Are AM34 and MM16 coach killers?

[acrobaticgoalie]

Their relationship with Keefe has been interesting but good lord the Babcock apologia in this thread is ridiculous.

3x Cup Winner Chris Chelios: “What he did to [Mike] Modano was incredibly disrespectful. What he did to, just recently, [Jason] Spezza in Toronto — those were the things that are so unnecessary,” he explained.

“Kenny Holland and Jim Nill, for three days, argued with him. So what Babs ended up doing was, he suited up seven D for the first time ever …. He played me the opening shift, and then didn’t play me another shift the rest of the game. That was his way of showing Kenny and Jim Nill he’s not going to be told what to do,” Chelios explained, later stating that he felt Babcock “had it out for me from the beginning.”

1x Cup Winner Johan Franzen: “But then he’s a terrible man, the worst person I’ve ever met. A bully who had a go at people, it could be cleaners in the Detroit arena or anyone. He jumped on people just because.”

4x Cup Winner Darren McCarty: “That’s the key. In spite of him, right? In spite of him. And I learned that more getting into ’09 because we won in ’08 in spite of him and lost in ’09 because of him. That’s exactly the thing because he misused (Pavel) Datsyuk, (Henrik) Zetterberg and just because he’s stubborn and that was his way.”

This is just how he treated his proven veterans and there's still people out there acting like if he wasn't tied down by Dubas and the kids, he'd still be a beloved figure. Enough. Babcock killed himself and Keefe is still here, by my count they've killed no coaches so far.

Plus multiple occurrences between he and Commodore.

 

[notDatsyuk]

I can see Matthews being a coach killer, if one of his shots gets deflected into the bench.

The Marner muffin? Not even a bruise.

 

[WillyC]

Keefe is not going anywhere anytime soon… for everyone calling for it to happen not too long ago… look at these Leafs now.

Babcock had to go… he’s a dick

 

[Darcy Tucker]

Keefe is not going anywhere anytime soon… for everyone calling for it to happen not too long ago… look at these Leafs now.

Babcock had to go… he’s a dick

Did you at least buy some of Babcock's babsocks before he was canned and exiled to Saskatchewan?

 

[Notsince67]

The whole team is a coach killer. Aikins is probably under review after the anaheim game.