Sheldon Keefe out in Toronto

[LOFIN]

In typical Toronto fashion, it's the coaches fault. How many coaches will this team ditch before they start to realize this core of players aren't playoff performers. Never have and never will. Changes to on ice personnel are needed for anything significant to happen. The coach is just a deflection of the facts.

18 coaches have been fired since the last season. So let's not act like this somehow typical of Toronto. It's typical for a league with a hard salary cap and trade clauses handed out like candy.

 

[The Burdened]

How does Shanny survive? he's gotten to hire 3 gms and 3 coaches

 

[LivingRentFree]

It’s not his fault his stars couldn’t care less about winning, but he was an easy scapegoat.

How many days until Dubas hires him?

Yeah they don’t want to win. Players love losing. Another genius comment.

 

[Canadiens Ghost]

Keefe was nothing special but he wasn't the problem.

 

[josra33]

This is shocking!!!! Shocking I tell you….. so out of the blue that no one saw this coming!

 

[LEAFANFORLIFE23]

Hahahahaha.

When Matthews doesn’t score, Marner does nothing again…fire the coach I guess.

This firing Should have happened about 3 years ago, It's not about last week.

 

[Kranix]

Respect

 

[NVious]

How does Shanny survive? he's gotten to hire 3 gms and 3 coaches

Shanny needs more time, he has only been there a decade;
Decade 1=round 1
Decade 2=round 2
Decade 3=round 3
Decade 4=round 4
Decade 5=cup

Think of all the tears we will cry seeing 76 year old Auston, Mitch and Willie finally raising the cup together

 

[Mosby]

Martin St-louis is now ranked 5th and was hired 27 months ago!!!

Brind'Amour (2018)
Bednar (2016)
Sullivan (2015)
Cooper (2013)


edit: 27 not 21 months

Sixth, Andre Tourigny was hired July 2021 by Arizona. Looks like Montreal hired MSL in Feb. 2022.

 

[WarriorofTime]

Huh? Divine said he had the highest winning percentage in NHL history. Why would the Leafs get rid of the best coach ever?

 

[Satoru Gojo]

Not surprising, should've been done a while ago

Will this trigger some sot of domino?

Keefe to Pittsburgh and Sullivan elsewhere?

 

[LEAFANFORLIFE23]

Keefe was nothing special but he wasn't the problem.

Sheldon Keefe has been out coached in EVERY SINGLE playoff series he's been including the series he won Vasi was awful in that series but make no mistake Cooper stuffed him in a locker like a high school bully bullying the math club.

 

[Laus723]

This firing Should have happened about 3 years ago, It's not about last week.

sure. Also tells us that the core 4 are locked in and this is possibly the biggest change.

 

[The Winter Soldier]

Shanahan is running out of firing the Coaches, GM's cards. This team was destined to compete for the Cup with Lou at the helm. All he had to do was extend him another 3 years. His misread of hiring Dubas was a domino of disastrous moves too numerous to name that has brought this franchise to this point. Keefe was not the problem but he will be the latest scapegoat until Shanahan can no longer avoid the cross hairs.

 

[ViD]

Babcock is available

 

[Hockeyholic]

OK cool. There's an easy decision.

Now what follows?

Because it means nothing without shaking up the team personnel on the ice.

 

[LEAFANFORLIFE23]

Huh? Divine said he had the highest winning percentage in NHL history. Why would the Leafs get rid of the best coach ever?

The Leafs just got better today because they fired the worst coach in the league.

 

[Michoulicious]

*shocked pikachu*

Keefe to Pittsburgh E5

 

[LEAFANFORLIFE23]

Babcock is available

Would be an upgrade

 

[Satoru Gojo]

Babcock is available

Maybe this is bold take, but I actually think Babcock got more out of the Leafs then Keefe ever did

 

[Ghost of Murph]

Too many show dogs and not enough bulldogs. No coach is going to be able to meet expectations in the playoffs with this roster. Keefe is a mediocre coach, but he was far from the main issue. Bring in Berube, Gallant, whoever and the result will be the same.

 

[Mosby]

Wild

 

[tom leafers]

I wanna see how Keefe does with a middleing team, not a team with prime Nylander Matthews and Marner on it.

Hard not to be a "good" coach when you have those guys

 

[LEAFANFORLIFE23]

sure. Also tells us that the core 4 are locked in and this is possibly the biggest change.

If that's the case I'm fine with that, I wouldn't mind giving them a chance with a real coach, and not an idiot.

 

[Leaf Fans]

Good coach. Though I agree with his firing in fact, I think they should clean house and fully commit to a new direction.