Confirmed with Link: Sheldon Keefe Fired -- Discussion Thread

[The Masters]

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[sxvnert]

Thank god. A new face is the bare minimum for next season.

 

[Duffman955]

Finally

Let's go, changes start

 

[Kurtz]

Better late than never.

Guessing Berube is the guy.

 

[mapleleafs34]

Had to be done. LFG

 

[Revolt]

Expected. Feel for the guy though. Had a decent run, although he couldn’t get the team to the next step.

But at the end of the day he didn’t get much help from his top players either.

First step of some significant change here I hope.

 

[ACC1224]

Shocking!

 

[Gary Nylund]

Yay!!

1 down, one to go (Marner). And ditching Marner is IMO 100 times more important than getting a new coach.

 

[57 Years No Cup]

SHELDON KEEFE FIRED...

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Up about coaching the Pittsburg Penguins!

 

[The Masters]

Finally

Had to be done. Keefe good guy but we need a new voice and a more experience coach.

Let's see who they hire.

 

[57 Years No Cup]

Yay!!

1 down, one to go (Marner). And ditching Marner is IMO 100 times more important than getting a new coach.

 

[thinkblue]

Boucher stays?

 

[BayStBullies]

Nice, the longest interim coach in history. Now we can stop wasting the years of our star players.

 

[LeafsFan89]

MLSE: "See! We're making changes!"
*Runs back same core players for the 9th year in a row under a third head coach.

 

[cyris]

Shanny should be next

 

[Trapper]

I wonder if the players even consider that they caused Keefe to be the scapegoat.

Nah, probably not.

 

[mapleleafs34]

Boucher stays?

Please god no.

 

[tom leafers]

would be hilarious if any of the core complain, considering it was their performance that got him fired

 

[the squared circle]

Praying that Coach Q will be introduced tomorrow during the press conference!

 

[Kelly]

I am shocked.

I don't even think Keefe is like 30% to blame. Unfortunately for him coaches are the easiest changes since they don't get those pesky NMC's that are handed out like candy here.

Oh well, bring on the new candidates.

 

[Menzinger]

He seemed like a nice enough person, and I honestly won't doubt it if he finds more success with another team next

This was 100% the right call though. They need a shakeup in systems and even how they motivate/focus the guys. Keefe seemed to second guess himself too much in the postseason especially, and (more so in past years than this one) would make too many random changes

 

[GoonieFace]

That’s a start i guess, not confident anything else significant will happen

 

[Budz]

I like Keefe, he was not perfect - but it was definitely time.

 

[The Iceman]

I liked him.

My take is
He wasn't the problem, but he wasn't the answer.
Couldn't go into another game 7 with him at the controls with all the goblins under the bed.

 

[Squiffy]

Not gonna dance on the grave, but had to happen. Best of luck to him.