Toronto maple leaf !!rebuilding!!!!!!
08 Jan '08 05:01I used an unorthodox grammatical form to stress how bad the TML situation is right now. More importantly, how bad it is apparently going to be in the future too...
A friend told me that Scotty Bowman declined the coaching job this year because he wanted to gut the team and install his own guys and ownership woudln't let him! That is the point where my faith is utterly, completely gone. It was very low, almost non existant for a long time, but it's as if Leaf ownership is determined to keep this team terrible. Bowman is the only person capable of turning this ship around and they rejected him.
It goes beyond just changing Gms, coaches, or players. They need an ownership change! Some insanely eccentric businessman has to be the single owner...some nut who's grown up in Toronto and wants to bring a cup to the city out of his own passion. This is not a naive dream of mine, I think it'll never happen, but this is what it will take before we can begin competing.
OR somehow they get a bunch of mediocre players who coincidentally have chemistry with each other and the coach and actually play good consistent puck. Odds: 1 in a million. Still this is what they're trying to do.
Step 1: Get a real GM who knows who to hire on coaching staff, scouts, assistant coaches, goalie coaches, etc.
Step 2: Trade Mats for first rounder and anything else you can get...competent GM (NOT FERGY) should be able to get the goods. DO NOT LET FERGY MAKE THE DEAL!
Step 3: let young players on team get better, get a good leader to train and motivate them. Be patient in developing them and new talent that scouts will tell GM about.
I have no faith that the Leafs will do any of this. Nor do I believe that what they will do will change their situation. I assure you all I'm not totally miserable though. !!GO CHARGERS!!!
A friend told me that Scotty Bowman declined the coaching job this year because he wanted to gut the team and install his own guys and ownership woudln't let him! That is the point where my faith is utterly, completely gone. It was very low, almost non existant for a long time, but it's as if Leaf ownership is determined to keep this team terrible. Bowman is the only person capable of turning this ship around and they rejected him.
It goes beyond just changing Gms, coaches, or players. They need an ownership change! Some insanely eccentric businessman has to be the single owner...some nut who's grown up in Toronto and wants to bring a cup to the city out of his own passion. This is not a naive dream of mine, I think it'll never happen, but this is what it will take before we can begin competing.
OR somehow they get a bunch of mediocre players who coincidentally have chemistry with each other and the coach and actually play good consistent puck. Odds: 1 in a million. Still this is what they're trying to do.
Step 1: Get a real GM who knows who to hire on coaching staff, scouts, assistant coaches, goalie coaches, etc.
Step 2: Trade Mats for first rounder and anything else you can get...competent GM (NOT FERGY) should be able to get the goods. DO NOT LET FERGY MAKE THE DEAL!
Step 3: let young players on team get better, get a good leader to train and motivate them. Be patient in developing them and new talent that scouts will tell GM about.
I have no faith that the Leafs will do any of this. Nor do I believe that what they will do will change their situation. I assure you all I'm not totally miserable though. !!GO CHARGERS!!!
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