[Toronto Star] Sheldon Keefe on coaching in NJ “…I’ve had a number of well-established coaches in the league reach out to say that I should be happy now that I get to coach in the real NHL. Toronto is quite unique … it’s not like the rest of the league.”
by dgiwicmeofuwbzpaofkj
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“Stupid teams need the most attention”
This is such a stupid quote. I assume Keefe is using the wording the coaches used with him but “real NHL” is so lame. If the “real NHL” is being in a market where your team is much closer in relevancy to MLS teams than any of the MLB, NBA and NFL teams in the area then the real NHL is pretty lame.
I don’t get it, does this mean Wes McCauley no longer holds a petty grudge against him and will ref an unbiased game from now on?
I assumed they meant he isn’t going to be under scrutiny after every loss and grilled by numerous media dudes. He can actually enjoy it and have a different experience as a coach now.
This drama that Toronto is so unique is such crap.
NY, Boston, LA, Dallas, Chicago are all as bad or worse in other sports. This idea that Toronto is its own individual beast is such a bitch mindset.
Not to mention, just win and the problem will drastically fade.
Brian Burke made it worse by building a shit team with him and Wilson barking at the media all the time.
Then Shanahan goes and hires a teenager for GM, throws ridiculous contracts at 4 guys that handcuffs the team, claims they have the new formula for winning in the NHL… everyone who’s not an idiot knew it wouldn’t work, and it didn’t…of course that crap is going to rile the fans and media up.
I think what he means is that being the head coach of the Toronto Maple Leafs is way more pressure on someone than most other coaching roles. It’s like being the starting goalie of the Montreal Canadians, or the captain of the Detroit Red Wings.
I think what he means is that being the head coach of the Toronto Maple Leafs is way more pressure on someone than most other coaching roles. It’s like being the starting goalie of the Montreal Canadians, or the captain of the Detroit Red Wings.
I figure this means he won’t have shanny directing his every move
Gutless comment. It didn’t need to be said.
Okay kind of a misquote there but I do get there’s more pressure in toronto than anywhere else plus the team feels uniquely cursed
I really don’t know how in jest this could have been, is it because Toronto is the centre of the hockey world, so their joke is that the NHL is real outside of Toronto?
If not this wave of wanting to be out of the spotlight by NHLers, and coaches apparently, is maddening. Every other sport the best players want to be in the biggest market, more notoriety, more money, more scrutiny, everything pushes you to be your best.
Every other sport has the best players seeking out those opportunities! Why is it just the Leafs that get the schtick for it?
If anything, markets like Toronto are the “real NHL” and not Jersey
I’m pretty sure the NJ fanbase won’t like this quote either because if keefe is expecting a country club environment to winning and losing, no NHL fanbase will give him a free ride, especially after a statement like that. Not a good look for keefe.
Funny thing is any one of those coaches who told him that would eagerly take the leafs head coaching job were it offered to them. I get Toronto media can be a bit much at times but to be going out of your way to make back handed comments on “real nhl” comes across as petty
Means it’s known they’ll never win due to league influence?
Yeah right Sheldon.
Multiple coaches have called you up out of the blue to say “you should be happy you get to coach in the real nhl”.
I beleive that.
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again mlse should threaten or actually pull out of the revenue sharing like the cowboys do.
We’re already the most hated team so fuck all these people crying about yhe leafs media all while holding their hand out for charity