What the future of the Maple Leafs could look like without Sheldon Keefe 

Destined to fail with Mitch Marner on your team

I think they hire a new coach and keep Marner to see if Marner will change but I can almost guarantee that Marner won't change because he hasn't.

​@@heeroheero8844Mitch only has one good playoff series, points wise, not great.

Uh…yeah, it kind of is. Actually, scratch that. It’s pretty much ALL his fault.

@@OkayRocket30660how?

Keefe will be fine, as long as the team he goes to is actually built to succeed.

Sheldon Keefe will win a Cup guaranteed wherever he goes. How do you fire a guy who already has the 5th most wins in regular season play next to the likes of Imlach, Quinn, Irvin? YOU DON'T. The real fire needs to be lit under the underachieving overpaid players who won't play hard for their coach or the fans. We've seen this time and again that great coaches are not respected when they drive their players to win: Pat Burns, Pat Quinn, Paul Maurice, Ron Wilson, Mike Babcock, now Keefe. The more they want their boys to play and win for them the more they get the boot when the players don't go out and do their jobs to win. It's got to the point no one should darken the doors of the Scotiabank Arena for a season and may be when Shanacrap and company can realize they can't pay the bills they might fall on their own swords instead of blaming coaches, it's the easy coward way out..

My Parents he told me about Sheldon Keefe he was the Coach of Pembroke Ontario Canada he Missed old Team of Pembroke Lumber Kings i remember him about his Career i want to meet him comes back to Pembroke My Dad he knows about Keefe’s his Wife and Two Kids in Pembroke Ontario Welcome Back Sheldon Keefe always good Pal Mark David Dougherty!!👍👍❤ Breakfast Television BT!!

@@andrewlowe9969 I somewhat agree with you but the same was said for the Toronto Raptors when they fired Dwayne Casey when his regular season record was 59-23 in 2018. He had the most wins in franchise history, it didn't equate to playoff success. He lost in the first round and ultimately lost his job because of it. The next season they brought in a new head coach with a different voice and message and they won the NBA Championship. Doesn't mean that will happen to the leafs but its a results business and they didn't deliver. Good Luck Sheldon. That being said, the players need to be held accountable as well

@@mark57952 Pembroke is a HOLE C . F . B Petawawa is much nicer .

Is there ever any doubt? Shanahan has been a Leaf Killer his entire career. The MLSE allowed the fox into the henhouse 10 years ago. What was Leafs Nation expecting?

Precisely.

Spot on! Little Mitchell should pay a fine for coughing up a hair ball on that series ending play and be booed out of Scotiabank Arena if he happens to still be with this team at next year's home opener. I'd cut his pay simply if I was running things. Will never happen CBA rules protect players for being underachievers.

He said one of 👍🏻

I think the correct wording would be one of the most judged positions in sports xD

Coach in the centre of the universe!!

It is because if you win it here it will be insane.

Arrogant and delusional!

A new head coach will only go so far. Flames' GM Craig Conroy found that out with Ryan Huska, with a need for Conroy to try to acquire some draft capital via trades of as many then-pending unrestricted free agents as possible.

Spot on. How many decent coaches have been turfed by the MLSE front office over the past few decades when they won't blame themselves first? Too many. Keefe is another victim of getting the boot when it's the players who need to take a hit in the pocket books for not playing for their coach. The Front Office needs to support its coaches not sack them for underachieving players who have too big a payroll. Start cutting their salaries it's that simple.

Rather sad to see another good Coach axed by MLSE. Keefer will win a Cup guaranteed elsewhere. If he ends up in New Jersey imagine he could repeat what Pat Burns did post Leafs win another Stanley Cup for them. I wish Sheldon the best he was a great coach.

spot on - should have never been given the chance to coach this team - start as an assistant coach in the NHL and then move up as you gain experience

He should have been booted out the door after the 2021 debacle against the Habs... great job getting completely out coached by a career assistant! As a Habs fan, I'd absolutely LOVE to see you guys find a way to convince Torts to take the reigns in TO. He won't take gak from the spoiled little toddlers pretending to be men, and he'll eat the media alive! ;-)

He would have a Job tomorrow but why would he…he is still getting paid by the Leafs for the next 2 years…only in Leaf Land hahahaha

Firing Keefe is symbolic. No one coach can make this team a Stanley Cuo contender. Four finesse forward, average defence and goaltending has never been the template for playoff success, so fire anyone you want, but the team is destined to fail, until the lineup is addressed.

sid is a moron...

I agree with you 100%

That’s a good idea. Probably won’t take it though. Prove like Dubas didn’t really want to stay in the end….

His name is Devo, and he's not picking a fight with him. He's allowed to voice his own opinion on subjects just like Sid is. That's called a healthy debate.

It's a play. It's orchestrated. Smoke and mirrors

@@CoolsBreeze where did I say he wasn’t allowed to do anything?

That wasn’t his fault, when your team only scores one goal and they are offensively gifted then I’m pointing fingers elsewhere

The team was going to lose regardless in the second round. The Leafs aren’t built for going deep in the playoffs.

@@spittinvenom9843Yup: subpar special teams, inept core four productivity in the playoffs… these are the real culprits. The Core Bore only manage of average two goals in playoff games? That’s inexcusable.

Nylander needs to go but they just recently gave him a lot more 💰 I think Marner is still not at a 💯% health to play and would be nice if he had the right coach to give him the confidence he needs to keep going for the playoffs. It would have been nice to have a brand new PP coach sooner.

@@scottdellaire4552 Marner is a baby who never digs in the corners. He’s going to want a lot of money and as a result will gobble up too much of the cap.

True 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

Right, eh. I knew when Tre signed him it was going to be a stupid move and he would only last one season. Probably going to be the same with Nylander that they won’t get anything and they should’ve just him go to UFA.

You do realize that almost all fired coaches are in the same position, right?

100% Keefe will follow Dubas to Pittsburgh.

You do realize that the majority of leafs seats are corporate owned, right? They will never stop buying.