News Article: Dave Feschuk: Stubborn Babcock passes on change with Leafs special teams falling short

[roggie13]

If this is Babcocks outlook we are in trouble

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[donkshow]

Going to need some sort of actual link here.

 

[roggie13]

Dave Feschuk: Stubborn Babcock passes on change with Leafs special teams falling short

 

[al secord]

I'm glad the link leads with "Dave Feschuk." Saves me wasting time reading any more.

 

[Nineteen67]

If this is Babcocks outlook we are in trouble

Mod edit: Dave Feschuk: Stubborn Babcock passes on change with Leafs special teams falling short

Feschuk is not a very smart person.

 

[93WrapAround]

I'm glad the link leads with "Dave Feschuk." Saves me wasting time reading any more.

Agreed, Feshuk may very well be right but he's written too many ridiculous articles with sensationalist takes for me to take anything he writes seriously. He values clicks/attention over substance.

 

[Diamond Joe Quimby]

I mean...he’s not wrong...

 

[DarkKnight]

Click bait.

Also not thread worthy, given we have TWO Babcock threads already.

Feschuk wears a scarf indoors, enough said... Go fake tan.

 

[Notsince67]

I'm glad the link leads with "Dave Feschuk." Saves me wasting time reading any more.

Amen to that

 

[egd27]

This is going to make it tough on the "fire Babcock" crowd.

Either soften your stance, or support an article by Dave Feschuk.

 

[Bomber0104]

I'll never understand why reporters think their opinion of the game holds any weight at all.

Bet you the guy's never laced up in his life.

 

[Walshy7]

This is going to make it tough on the "fire Babcock" crowd.

Either soften your stance, or support an article by Dave Feschuk.

ive 100% flipped to babs gets an extension, cant be agreeing with dave feschuk that is a no go zone

 

[MyBudJT]

I mean...he’s not wrong...

Did you read the article? its complete garbage.

 

[YearsintheWilderness]

Did you read the article? its complete garbage.

Please, tell us how. A blanket statement like the one you made is meaningless without some details.

 

[DarkKnight]

The quote from Babcock's mom on his stubbornness as a child was persuasive.

 

[Bomber0104]

Please, tell us how. A blanket statement like the one you made is meaningless without some details.

A lot of fans gravely misunderstand what a hockey coach does and does not do.

We used to have a lot of fans here think that firing Maurice, Wilson, Carlyle, and Horachek would magically make everything better and we'd be playoff bound, etc.

In reality and as history demonstrated, those people were either too blind or simply unwilling to admit the players those coaches were playing weren't good enough.

 

[YearsintheWilderness]

A lot of fans gravely misunderstand what a hockey coach does and does not do.

We used to have a lot of fans here think that firing Maurice, Wilson, Carlyle, and Horachek would magically make everything better and we'd be playoff bound, etc.

In reality, people were either too blind or simply unwilling to admit the players those coaches were playing weren't good enough.

You haven't addressed a single point he made in the article.

 

[Bomber0104]

You haven't addressed a single point he made in the article.

If you look hard enough, you can nitpick any statistic like that for any coach in the playoffs.

 

[Walshy7]

The quote from Babcock's mom on his stubbornness as a child was persuasive.

ew you clicked on it?

do we have a HF boards quarantine we can put dark knight in for a week or so? we need to monitor his symptoms for feschukitis
symptoms include:
- Verbal diarreah
- high fever (high level of hot takes)
- Personality disorder (ie: doesn't have one)
- risk of stroke (ing your own ego)

 

[DarkKnight]

ew you clicked on it?

do we have a HF boards quarantine we can put dark knight in for a week or so? we need to monitor his symptoms for feschukitis
symptoms include:
- Verbal diarreah
- high fever (high level of hot takes)
- Personality disorder (ie: doesn't have one)
- risk of stroke (ing your own ego)

Of course I didn't read it bro! Was a jab at him calling Reimer's mom. Bad enough he's on Leafs Lunch, who reads that tripe

 

[Nineteen67]

This is going to make it tough on the "fire Babcock" crowd.

Either soften your stance, or support an article by Dave Feschuk.

Nobody has to agree with a guy that takes a backhanded slap at capitalism or opines that that the Leafs have the better roster even though they finished well behind in the standings and that “ he’d (Babs) would rather lose doing things his way than win doing them somebody else’s”.

 

[Alerion]

Adjustments should have been made based on how Boston ate up the PK last year, but it's way too late now to switch up the scheme. They've made their bed, they've gotta sleep in it too and hope the roof doesn't collapse on them in game 7.

 

[Nineteen67]

Did you read the article? its complete garbage.

His facts are not wrong.

 

[qqaz]

I'll never understand why reporters think their opinion of the game holds any weight at all.

Bet you the guy's never laced up in his life.

Huh?

If reporter's opinions don't hold any weight, then whose opinions do? Fans on the internet? Feschuk's qualifications aside, you're lumping all reporters together. How can you possibly say reporters opinions hold no weight? They vote on awards, they sway fanbases, they hold players and coaches accountable, they are in the rinks and talk to the team. Their opinion matters, even when you don't agree with it.

And your comment about not lacing them up is ignorant, too. Ken Hitchcock never played competitively. Neither did Pat Burns. Neither did John Cooper. Scotty Bowman's career ended in junior. And I'm betting you don't go out of your way to ignore info from Bob McKenzie, who also never played the game.

 

[Guided by Veseys]

The stuff he talks about is accurate but the tone is typically over dramatic. Say what you want about leaf journalism but it’s like looking into a mirror for this fan base.