[Chris Johnston] Sheldon Keefe returns as leafs head coach next season, GM Brad Treliving confirms.
Sheldon Keefe returns as #leafs head coach next season, GM Brad Treliving confirms.
— Chris Johnston (@reporterchris) June 27, 2023
by FutureAnybody
@Toronto Maple Leafs
39 Comments
Just a terrible decision. No reason for him to be extended at all
The darkest timeline…
Boooooooooooooooooo
This is a smart move by Treliving, for his own security. If he brings in a new coach this year he doesn’t have the “fire the couch” bullet to use if things go south (this year or in the future). A GM only has so many coaching hired before he comes under fire.
I’m sure he likes Keefe and isn’t doing this selfishly, but it is a lens at which to look at this decision.
We can and we will run it back again, and again, and again, and again, and again.
With the shortest leash
New GM with core four and coach all potentially back is comedy.
Wrong guy that was kept. Dubas should be here and Keefe gone.
Announce the Holl and Kerfoot signings next. I want this place in absolute dumpster fire mode.
Fuck
This is a, “let’s see what you do now that your buddy isn’t GM” year. The fire under their ass has never been hotter.
Disappointed about this the way he coached after TDL was comical.
This is familiar, wonder how itāll play outā¦ š«¤
I’ll admit to not being surprised, but also a bit disappointed. I’m going to wait and see what happens with Matthews and Nylander before getting worked up though.
The Leafs are living out the āWanna see me do it again?ā SpongeBob meme.
Guys come on now, maybe this time he wonāt get out coaches in the playoffs, i mean he has every time previous, but maybe this time he wonāt
If you thought Keefe didnāt adjust enough before with his homie in the chair above him, youāre going to see someone eager to please this year.
You keep the coach, give him a small extension so you donāt have a ālame duckā and give him a short leash from a performance standpoint, but a longer leash with which to say and do what he wants with his players.
If Dubas was kept I wouldāve wanted Keefe gone. With Dubas gone this was the only logical play.
Deja vu
I’m not sure how I feel about this all of a sudden. I was always a fan but when I read that Kerfoot and Kampf might be returning, my heart sunk. My first thought was here we go again. Oh my – i don’t know anymore.
I canāt believe weāre running it back ā¦
Oh.
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^*deep-breath*
**rrrRRRREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE**
Ok thatās out of the way, I get it for Brad to shield himself with Keefeās body, but goddamn it.
No shock here. Treliving didnāt really have any choice given the timing of everything. Firing Keefe wouldāve added more uncertainty to the entire Leafs situation and put Treliving in a tough spot having to find a new coach asap.
Now heās sort of got a year grace period. Keefe bombs in regular season or playoffs, Treliving can honestly say he wasnāt his guy and move on to someone else he can maybe take some time to choose. Replace Keefe this summer and he gives that up.
But the whole thing is a mess IMO. It all reeks of heavy interference by the MLSE board through Shanahan. Some people loved how Dubas was ditched, but this all is the opposite of what shouldāve went down. Keefe shouldāve been gone right after the Florida series loss and Dubas shouldāve been extended.
Now it seems like next year will be yet another running back of almost the entirely same crew on the bench and on the ice. Just seems crazy given whatās happened every single spring for years now.
Is this news?
We’re running it back again boys! Ffs.
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A lot of us won’t be happy, but this is probably the better option now for lack of a better choice. Also, I can’t imagine he’ll be given a long leash, extension or no extension. Keefe’s time here is very much on the clock.
I guess I am the only r/leafs user that is happy about this news! Lol bunch of downers
This is a good move by Treliving. You don’t have much roster flexibility so if things go south your only real meaningful option is firing your coach. Keep that bullet in the chamber until you need it. If the Leafs have another strong regular season, great, Treliving looks patient and smart. If they have a bad streak he now has something big he can do to try and turn it around.
Same coach, same core of highly-skilled but soft forwards, same aging group of defensemen. What could possibly go wrong? As you were Treliving.
So Dubas got offered a better job and left.
Weāve essentially done nothing. Another year with no success and no changes made.
Weāll lose some non-core players we canāt afford and gain some others we can. But all reactive, nothing proactive.
If you believe in the roster (I do) then the coach has got to be fired. If you believe in the coach (I donāt) then you have to trade a core piece.
But we will do nothing and expect a new result. And I will cheer all the way, and by November I will believe this is our year again. So I guess Iām just as insane as the rest of themā¦ (audible sigh)
Keefe is the Dwayne Casey of coaches. Good in the regular season but just gets out coached everytime and makes no adjustments. This makes no sense.
So Dubas got offered a better job and left.
Weāve essentially done nothing. Another year with no success and no changes made.
Weāll lose some non-core players we canāt afford and gain some others we can. But all reactive, nothing proactive.
If you believe in the roster (I do) then the coach has got to be fired. If you believe in the coach (I donāt) then you have to trade a core piece.
But we will do nothing and expect a new result. And I will cheer all the way, and by November I will believe this is our year again. So I guess Iām just as insane as the rest of themā¦ (audible sigh)
So Dubas got offered a better job and left.
Weāve essentially done nothing. Another year with no success and no changes made.
Weāll lose some non-core players we canāt afford and gain some others we can. But all reactive, nothing proactive.
If you believe in the roster (I do) then the coach has got to be fired. If you believe in the coach (I donāt) then you have to trade a core piece.
But we will do nothing and expect a new result. And I will cheer all the way, and by November I will believe this is our year again. So I guess Iām just as insane as the rest of themā¦ (audible sigh)
Fuck the Shanaplan. Disasterplan
Bring everyone back because its working soo well
I guess in a clown league u need a clown team
The ShanaSHAM