The criticism is based on many different things, some are valid and some aren't. One particular point of criticism is lineup decisions - Nylander/Tavares playing together is one thing people took issue with right before they scored 4 goals that night. Whatever, millions of different opinions exist and people have a right to post what they want and of course you're free to dislike what some people think.
yea ofc but results are the best way to offset criticism which so far as coach he hasn’t delivered in the playoffs. I don’t think anyone will sit here and say he’s never ever made good line up decisions in any game of the playoffs considering the Leafs have played phenomenally in some playoff games. He hasn’t however been able to out coach the opposition over the course of a 7 game series whether that’s getting the team to show up or other aspects. One or two wins doesn’t refute that it’s just what we have already seen.
Whatever. I'm not a huge Keefe fan but I don't think he's as bad as some people think either and I also think people overrate how big a role the coach plays in winning/losing a series. We don't see much of what coaches do so either so it's pretty hard to grade them as well. These playoffs I like the way he's handled Knies for one thing and you could debate Holl vs Liljegren but other than that, not really sure what you could criticize him for. As for him outcoaching the opposition, I'd say a couple of things:
I agree he’s not as bad as people say and not as good as other say as well probably. In either case bumping this thread after a win when his haters criticism is focused around him never winning a series not a playoff game is just a bit silly and misrepresents the root of the criticism. And you can argue a coach doesn’t have as much of a role in wins as people think in which case bumping a thread with a see I told you so after a single win is still a bit of a strange thing to do since it doesn’t prove anything. Most reasonable people or most people in general will not say he’s never done anything.
Thousands of posts here every day, many of them silly, not sure why this one bothers you so much. I don't think there's much more to say here.
I was simply expressing my opinion to another poster on how I don't believe winning a playoff game = crow and kind of got dragged into a debate on it and I'm not particularly sure why. I think the playoffs are exciting enough without all this
No big deal. If you're not sure why you're debating, you can just stop at any time. Easy peasy.I was simply expressing my opinion to another poster on how I don't believe winning a playoff game = crow and kind of got dragged into a debate on it and I'm not particularly sure why. I think the playoffs are exciting enough without all this
I am still very much against the Nylander Tavares combination, they dont gel, they at least need ROR as the superglue.
Keefe had a lot of success with the Matthews/Nylander & Tavares/Marner combos throughout the season and yet hes only concerned with Mattys feels.
Just feel they have to work so hard to play good together and when they change linemates its suddenly so much more effortless. It is hard as is with playoff hockey, you would think u woud want it as effortless as possible for the captain and the nr one goalscorer this season.
Not if she repeatedly knee you in the nuts.
Yeah it was me, I wouldn't have them together either. I'd try Matthews with Nylander, ROR with Marner and JT centering a (hopefully) dominant 3rd line.
