you want to lead you in the playoffs but as he has shown in NJ if you're a young team who needs a coach to help develop younger players he's pretty good at that. The team just has to know Ruff is only for development, not for winning.

 

[sabremike]

BRING LINDY HOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[DickSmehlik]

I wouldn’t want him coaching my team; that’s for sure.

I will always have fond memories of Lindy as a Sabre fans but assuming the Devils miss the playoffs this year, that’ll make it 9 out of the last 14 years that his teams have failed to qualify for the postseason.

 

[TheDawnOfANewTage]

BRING LINDY HOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Please no. Going from no-plan positivity to no-plan shout man is not a move forwards.

 

[A1LeafNation]

Never seen a coach so reckless with his goalie management the way he was with a rookie Daws this last month.

I'll say no.

 

[Devilsfan118]

Dude is way past his prime.

No way.

 

[Kingfan1967]

Sports in general hire known quantiles. Owners like the "safe" pick. It's why we see the same names over and over again with only 1 or 2 "new" coaches/GM's each year.

 

[Play]

Please no. Going from no-plan positivity to no-plan shout man is not a move forwards.

He would get Tage going

 

[Took a pill in Sbisa]

Probably. As a head coach? No.

Not sure how my poll vote it supposed to go

 

[jkrdevil]

Maybe if Buffalo fires Granato. I think that may be the only organization that will hire him at this point. That has more to do with age than anything.

 

[drede]

Gms love hiring same old coach's so I bet he does

 

[Play]

Please no. Going from no-plan positivity to no-plan shout man is not a move forwards.

I said he would get Tage going

 

[ijuka]

Easily, look at what kind of junk is employed in NHL even at this very moment.

 

[These Are The Days]

I can actually see him going back to Buffalo and it somehow turns around

 

[ninetyeight]

This is the NHL, it's practically impossible for an outsider to get a HC job. So unless he announces retirement, it's guaranteed he'll coach again. I don't think his defensive swarm system is very competitive against high level talent. Could probably work better in the AHL or juniors where players aren't as comfortable with pressure. His lineup decisions were also infuriating and he gives up on new lineups inside of period if they are not working. Has blatant favoritism with players, no matter how bad they'll play. Still all this said, I think he's a good guy and a very player friendly coach. Tons of experience and can be the right coach for an upcoming young team (like Buffalo).

 

[Michael Farkas]

He's consistently been very forward thinking on this side of the lockout. He has a really good head for the game. Sure, not everything always hits. And I'm sure some folks will cite the tired old uninformed "he has favorite veterans" or some noise...but you can either say that about every single coach at every single level or virtually none of them - it's a trope at this point.

If Ruff wants another kick at the can, he'll get it.