I'm not saying keep Sheldon Keefe, but I would caution against the grass-is-greener mentality. a lot of NHL coaches would have lost the Bruins series in 5 or 6.
Keefe managed to keep enough parts of the team working to stay in the fight longer than he probably should have been able to. And he almost pulled a miracle series win out of his hat.
granted, "almost" only counts in horseshoes and hand grenades, but at least he kept the team fighting right to the end.
it turned to crap at the last minute for you guys, and he gets to share the "credit" for that, but if Keefe was a bad head coach, that collapse would have happened 2-3 games earlier.
Just saying. He's definitely got a lot of good attributes and I doubt he'll struggle to find a job if he's fired.
A lot of teams would have also close out Montreal
A lot of teams also would have won if you played 5 games at home like we did against Columbus
0-8 in closing games. A lot of coaches in NHL would be able to win 1 game out one of them
Grass doesn't have to be greener on the other side, it just has to be different
His coaching numbers are highly inflated by the fact that he inherited a very talented team
Many coaches benefited from getting a good team. See Mark Crawford when he inherited Colorado in mid 90s. Won a championship with Avs, got fired 3 years later
Go see his records with a lesser talented teams. Dude sucked balls
That is Keefe. Someone who looks better than he is.
Keefe will get a job. His numbers are good. Someone will give him an opportunity. Just like Dubas, used the leafs to build a nice profile. Except neither could have done jack here
