are they trying to get Babcock fired

[ANDI P IS CUTE]

serious question.....

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[LeafFever]

Let's hope they succeed

 

[WickedPegJets]

Kyle Dubas (like Ducks GM Bob Murray did to head coach Kitty Carlyle) needs to give Babs a vote of confidence in order to send a clear message to Matthews and Nylander that Babs will not be run out of T.O.

 

[CantLoseWithMatthews]

they sure aren't playing to get him the Adams

 

[wingman75]

Either that or trying to avoid Bruins in round 1?

f***ing joke is what it is.

 

[Jozay]

Maybe

 

[HomerJLeafs]

I hope so.
The system is broken and Babcock is not doing his job (prepare the players methally, help the team when the offence strugles, call a time out in every blue moon etc.)

 

[Wafflewhipper]

Wow this place is getting ridiculous. Are you guys serious. Hiatus time for me from this sh!tshow ha.

 

[The Apologist]

I hope not. If this team is trying to get a guy who's done nothing but win (and had them battling for first in the NHL) fired it really does not bode well for us.

 

[HEAVY DUTY]

coach Q is available...

 

[7even]

At the time our problems started the team was 2nd in the league. Are you sure this is a serious question?

 

[Ciao]

There will be a lot of blood on the floor before Shanny axes Babs.

It's just not happening.

 

[ORRFForever]

"They" or "He" ?

 

[Mr Hockey]

This needed to be a thread?

 

[ANDI P IS CUTE]

well what could it be then; theyve never had a bad stretch like this AND theyve added Tavares.

 

[Stephen]

I hope not. If this team is trying to get a guy who's done nothing but win (and had them battling for first in the NHL) fired it really does not bode well for us.

***If*** your core players are engineering a mutiny when they're still on their ELC's or one month into their new contract, I think your problem is less getting rid of your coach but may as well go back to square one of the rebuild because that's not a group of guys you're likely to get very far with without some serious maturation.

 

[RubberHead]

Yep.. can him. He's lost the room, don't care much for a team that has to sniff something before the puck drops to get motivated.

 

[Mr Hockey]

well what could it be then; theyve never had a bad stretch like this AND theyve added Tavares.

They slumped this time last from what I remember, they will get hot again

 

[Raym11]

Whatever he's doing to Matthews is killing the creativity and offensive game out of him

 

[Duffman955]

The players are just soft as f***

They either refuse to engage in board battles or are unable to win them.

Not Babcock's fault the roster looks like this

 

[rent free]

I don't think so. What a dumb question.

 

[Menzinger]

***If*** your core players are engineering a mutiny when they're still on their ELC's or one month into their new contract, I think your problem is less getting rid of your coach but may as well go back to square one of the rebuild because that's not a group of guys you're likely to get very far with without some serious maturation.

Though at the same time above average coaches are available nearly ever offseason: much harder to replace a core as young as skilled as the Leafs.

That said, I think some folks are making a mountain out of a molehill right now. It’s a slump, a very bad one, but it won’t last.

 

[Stephen]

Though at the same time above average coaches are available nearly ever offseason: much harder to replace a core as young as skilled as the Leafs.

That said, I think some folks are making a mountain out of a molehill right now. It’s a slump, a very bad one, but it won’t last.

Agreed on your last point. Though the slump reveals some serious structural issues with the team.

My point was just that if you have young guys calling the shots for whatever reason and getting your coach fired, the inmates are definitely running the asylum, and I don't think those kinds of teams ever have success.

 

[Nineteen67]

They are playing softer than ever right now. On the Coyotes 3rd goal there were two Leafs defenders watching the guy put the puck in the net. And on the EN, they literally quit playing. These are things that you wouldn’t see in beer leagues let alone an NHL game.

Why are they playing this way? The coach has some blame, for sure. Has he “lost the room”? We don’t know, but there appears to be something wrong.

Hopefully they’re just tired and the break will get them back.

 

[A1LeafNation]

Hire Quennville and promote Keefe to be his assistants.

That would light a fire under his ass.