Mark Layer

Clarence Red Devils, Bills, Sabres

[Built in Buffalo @BuiltInBuffalo_]

𝗥𝗘𝗣𝗢𝗥𝗧: 40 of the broadcast voters DID NOT turn their ballots in for the Jack Adams award, per @FriedgeHNIC.

This likely resulted in Lindy Ruff’s loss.

Disgraceful.

#Sabres | #Sabrehood | #LetsGoBuffalo

[Mark Layer @MarkLayer2]

@NHL

[SABRES SOCIAL @SabresSocial]

Just because a coach is “long overdue” to win an award, doesn’t mean he deserved to win it. The award is based off of the season at hand, not past achievements. This is where these voters went wrong.

[Mark Layer @MarkLayer2]

@alexjmoretto Three months is not a “heater”. The voters gave a lifetime achievement award, not a Coach of the Year award. I’m sure Cooper is an outstanding coach.

[Mark Layer @MarkLayer2]

@NHL There @NHL fixed it.

[Mark Layer @MarkLayer2]

@NHL

[Gregory Vollmer @VollmerGregory]

John Cooper getting Coach of the year over Lindy Ruff is so absurd. But, that’s all the NHL TNT crew could talk about whenever it was mentioned. Media just gets swallowed by the clickbait agenda. If you want to give a guy a career achievement award, make an award for that!
#nhl

[Mark Layer @MarkLayer2]

@NHL a failure.

[Mike Harrington @ByMHarrington]

It gets worse. There were 99 ballots for coach of year. Ruff was only on 67 of them.

That means 32 voters left him off entirely. He lost by three points. Incomprehensible.

(Cooper was on 58 but had more firsts. Muse was on 69) #Sabres

[sabresource @sabresource1]

Anyway if the NHL were a serious league here is your actual Jack Adams winner

[Mark Layer @MarkLayer2]

@TBLightning

[Mark Layer @MarkLayer2]

@NHL

[Mike Harrington @ByMHarrington]

Just arrived at @BuffSportsHall event and learned of Jon Cooper coach of year award. Love the guy. Going to the Hall of Fame someday. Great coach. Great with the media. Not close to the coach of the year in 2025-26. Some terrible groupthink by NHL Broadcasters Assocation (1/

[Mark Layer @MarkLayer2]

@NHL

[SabresClassics @SabresClassics]

Lindy Ruff took a 79-point team and turned it into a 102+ point contender in a single season. The #Sabres finished near the top of the NHL in wins, points percentage, 5-on-5 scoring, and penalty killing while posting one of the biggest year-over-year improvements in franchise history. Yet somehow he wasn't named Coach of the Year. The voters should be ashamed of themselves. If this isn't a Jack Adams-winning season, what exactly is? Not Jon Cooper's team just because he never won one before! #LetsGoBuffalo

[Eric 🦬⚔️🦃 @BillsMafiaEP]

@TBLightning Fixed it @nhl

[Mark Layer @MarkLayer2]

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[Sal Capaccio 🏈 @SalSports]

Well done by @Schopptalk. What did Cooper do better than Ruff? What did Ruff not do that Cooper did? Really want to know. It just doesn’t make sense. Anyway, give it a listen.

[Mark Layer @MarkLayer2]

@NHL

[Jeremy White 🚂 @JeremyWGR]

They just decided he should get one

[Georgia Tech Recruiting Buzz @GTRecruitBuzz]

It is a falsehood to claim the money was made of free labor.

1) Athletes receive massive benefits that in almost all cases exceed the value brought in, so no not free

2) Labor is a classification. College athletics is not classified as labor. Stating that it is currently is incorrect.

3) The vast majority of value in college sports is generated intrinsically by the institutions/communities themselves, not the athletes. Consider that if the athletes in say, college football, left and formed a new league, that league would have little to no value. Yes there is a symbiotic relationship between athletes and schools here, but the main driver of value is from the schools. It isn't anti-athlete to point this out. It is just the reality of it.

[Mark Layer @MarkLayer2]

@NHL

[Built in Buffalo @BuiltInBuffalo_]

𝗥𝗘𝗣𝗢𝗥𝗧: Lightning head coach Jon Cooper has won the Jack Adams award over Lindy Ruff.

What a whiff by the NHL.

#Sabres | #Sabrehood | #LetsGoBuffalo

[Mark Layer @MarkLayer2]

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[Duane Steinel @DuaneS39]

The Sabres were in last place in November/December and we ended up winning the Atlantic Division

On what planet does Cooper win the Jack Adams over Lindy Ruff

What a joke

[Mark Layer @MarkLayer2]

@NHL

[Mike Schopp @Schopptalk]

Every sports Coach of the Year award goes to the coach whose team most aggressively exceeded expectations. What did Tampa Bay do that was even interesting?

[Mark Layer @MarkLayer2]

@NHL

[Buffalo Sports Talk @BUFSportsTalk]

Broke a 14-year playoff drought

Won a LOADED Atlantic Division

3-0-1 vs the Lightning H2H

Lindy Ruff was ROBBED of the Jack Adams.

#LetsGoBuffalo

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