613Leafer
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- May 26, 2008
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Ok. So Shanahan has one year of experience, and in that year, under his watch, The Leafs had one of their worst seasons in franchise history. In 2 years if the Leafs miss the playoffs that means 3 straight years of losing under Brendan Shanahan. After 3 straight years of losing does that mean that Shanahan is still doing things "the right way"? Or does it mean that he's incompetent?
The great thing about sports is that the only thing matters is your record. Shanahan can talk all he wants and try and buy as much time as he wants, but at the end of the day there is only one thing that matters. If the Leafs don't make the playoffs by the end of year 3 of Shannys term then he should be fired.
Shanny has done 2 things in his tenure with the Leafs.. A lot of talking and a lot of losing.
It takes YEARS to change the core of a team and alter the trajectory of a team that had 6-7+ guys signed longterm and had finished bottom 10 for six of the previous seven seasons.
Put Holland, Yzerman, etc as GM of the Leafs over the past season, and would they have made the team a good team immediately without hurting their longterm competitiveness? I dont think so, not even remotely.
Right now we have to judge the organization based on the longterm trajectory and direction of the franchise. Our cap situation is improving, our farm system is night and day better than it was, and our NHL team isnt all that much worse (because you ultimately cant do much worse than the consistent bottom 10 finishes we had). At least now we'll be losing with capspace and an ever deepening farm system.