Coach Mike Babcock
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hockeyfan1
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Congratulations to the WIGNALs on the birth of their baby.
Congratulations to the Maple Leafs organization on the hiring of new coach Mike Babcock.
Congratulations to Leafs fans everywhere for sheer happiness (on something right & positive to finally smile about).
Bring on the champagne!!
Congratulations to the Maple Leafs organization on the hiring of new coach Mike Babcock.
Congratulations to Leafs fans everywhere for sheer happiness (on something right & positive to finally smile about).
Bring on the champagne!!
So, yay, fantastic news. The Leafs flexed some financial muscle and it sounds like Babcock was interested in Toronto ( if the rumour of him calling the Leafs back on deadline day is true ). It also sounds like he'll have a higher level of authority than he had in Detroit ( not difficult to parse that message ) and the whole thing has thoroughly pissed off Buffalo.
That's a tiny little internal triple gold for me.
That's a tiny little internal triple gold for me.
Mack674
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I agree with Nik the Trik's assessment here...
Babcock gets all the power he wants, and none of it that he doesn't.
If they bring in another guy to be "GM" it'll be to do administration, farm team stuff etc. Shanahan, Dubas, Hunter and Babcock are running the team now and that's that. Whoever comes in (if anyone?) would be GM in name only.
That being said, im beyond thrilled. I fantasized about Babcock coming to Toronto for at least 5 years. I love his personality, his work ethic, his style, everything...
Im still in shock something good has happened to the Leafs. Only took a decade.
Babcock gets all the power he wants, and none of it that he doesn't.
If they bring in another guy to be "GM" it'll be to do administration, farm team stuff etc. Shanahan, Dubas, Hunter and Babcock are running the team now and that's that. Whoever comes in (if anyone?) would be GM in name only.
That being said, im beyond thrilled. I fantasized about Babcock coming to Toronto for at least 5 years. I love his personality, his work ethic, his style, everything...
Im still in shock something good has happened to the Leafs. Only took a decade.
Kaberle15
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The last time I was that exited about a new coach it was Pat Quinn in the late 90s
I remember he turning this team pretty quicklly and at the start of that season he had 3 rookies on D (Kaberle, Markov, Tremblay), a few free agent signs and a drastic change on the way this team played. Sure not in the Cap area.
Hopefully the Leafs can pull a rebuild with one of the best coaches in the game.
Welcome to TO Mike.
I remember he turning this team pretty quicklly and at the start of that season he had 3 rookies on D (Kaberle, Markov, Tremblay), a few free agent signs and a drastic change on the way this team played. Sure not in the Cap area.
Hopefully the Leafs can pull a rebuild with one of the best coaches in the game.
Welcome to TO Mike.
Some news/notes that may have been missed in all of the excitement yesterday:
1) According to McKenzie, Babcock's only title at the moment is Head Coach. So this isn't a Patrick Roy-type situation where he's officially a member of the front office staff as well. No doubt his input will be listened to though.
2) Some reports said that there was an out-clause after 5 years, but McKenzie says that's not the case.
3) Guy Boucher flew in from Switzerland to Toronto two days ago to speak to the Leafs about the head coaching job. According to Louis Jean the Leafs were actually talking to Boucher when Babcock came calling. Jean wrote "Boucher came close to becoming head coach. A matter of hours". Babcock apparently offered Boucher a spot in Detroit last year but it was turned down, so it's not known if he'll be interested in it now.
1) According to McKenzie, Babcock's only title at the moment is Head Coach. So this isn't a Patrick Roy-type situation where he's officially a member of the front office staff as well. No doubt his input will be listened to though.
2) Some reports said that there was an out-clause after 5 years, but McKenzie says that's not the case.
3) Guy Boucher flew in from Switzerland to Toronto two days ago to speak to the Leafs about the head coaching job. According to Louis Jean the Leafs were actually talking to Boucher when Babcock came calling. Jean wrote "Boucher came close to becoming head coach. A matter of hours". Babcock apparently offered Boucher a spot in Detroit last year but it was turned down, so it's not known if he'll be interested in it now.
Mack674 said:
Just to clear one thing up here, Dubas is technically also the GM of the Marlies. I don't think whoever comes in will be handling the farm team as Dubas has already spoken extensively about how he wants to completely revamp the way the Leafs handle their minor-league teams.
Guru Tugginmypuddah
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Presser @ 11:00am
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Stickytape
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Joe S. said:jdh1 said:
I think it's much better. McDavid would have made a terrible coach.
Guru Tugginmypuddah said:
If he isn't introduced with fireworks and explosions I'll be very upset.
LuncheonMeat
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CarltonTheBear said:
Would you be okay if he arrives through the roof in a Lunar Lander?
LuncheonMeat said:
If he has an ocelot follow him out sure.
Stronger Than All
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Dreger - "Hi this is Darren Dreger from TSN"
Shanahan - *laughs*
Shanahan - *laughs*
