“The following members of the coaching staff have been relieved of their duties”
— Buffalo Sabres (@BuffaloSabres) April 16, 2024
by skibum607
@Buffalo Sabres
“The following members of the coaching staff have been relieved of their duties”
— Buffalo Sabres (@BuffaloSabres) April 16, 2024
by skibum607
42 Comments
Oh my god they actually did it. Love 2 be wrong about my team doing the wrong thing.
And so begin the cherished tradition of the offseason teardown.
Wow they actually have standards
Edit: how the fuck did Ellis keep his job
Wasting no time
How did Ellis survive? lol
Bring on Lindy. This isn’t “bring back washed vets” type thing, but he’s a legit coach that could really be a fit.
Bye Felicia
Rob Ray must of put a good word in Matty Ellis
I’ll always be thankful for Donny Meatballs for bringing energy back to a team that went a very long time without it. Navigating the post-Eichel era was almost certain to be thankless, but I think he managed pretty decently.
That being said, 50% of the league makes the playoffs and missing for as long as he had (ignoring the rest of the drought) meant it was time for a change. Wish him well, hopefully the next guy can get us over that hump.
Wow, no Matty Ellis? Make him the head coach now, jk.
Adding to the 1,000 of the same comment… we’re keeping Matt Ellis?!
Remember that there will be additional staffing changes when a new head coach is hired.
New roof. New screen. New roof. Time party like it’s 1996
Keep it clasy everyone.
Donny did the legwork to change the culture here and I thank him for his hard work and dedication. It was no longer a good fit for his coaching style with this group of players and was time to move on.
I wish him nothing but the best and hope he can land on his feet and have a successfull career moving forward.
Is this really happening?
Also I’m sure everyone can relax, a new coach won’t leave Ellis behind the bench. Unless?
What did poor Matt Smith do to deserve this? /s
Inb4 Ellis named new head coach
Well.. that was faster than I expected…
“Matt Ellis will be assuming the role of head coach.”
🤣
No fucking shot.
I cannot stop saying “Holy shit” out loud lmfao
Be careful what you wish for
😂Wth did Matt the video coordinator do that was so bad it prompted putting his name near the top of that list?
Is Christie the center coach?
Finally
Let the speculation begin!
I didn’t think they’d do it. Wow.
Matty Ellis is staying???
Not going to get excited until we hire a good and proven coach with a playoff resume (at least make them consistently)
I’m so glad they kept Matt Ellis!
I’m feeling strangely indifferent about this. Yes, I think it’s the best move that can be made. It was a very disappointing season and I believe a lot of that lies on Don, but he still was great at developing the team. Lots of players thrived under him. It’s a real shame it didn’t work out with him, but I’m glad it’s finally over.
You mean having Matt Ellis as the power play coach didn’t work? shocking. They have the ability to attract some really good coaches. Lets do this. Granato was good for the young players, now they are past that. Someone with some real offensive ideas and a more direct defense. Please start being good again.
How the hell you go get fired on your day off?
If there was one thing I’ve been saying about the 2023-24 Buffalo Sabres, it’s that their videos were not properly coordinated.
Well I can’t say we didn’t all see it coming.
Whew! I was a little worried the Sabres would do nothing. I am not comfortable with Adams being the highest level hockey guy but would be shocked if there was any significant front office changes.
And you guys said Pegula would never let it happen
Glad they did it before the Players cleared their lockers out. Don’t have to answer dumb questions on whether he will or won’t be fired. Now can hopefully have some accountability and move forward
Donny seems like a great guy and I really wanted him to be “the guy”. His and his team’s performance just plateaued too much to ignore. He’s still leaving this team in a much better place than he inherited it and I’m thankful for that.
Donnie was good at developing the young players and we have started to climb the mountain albeit very slowly but he wasn’t the man to get us over the line and into the playoffs as this season showed, hope we don’t go cheap, we’re crying out for a coach who’s got teams into the playoffs, don’t really care about how we play the game next season we’ve just got to be one of the sixteen who make it, this drought can’t extend to fourteen seasons
“After an extensive coaching search, we have decided to promote Matt Ellis as the new head coach of the Buffalo Sabres”
Thank God, I thought they weren’t actually gonna do it.
Now go get a HC with Stanley Cup experience, like Gallant or Berube
In retrospect, it sounds like Donny knew last night after he was asked about his job security when the game was over, and he “preferred to focus on tonight’s win”, the writing was on the wall.
Tage, Cozens and missing the playoffs by 1 point, the extension was valid. We were progressing and right there. But we hit a wall and this absolutely had to be done. Please do not do the typical thing and promote Appert. We have to have playoff experience behind the bench.