Editing Alex Kaufman (section)

==Newfoundland Sailors (1988 - 1993)==
After Jacobsen was relieved of his duties in 1988, Kaufman was selected to succeed him.

In his first season in charge, the Sailors finished 5th, level on points with the 4th-placed [[Concord Venom]]. He also brought the Sailors to the semi-finals of the Coupe Balbuzard, where he lost to the Connecticut Bandits.

Kaufman fared far better in the 1990 campaign, leading the Sailors to 2nd in points and sweeping the Plymouth Fishermen in his first ever playoffs series. He met reigning champions Boston in the finals. It was during this series that Kaufman developed his fierce rivalry with Quentin Bethea, manager of the Spirits. Although he had already publicly remarked he was "not fond" of Bethea after meeting him in regular season games, their meeting in the finals exploded their rivalry. Boston won the first two games of the series, at which point Kaufman accused Bethea of gloating and unsportsmanlike behavior for his excessive celebrations. Bethea argued he was simply celebrating along with his home crowd. When the Sailors won the next two games in the series, on their home ground, the accusations were reversed. In the fifth game, the Spirits secured the title with a 3 - 2 result at home. To add to Kaufman's woes that season, he guided the Sailors to the Coupe Balbuzard finals, where he ultimately lost 3 - 4 to the Acadia Rage.

After losing both finals, Kaufman was determined to succeed the following season. He ended with another 2nd place finish in the standings, meeting the Rage (who he had just lost a Coupe Balbuzard to) in the semi-finals. The series went to a game five, however Kaufman was able to bring the Sailors once again to the finals, where he once more met Bethea's Spirits. Keen to defeat the reigning champions, Kaufman guided the Sailors to a 1 - 3 away victory. The Spirits won the second home game, however the Sailors won a dominant 5 - 1 in game three. With game four at home and a commanding showing in their own arena, the Sailors seemed favored to win the title. The Spirits, however, were able to upset with an away win of their own, sending the series to a game five in Boston. There, Kaufman suffered a 4 - 1 defeat at the hands of Bethea's squad, losing the championship once again. In the Coupe Balbuzard, Kaufman's Sailors once again lost to the Rage, this time in the semi-finals.

In 1992, Kaufman improved over his 1990 and 1991 campaigns by topping the league for the second time in the Sailors' history, and defeating the Spirits. The Sailors handily defeated Halifax to make it to their third finals series in a row, yet again meeting the Spirits. This time, however, the Sailors held the seed advantage, and were thus in their best position yet to win the championship. In the first game of the series, Kaufman suffered a demoralizing 0 - 3 at home. He managed to win the other home game before heading to Boston, however the Spirits were able to win both their home games, including a domineering 5 - 0 win to secure the championship in front of their home crowd. Kaufman later noted how humiliating the loss had been. To add to his woes, Kaufman was beaten by none other than the Spirits in the quarter-finals of the Coupe Balbuzard.

Kaufman was unable to repeat his league-topping performance in 1993, settling for second in the league. He swept the Bandits in the semi-finals, which brought him once more face-to-face with Bethea's Spirits. The Spirits won both their home games, setting a difficult task for Kaufman. The Sailors' first home game ended in an assertive 6 - 0 victory, shifting the momentum heavily in their favor and warning the Spirits that the series was not over yet. The Spirits, however, pulled together a 2 - 3 away victory in game four, winning a historic sixth championship in a row in Newfoundland, and completing a decade of titles. Kaufman had suffered his fourth finals loss in a row to Bethea and the Spirits, and was seen sobbing directly after losing the title.