I remember when Sabres fans screamed for Lindy's dismissal.

"Now he enters Rome like the conquering hero."

"Yet what has he conquered?"

Gladiator

“Screamed for his dismissal” is an exaggeration

I, for one, never wanted him gone
At the very least, we should’ve moved him into the front office to Team President
Hopefully we’ve learned from our mistake & that’s the plan this time for when he’s done as our coach
He’d be a perfect Team President imo

Overpaying in that trade

yes "gladiator" Pegula looks to the crowd to determine the next move.
"Fire Granato" "Hire Ruff"
Did Adams want Don to fail? Kevyn did not give give him the tools to excel.
Adding Erik Robinson to replace Quinn? Erik Johnson to replace Lyubushkin? Over playing Levi?
The Sabres will certainly make the playoffs with Quinn in the line up all season, as well as Kukich and Savoie.
Over Ruff's last 14 seasons as a HC he was fired twice before the season ended and won exactly TWO playoff series!
"Yet what has he conquered?" Nothing
Hail Adams, Hail Pegula, Hail the gladiatorial arena!

I don't know if there would be hard feelings, but Hathaway broke cozens face in a fight and derailed his season. If cozens is good with it, fine, Hathaway fills a need, but it's a consideration.

If you think those are Lindy type players, you are mistaken.

Look at every good sabres team he had. Offense, offense offense

With the possible exception:
09-10 [Goals For: 235 (11th of 30), Goals Against: 207 (4th of 30)]
02-03 [Goals For: 190 (25th of 30), Goals Against: 219 (13th of 30)]
01-02 [Goals For: 213 (17th of 30), Goals Against: 200 (10th of 30)]
00-01 [Goals For: 218 (16th of 30), Goals Against: 184 (1st of 30)]
99-00 [Goals For: 213 (20th of 28), Goals Against: 204 (8th of 28)]
98-99 [Goals For: 207 (17th of 27), Goals Against: 175 (2nd of 27)]
97-98 [Goals For: 211 (17th of 26), Goals Against: 187 (3rd of 26)]

05-06 & 06-07 they were top 13 in Goals Against.

Flyers declined

Yeah, he had 2 vezina goalies.

Flyers probably accept