I am adressing Howson directly with this

[forty_three]

Dear fuck-tard,

Look around you at the hockey that is going on. Are you capable of learning from what we're seeing?

Florida:
You see that guy behind the bench. You probably recognize him. You interviewed him. You see what having a coach the players are willing to to bat for can do? The Panthers have NO BUSINESS beating the Devils. They don't have the names, the firepower or the experience. What they do have is a coach the players will gut themselves for.

Note: Don't fire Richards, and if you do - DON'T bring in MacDumbass.

New York Rangers:
Top Seed. All the big free agents and big names. And getting pretty heartily manhandled by a smaller, younger and "rebuilding" team. Grabbing a big name gets you press, and it gets you regular season success and lots of highlights. And then after that...

Note: Stay out of the Free Agent Market. Carter, Foote, Federov. Names don't always work. Stop it.

Ottawa Senators
Left for dead and with a General Manager arguably worse than you are, they were rebuilding and kept key pieces. Picked up components here and there and look at 'em. Didn't have to lose Spezza or Alfredsson or Phillips to "rebuild". They rebuilt around them. And look a little closer at the centerpiece of the feeling up there. The Cap'n. Don't think of past problems or get into semantic arguments about his worthiness as a prototypical "Captain". Look at how those fans feel about him. They WORSHIP him. He has stood by the city, and you can almost SEE the energy those fans pour out for the guy, and the players respond for those fans.

Note: Letting Nash go will be the biggest mistake ever made by a professional team in, like, ever.

St Louis:
A slow start, and a coach that came in and connected with the vocal guys in that room. Maybe you recognize that coach too. Yeah, he's a hardass. Yes, he's abrasive. And yes, he hurts the feelings of young fragile guys. But the team has guys like Arnott, Crombeen, Oshie, Langenbrunner, MacDonald and Backes. All heart and soul guys. And they believe in the coach. I know, Hitch didn't go over well last time. But that was before YOU had Wisniewski, Nikitin, Prospal, Letestu and Johnson. Oh, and remember the "prima-donna" Russell you lamented so? Looks like Hitch reached him too.

Note: Stop looking elsewhere, sometimes the answer is sitting in an office down the hall reading a book on Appomattox.

 

[Eddie_Shack]

I wouldn't start with Dear Fuck-tard, it's so informal.

 

[TiLoBrown]

Ugh, why is everyone surprised the Panthers are beating the Devils? They were the better team head to head all year. They got the match up they wanted. They're star player doesn't disappear games at a time in the middle of the season and then when he does it in the playoffs their fans don't make "injury" excuses for him.

 

[RangersReds03]

. New York Rangers:
Top Seed. All the big free agents and big names. And getting pretty heartily manhandled by a smaller, younger and "rebuilding" team. Grabbing a big name gets you press, and it gets you regular season success and lots of highlights. And then after that...

Note: Stay out of the Free Agent Market. Carter, Foote, Federov. Names don't always work. Stop it.

Uhh Lundqvist, Callahan, Dubinsky, Stepan, Kreider, Staal, Girardi, Del Zotto, Anisimov, McDonagh, Hagelin all say Hi.

 

[BOSSMANPC]

Dear fuck-tard,

Look around you at the hockey that is going on. Are you capable of learning from what we're seeing?

Florida:
You see that guy behind the bench. You probably recognize him. You interviewed him. You see what having a coach the players are willing to to bat for can do? The Panthers have NO BUSINESS beating the Devils. They don't have the names, the firepower or the experience. What they do have is a coach the players will gut themselves for.

I hope Mr Pegula reads this. Good point, the players in Buffalo stopped listening to Ruff a long time ago and I'm glad to hear some of them say that throwing players under the bus in post game press conferences is not cool.

Why did it take Ruff over two months to find out Ennis was a center even though that's what he always played. He messed up Leino by doing the same shit. Boyes a former 43 goal scorer does shit because he was on the bottom lines and didn't kiss Ruffs ass. Please don't tell me a player that scored over 30 and 40 goals suddenly forgot how to play.

This is your last kick at the can Lindy and if you don;t get your players to want to play for you the fans will run you out and Mr P will have no choice but to fire you next season.

Take a page from Tom C. coach of the Giants, he admitted he had to change his style to get players to play because they wanted to not through intimidation.

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Sorry to OT your topic 43 but I had to vent. BTW I was a big Ruff supporter in the past......We want fucking results! as a few in the media have said "He should take some of the responsibility for not making the playoffs instead of putting it all on the players"

You're the boss the buck stops here dude!