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Speculation: Now that Keefe is gone what happens to the rest of the staff?

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LEAFANFORLIFE23

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Now that Sheldon Keefe is gone and it looks like Craig Berube is the favorite to be the replacement I have to wonder what happens to the rest of the staff? do they all stay? or do the Leafs completely clean house? I have a feeling they are going to stay but I would clean house, with the exception of Mike Van Ryn because he is was on Berube staff when they won a championship in St Louis.

As unrealistic as it is I'd pay Todd Mcllenan all the money to come be an assistant that one is unrealistic I know but I'd do it because he's got a ring with Detroit.

I'd also target Dan Dan Byalsma because he's got a ring with Pittsburgh

You should be noticing a theme here, and that is that every hiring has 1 thing in common.

They all have championships they have all won rings, and that's what I want, I want this team to bring in as many people that have won championships as possible.

It's also why I would call Pittsburgh about Reilly Smith and Noel Accari.

Keith Pelley sat up on the podium at the press conference and he said they aren't here to sell Jerseys, They are here to win championships.

If that's true It's time to start bringing in people that have won.
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LEAFANFORLIFE23 said:
Keith Pelley sat up on the podium at the press conference and he said they aren't here to sell Jerseys, They are here to win championships.
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I bet the MLSE board gets updates on Jersey sales.

The new coach will likely bring staff.

I’d also add a staff psychologist for this group. The reasons are numerous.
 
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Nobody cares what happens to the rest of the staff.

All the coaches are crap. Boucher was useless. Is Malhotra still on the team?

I don't even know who the other assistant coaches are.

None of them are any good. If they were the Leafs would still be playing. So far as I'm concerned everyone from Shanahan on down, with the exception of Matthews, can pound pavement.

That includes all those assistant GM's too.

Can anybody name something these guys have actually accomplished as a functioning member of this team's front office? Something tangible that has put them closer to contention? What exactly do they need all these people for anyways?

I can't think of a single reason why anyone should care if they were all let go tomorrow.
 
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TMLBlueandWhite said:
Nobody cares what happens to the rest of the staff.

All the coaches are crap. Boucher was useless. Is Malhotra still on the team?

I don't even know who the other assistant coaches are.

None of them are any good. If they were the Leafs would still be playing. So far as I'm concerned everyone from Shanahan on down, with the exception of Matthews, can pound pavement.

That includes all those assistant GM's too.

Can anybody name something these guys have actually accomplished as a functioning member of this team's front office? Something tangible that has put them closer to contention? What exactly do they need all these people for anyways?

I can't think of a single reason why anyone should care if they were all let go tomorrow.
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So you don't care about the topic, but you commented on the topic, so that means you DO care about the topic because if you didn't you wouldn't have commented on the topic.

I don't disagree that most of the coaching Staff is worthless, I'm not sure about Boucher he's a defense first coach so he probably should be coaching the PK not the PP.

The rest can f*** off into the sun.

I'm not even against replacing Boucher I'm just not sure he was ever put in the right role.
 
LEAFANFORLIFE23 said:
So you don't care about the topic, but you commented on the topic, so that means you DO care about the topic because if you didn't you wouldn't have commented on the topic.

I don't disagree that most of the coaching Staff is worthless, I'm not sure about Boucher he's a defense first coach so he probably should be coaching the PK not the PP.

The rest can f*** off into the sun.

I'm not even against replacing Boucher I'm just not sure he was ever put in the right role.
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I didn't say I didn't care about the topic.

I said I didn't care what happened to the subject of the topic. There's a difference. Other than wanting to see all these losers replaced by someone competent I'm not too concerned what happens to all these minor role players in the front office.

For the most part they're pretty inconsequential anyways.
 
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TMLBlueandWhite said:
Can anybody name something these guys have actually accomplished as a functioning member of this team's front office? Something tangible that has put them closer to contention? What exactly do they need all these people for anyways?
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Since we don't know what they do on a day to day basis, this is a stupid question.

TMLBlueandWhite said:
I didn't say I didn't care about the topic.

I said I didn't care what happened to the subject of the topic. There's a difference.
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TMLBlueandWhite said:
Other than wanting to see all these losers replaced by someone competent I'm not too concerned what happens to all these minor role players in the front office.

For the most part they're pretty inconsequential anyways.
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If they are inconsequential, why do you give a damn?
 
LEAFANFORLIFE23 said:
It is but so far only Keefe is gone
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Boucher and Van Ryn probably weren't overly connected to Keefe since they were part of his coaching staff for just the one season. It's still within the realm of possibility that neither will have a place alongside the new head coach though.
 
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Boucher and Van Ryn probably weren't overly connected to Keefe since they were part of his coaching staff for just the one season. It's still within the realm of possibility that neither will have a place alongside the new head coach though.
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Van Ryn has history with Berube, probably why he hasn't been removed yet.
 
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LEAFANFORLIFE23 said:
If It's Berube I think Van Ryn stays because they won the cup together in St Louis
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Which makes sense and could also officially squeeze out Boucher since I agree with one of your previous posts about Boucher being better suited for PK coach.
 
I would assume that assistant coaches, are partly the responsibility of the Head Coach, as far as decision making is concerned. That's probably part of the interview process, and once a Head Coach is hired, they'll probably make decisions on the assistants. Given the time of year it is, there really isn't any urgency to make decisions on the assistants... Head Coach hiring first...
 
Hopefully fresh start for all. That PP was brutal.

I thought Boucher was known for his strict defensive systems, I didn't see that applied.
 
Buds17 said:
Boucher and Van Ryn probably weren't overly connected to Keefe since they were part of his coaching staff for just the one season. It's still within the realm of possibility that neither will have a place alongside the new head coach though.
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Boucher has strong ties to Shanny - he was even given a HC offer for the Leafs that was yanked away at the last minute when Babs agreed to sign.

He needs to be booted as far away from special teams as possible but I can see him sticking around for at least another season in some sort of a role
 
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