Confirmed with Link: Sheldon Keefe Fired -- Discussion Thread

[Evilhomer]

Keefe already looks 5 years younger. Lol.

No shambles in his brain.

 

[3blizzard4]

Classy stuff from Keefe.

Classy coach given lazy personnel. Good luck Sheldon! You know these jobs have a short shelf life. Cheers.

 

[Bellefour20]

So Tampa didn’t do that?

Completely different markets and expectations.

 

[Ianturnedbull]

A greenhorn President, hires a greenhorn GM, who then hires a greenhorn Coach.

Question: What could possibly go right?

Answer: Nothing !!

This whole Dubas/Keefe 5-6 year fiasco is both regrettable and compete waste of time and money and robbed Leafs Nation of their greatest Cup competitive window by their gross incompetence.

Dude speaks the truth.

It's what I like to call Abject Failure.

 

[Tak7]

Sadly, the only person who would ask that is Simmons. And he would be shunned by the MLSE cronies who act like actual reporters (some of them are actually pretty good lol). How can you honestly report on a team when you are employed by the team's owners? So we have the Star and the Sun and some independents.

Simmons was there on Monday, and didn't ask much.

 

[Shanwhatplan]

A greenhorn President, hires a greenhorn GM, who then hires a greenhorn Coach.

Question: What could possibly go right?

Answer: Nothing !!

This whole Dubas/Keefe 5-6 year fiasco is both regrettable and compete waste of time and money and robbed Leafs Nation of their greatest Cup competitive window by their gross incompetence.

In all fairness, Mess, I believe the ultimate blame is on Shanahan. He is the #1 reason for what we are now dealing with. In hindsight I believe that is the main reason Dubas was fired, because he knew this core needed to be broken up but Shanahan did not.

 

[PROUD PAPA]

So long Sheldon.
I bet in his next gig he drops the coddling and ass kissing of players who aren't pulling their weight.

Good luck to you sir.

 

[Tak7]

Yup. The so-called "toxic" Toronto media would be asking hard hitting questions like "Hey Mitch how's your new puppy" or "Matty, what's your favourite ice cream and where did you get that fabulous man purse"...

"Auston, your team lost yet another first round series in devastating fashion, raising significant concern that this group, as currently constructed can't get it done. There's also mystery surrounding your illness and health situations that lingered throughout the heart of the series, and the heat on your best bud Mitch has been dialed up to 300.

However I'd like to ask you your thoughts on: WhAt ArE YoUr ThOuGhtS On The CoYoTeS MoVinG.... THREE WEEKS AGO !?!?"

 

[Ianturnedbull]

ROR didn’t like the scrutiny of playing here and Schenn understandably followed term and money after making peanuts for years.
Neither case has anything to do with what you are suggesting

What scrutiny?

These losers are let off the hook and are so sheltered. They don't field any hard questions. They get nothing (unless they waste their time reading emotional twitter reactions).

 

[Racer88]

Very classy person

 

[Tak7]

Yup, as you were. That was on me. Appreciate the info you bring here.

No worries, happy to help. Will be around tomorrow for the presser too - enjoy your day.

 

[Shanwhatplan]

Imagine thinking he was not worth 5 x $5mil. Insane.

Because Shanahan mistakenly thought the money would be better spent on this core. And to think it looks like Pelley will be bringing him back! If Shanahan is still allowed to have a major say in any of the hockey decisions, that will tell me all that I need to know about Pelley!

 

[mikeyz]

Wasn't part of the reason ROR left because of the media? He didn't want the attention?

Wasn't Schenn open to re-signing but we brought in Klingberg at double his hit?

Might be wrong... that was my recollection.

He said that. But I don't believe it for a second.

 

[Shanwhatplan]

Not those guys. If we fired Keefe I was hoping for another Babcock type hire.. A winning coach with pedigree. Rod the Bod, Jon Cooper, etc.

Brind'Amour would be the perfect coach! If only there was a chance!

 

[bax]

Every time I see Hyman burying goals it pisses me off, let exactly what this teams needs to walk because he wasn’t sexy enough……..

Me too. I thought he left because they couldn't afford to pay him 5 million? I could be wrong

 

[Shanwhatplan]

True but any Coach that's available has flamed out somewhere.

Throw the Vault at Dale Hunter. Marner played his best under him.

So you want Marner back and resigned?

 

[Aashir Mallik]

Yea.. f*** him and f*** T-Mac (as much as I would love to see Matthews pout being forced to play a 1-3-1)

He may just go back home to Arizona and wait for the coach to come and beg him to play again

 

[All Mod Cons]

Brad doing what Kyle refused to do.

 

[hyduK]

Meh, scapegoat.

Hands are tied cause of egregious cap management and a poorly built roster, this is realistically the only move to be made (other than firing Shanahan, which should be done).

Next year is basically already a write off unless they get the balls to move on from Marner.

 

[Martin Skoula]

Me too. I thought he left because they couldn't afford to pay him 5 million? I could be wrong

It was term + NMC that was the problem not cap

 

[Shanwhatplan]

It's obvious to you but not to the nhl who is pretty consistent in removing coaches from under performing teams

But who does the coach have to answer to when making decisions? And who has the ultimate say?

 

[57 Years No Cup]

"Auston, your team lost yet another first round series in devastating fashion, raising significant concern that this group, as currently constructed can't get it done. There's also mystery surrounding your illness and health situations that lingered throughout the heart of the series, and the heat on your best bud Mitch has been dialed up to 300.

However I'd like to ask you your thoughts on news that happened 3 weeks ago: WhAt ArE YoUr ThOuGhtS On The CoYoTeS MoVinG !?"

 

[socko]

So long Sheldon.
I bet in his next gig he drops the coddling and ass kissing of players who aren't pulling their weight.

Good luck to you sir.

That's how Keefe kept the job so long. He read his bosses and provided the services they wanted. He's no dummy.

 

[Shanwhatplan]

Keefe’s goodbye, as heartfelt as it appears doesn’t erase the fact that he was the architect of his own demise…….

What do you mean?

 

[CapspaceKiller]

This firing was incredibly transparent given everything the last week.

If they don't blame the players tomorrow...which they should. Keefe is a pure scapegoat.

The personnel needs to change...PERIOD. 8 years, 2 coaches, same results. Now they have even less capspace.