zazie Posted November 20, 2009 Share Posted November 20, 2009 Remember how the Sabres found Lindy Ruff? He was an assistant promoted as a temporary thing, then was on the bubble and threatened with replacement several times, then became the best coach the sabres have had since Scotty Bowman. You can never tell, maybe Fewell has the stuff to be good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buftex Posted November 20, 2009 Share Posted November 20, 2009 Remember how the Sabres found Lindy Ruff? He was an assistant promoted as a temporary thing, then was on the bubble and threatened with replacement several times, then became the best coach the sabres have had since Scotty Bowman. You can never tell, maybe Fewell has the stuff to be good. And they're off.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zazie Posted November 20, 2009 Author Share Posted November 20, 2009 And they're off.... Hope springs eternal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buftex Posted November 20, 2009 Share Posted November 20, 2009 Hope springs eternal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RTW2012 Posted November 20, 2009 Share Posted November 20, 2009 Remember how the Sabres found Lindy Ruff? He was an assistant promoted as a temporary thing, then was on the bubble and threatened with replacement several times, then became the best coach the sabres have had since Scotty Bowman. You can never tell, maybe Fewell has the stuff to be good. Sorry, Lindy was never "promoted as a temporary thing." Lindy was an assistant coach with the Panthers, and was hired as head coach after the Sabres fired didn't rehire Ted Nolan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zazie Posted November 20, 2009 Author Share Posted November 20, 2009 Sorry, Lindy was never "promoted as a temporary thing." Lindy was an assistant coach with the Panthers, and was hired as head coach after the Sabres fired didn't rehire Ted Nolan. He was definately hired as an interim coach and was close to being replaced several times during the first few months of his tenure, to the point where he said "make me permanent or I am leaving". I remember it well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jerry Christ Posted November 20, 2009 Share Posted November 20, 2009 come oN! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PTS Posted November 20, 2009 Share Posted November 20, 2009 He was definately hired as an interim coach and was close to being replaced several times during the first few months of his tenure, to the point where he said "make me permanent or I am leaving". I remember it well. Let me ask you this: Do you remember if the Sabres won the 1999 Stanley Cup in whatever alternate universe you lived in? As the previous poster stated, Lindy Ruff was never an interim coach, at least in this universe. Ted Nolan wanted a longer -- more "permanent" deal -- and the Sabres never offered it to him. They gave Ruff the job and he had a rough first month but eventually rebounded very well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loyal2dagame Posted November 20, 2009 Share Posted November 20, 2009 He was definately hired as an interim coach and was close to being replaced several times during the first few months of his tenure, to the point where he said "make me permanent or I am leaving". I remember it well. i dont remember it being that way. i dont believe ruff was hired as a temp replacement. nor can i find any references to lindy's hiring being "interm" or temporary for that matter. what i do remember is thinking wtf are the sabres doing not resigning a proven good coach and going with an unproven guy. turns out they made the right decision...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loyal2dagame Posted November 20, 2009 Share Posted November 20, 2009 Let me ask you this: Do you remember if the Sabres won the 1999 Stanley Cup in whatever alternate universe you lived in? As the previous poster stated, Lindy Ruff was never an interim coach, at least in this universe. Ted Nolan wanted a longer -- more "permanent" deal -- and the Sabres never offered it to him. They gave Ruff the job and he had a rough first month but eventually rebounded very well. ruff was 4-7-2 in his first month. thats not all that bad for a first time head coach looking back on it now. especially with the problems in the lockerroom he had to deal with- (hasek the headcase, ect) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zazie Posted November 20, 2009 Author Share Posted November 20, 2009 Let me ask you this: Do you remember if the Sabres won the 1999 Stanley Cup in whatever alternate universe you lived in? As the previous poster stated, Lindy Ruff was never an interim coach, at least in this universe. Ted Nolan wanted a longer -- more "permanent" deal -- and the Sabres never offered it to him. They gave Ruff the job and he had a rough first month but eventually rebounded very well. I remember his quote anyway where he told them to make him permanent or he was leaving. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loyal2dagame Posted November 20, 2009 Share Posted November 20, 2009 I remember his quote anyway where he told them to make him permanent or he was leaving. i think you may be mis-remembering(is that a word?) anyways, if i recall, when ruff's first deal was up he may have said if my EXTENSION is not completed by such and such a date, i'm done Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dancing_joker Posted November 20, 2009 Share Posted November 20, 2009 when perry fewell gets the Bills to the Superbowl and the AFC championship game 2x, you can make this comparison. Until then, don't waste my time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Preston Ridlehuber Posted November 20, 2009 Share Posted November 20, 2009 I remember his quote anyway where he told them to make him permanent or he was leaving. That is crap. He was given a 3 year contract and took the team to the conference finals his first year and to the Cup Finals his second year. He was never a temporary thing. The only time during his whole tenure in Buffalo where his job was in jeopardy occured when Golisano bought the team out of bankruptcy. Even then, it took them a month or two to decide to keep Ruff and Reiger. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zazie Posted November 20, 2009 Author Share Posted November 20, 2009 i think you may be mis-remembering(is that a word?) anyways, if i recall, when ruff's first deal was up he may have said if my EXTENSION is not completed by such and such a date, i'm done OK maybe I smoked too much KB and do "mis remember" seeing as everyone seems to have a different impression than me. Still I find the situations similar and I hope Fewell can be another Ruff for Buffalo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heels20X6 Posted November 20, 2009 Share Posted November 20, 2009 I remember his quote anyway where he told them to make him permanent or he was leaving. Careful now...If you backpedal a little more, you might end up in Toronto... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zazie Posted November 20, 2009 Author Share Posted November 20, 2009 Careful now...If you backpedal a little more, you might end up in Toronto... I coulda sworn I was right.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KOKBILLS Posted November 20, 2009 Share Posted November 20, 2009 Remember how the Sabres found Lindy Ruff? He was an assistant promoted as a temporary thing, then was on the bubble and threatened with replacement several times, then became the best coach the sabres have had since Scotty Bowman. You can never tell, maybe Fewell has the stuff to be good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperKillerRobots Posted November 20, 2009 Share Posted November 20, 2009 I was talking about comparing Ruff to an NFL coach with my roommate over the past few days. The conclusion I came to is that Lindy Ruff is the Jeff Fisher of the NHL. He's had good seasons and bad. Successful in the playoffs, but never won the big game. If either were let go fromt heir current jobs, they would be hired in a second. Not tomention they've both been in their jobs forever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Posted November 20, 2009 Share Posted November 20, 2009 Although I have no way of knowing, Perry would be hard pressed to match Lindy's humor. Lindy also is a great coach. Time will tell with Perry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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