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Who will be the new coach of the Leafs

Highlander

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I'd give John Herdman a chance, a success wherever he does! If Gruden can get the Marlies a win today perhaps he comes up for consideration.
 
The day Keefe gets fired, so many Toronto orgs will also pull the trigger on bad news announcements/firings because it?ll just be a wee little fart in the middle of a nuclear explosion.
 
It'll be Quenville. Saw that he was in the news recently rehabilitating his image, probably gets reinstated by Bettman this summer
 
Zee said:
It'll be Quenville. Saw that he was in the news recently rehabilitating his image, probably gets reinstated by Bettman this summer
I could live with that choice.  Just don't want another retreaded coach who is now on team 5.  No Boudreau!
 
I find it interesting that Tre signed Keefe to a 2 year deal a year out from his deal ending...so if they lose this series and Keefe gets sacked, he's getting sacked before his new deal even begins!

Having said that, lame duck thing and all, I could see him giving him a 1 year extension a year out...but 2?  The Leafs had all the leverage there.
 
Frank E said:
I find it interesting that Tre signed Keefe to a 2 year deal a year out from his deal ending...so if they lose this series and Keefe gets sacked, he's getting sacked before his new deal even begins!

Having said that, lame duck thing and all, I could see him giving him a 1 year extension a year out...but 2?  The Leafs had all the leverage there.

A one year deal doesn?t really do much to change the status. It?s a clear indication the organization isn?t comfortable moving forward with him. A two year deal at least shows they?re not already considering moving on. They still used their leverage ti find the best of both worlds - not committing but not leaving him twisting in the wind.
 
Highlander said:
Zee said:
It'll be Quenville. Saw that he was in the news recently rehabilitating his image, probably gets reinstated by Bettman this summer
I could live with that choice.  Just don't want another retreaded coach who is now on team 5.  No Boudreau!

The Leafs would be Quenneville?s 5th team, dude. He would be exactly the type of retread you?re talking about.
 
A less ?accomplished? coach with NHL experience is the way to go. The list of coaches who have won the cup with multiple teams is incredibly short - there?s 3 of them, and only one outside the original 6 era.

No rookies, but no one who?s high profile, either. That?s the way to go.
 
bustaheims said:
Highlander said:
Zee said:
It'll be Quenville. Saw that he was in the news recently rehabilitating his image, probably gets reinstated by Bettman this summer
I could live with that choice.  Just don't want another retreaded coach who is now on team 5.  No Boudreau!
I didn?t know that!

The Leafs would be Quenneville?s 5th team, dude. He would be exactly the type of retread you?re talking about.
 
CarltonTheBear said:
Berube kinda just feels like the incredibly obvious choice.
Hope not. I just don't think he's very good. If they change the coach I hope they swing for the fence. Throw a boatload at Brind'Amour and give him whatever he wants for a staff. That owner is cheap.
 
It probably doesn't matter who the coach is if they do not get decent goaltending.
 
bustaheims said:
A less ?accomplished? coach with NHL experience is the way to go. The list of coaches who have won the cup with multiple teams is incredibly short - there?s 3 of them, and only one outside the original 6 era.

No rookies, but no one who?s high profile, either. That?s the way to go.

Aren?t you literally describing Keefe?

I?m not for or against firing, I?m just confused by the criteria you?ve posted.
 
Joe said:
bustaheims said:
A less ?accomplished? coach with NHL experience is the way to go. The list of coaches who have won the cup with multiple teams is incredibly short - there?s 3 of them, and only one outside the original 6 era.

No rookies, but no one who?s high profile, either. That?s the way to go.

Aren?t you literally describing Keefe?

I?m not for or against firing, I?m just confused by the criteria you?ve posted.

No. Keefe was a rookie coach.
 
bustaheims said:
Joe said:
bustaheims said:
A less ?accomplished? coach with NHL experience is the way to go. The list of coaches who have won the cup with multiple teams is incredibly short - there?s 3 of them, and only one outside the original 6 era.

No rookies, but no one who?s high profile, either. That?s the way to go.

Aren?t you literally describing Keefe?

I?m not for or against firing, I?m just confused by the criteria you?ve posted.

No. Keefe was a rookie coach.

I get that. I guess what I mean is you?re describing what Keefe is right now. 
 
Joe said:
bustaheims said:
Joe said:
bustaheims said:
A less ?accomplished? coach with NHL experience is the way to go. The list of coaches who have won the cup with multiple teams is incredibly short - there?s 3 of them, and only one outside the original 6 era.

No rookies, but no one who?s high profile, either. That?s the way to go.

Aren?t you literally describing Keefe?

I?m not for or against firing, I?m just confused by the criteria you?ve posted.

No. Keefe was a rookie coach.

I get that. I guess what I mean is you?re describing what Keefe is right now.

Maybe. And it wouldn?t shock me to see Keefe have more success if he lands another head coaching opportunity. It?s not unusual for coaches to need to go through a team or two before they get it right.
 
bustaheims said:
Joe said:
bustaheims said:
Joe said:
bustaheims said:
A less ?accomplished? coach with NHL experience is the way to go. The list of coaches who have won the cup with multiple teams is incredibly short - there?s 3 of them, and only one outside the original 6 era.

No rookies, but no one who?s high profile, either. That?s the way to go.

Aren?t you literally describing Keefe?

I?m not for or against firing, I?m just confused by the criteria you?ve posted.

No. Keefe was a rookie coach.

I get that. I guess what I mean is you?re describing what Keefe is right now.

Maybe. And it wouldn?t shock me to see Keefe have more success if he lands another head coaching opportunity. It?s not unusual for coaches to need to go through a team or two before they get it right.

Keefe will get snapped up because of his regular season record.  Maybe he can convert to Mormonism while he's in Salt Lake. 

Which I just drove through yesterday, FWIW.  It's not a very big city, even if you include all the necklace of suburbs that stretch north and south.
 
Zanzibar Buck-Buck McFate said:
bustaheims said:
Joe said:
bustaheims said:
Joe said:
bustaheims said:
A less ?accomplished? coach with NHL experience is the way to go. The list of coaches who have won the cup with multiple teams is incredibly short - there?s 3 of them, and only one outside the original 6 era.

No rookies, but no one who?s high profile, either. That?s the way to go.

Aren?t you literally describing Keefe?

I?m not for or against firing, I?m just confused by the criteria you?ve posted.

No. Keefe was a rookie coach.

I get that. I guess what I mean is you?re describing what Keefe is right now.

Maybe. And it wouldn?t shock me to see Keefe have more success if he lands another head coaching opportunity. It?s not unusual for coaches to need to go through a team or two before they get it right.

Keefe will get snapped up because of his regular season record.  Maybe he can convert to Mormonism while he's in Salt Lake. 

Which I just drove through yesterday, FWIW.  It's not a very big city, even if you include all the necklace of suburbs that stretch north and south.

I think Keefe will coach in the NHL again. Talent he had to work with vs results may not be perceived as too great. He might have to work his way back. Having said that, Scotty Bowman in his prime wasn't likely to go too far with this group this season.
 
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