The Buffalo Sabres officially introduced Ron Rolston as the new head coach of the Rochester Americans, a new employee at the Sabres University.  There’s a lot to write about following the press conference and I’ll try and get to as much as possible today.  One thing that continues to be apparent is that this philosophy is something that everyone is believing and buying into.

The word “development” is something that scares a lot of long time fans of American Hockey League teams because it speaks more to learning than anything else.  The difference here is in one sentence that Darcy Regier said at this mornings press conference, “The Sabres University more than anything else represents winning championships.”

“That winning process begins with the selection of the players and progresses with the development of those players,” Regier said. “There is no more important area that we recognize more than the development of the players.”

Yes, that scary word development was used again.  The difference here though is that this new philosophy is all about winning. That’s not something that was apparent the last three seasons with that other NHL parent team we had here in Rochester (and even in years prior with another [...]Read More