THE SHIFT FROM ‘PLAYERS COACH’ TO CRAIG BERUBE

Martin Biron breaks it down what Craig Berube will bring to the table as the Maple Leafs' next head coach as well as what his experience was like playing under him.

[@TSN_Sports]

Is Craig Berube the right choice to coach this lineup of Maple Leaf players?🤔

[@arthurau9231]

Leafs had Mike Babcock and it failed. If Mike Babcock can't win with the Leafs then no one can with the Leafs core 4 as the core 4 lacks mental toughness needed to win in the playoffs.

[@applepieclub5012]

@@arthurau9231 i feel similar. He's babcock-lite. They couldn't handle babcock

[@J.CashDro]

They're gunna actually wanna play for Berube unlike they did for Keefe since the covid shortened season. So I believe its the right move

[@J.CashDro]

​@@arthurau9231​​they were rookies & Babcock took them to the playoffs + took the president trophy winning Washington Capitals to 6games back in2016. Keefe coached less in the NHL then Matthews, Marner & Nylander all played in it. He was nevr the right choice since the beginning & I realized that aftr he blew the 3-1 series lead to the Habs but even the year b4 when they lost to the Blue Jackets shoulda been the wake-up call for management.

[@murffromcanadamurf6414]

All I can say is Ted nolan

[@serotoninlight7269]

Bruh if they bring back this damn core expect nothing . Babcock n keefe couldn’t do It why the heck you think Craig will …. Insanity at its finest if they bring this core back

[@mattrix4200]

So long as those tickets keep selling out and the ''Bieber Buddies'' merchandise keeps flying off the shelves why would ANY of the financial backers of the Leafs care what happens to this team? Anyone who thinks this is about anything less than financial investment is still living in 1967...

[@Chris-ui9ij]

The Leafs' upper management may want to trade some of the core 4 but it all comes down to the core 4 waving their no-movement clause.

[@mattrix4200]

@@Chris-ui9ij even moreso...why in the world would any GM in the league (minus Dubas of course) want to give up valuable short (or long) term assets for over-valued players who can't play in the playoffs, and in Marner's case whose agent has already said they intend to go to free-agency next year?!! Anyone thinking the Leafs will get back what THEY need in return are smokin' the ganja!

[@serotoninlight7269]

@@mattrix4200 leafs should not expect to get same value but at least focus using the cap space with decent signings especially defensively get 2 studs on defense n a goalie n I think leafs are fine . With new philosophy n change of play marner won’t be missed

[@S_67F]

​@Chris-ui9ij Marner and Tavares have one year left on a no-trade clause. Maybe people should forget the 'core 4' and think about goalie and men?

[@marcelstanford430]

If the team decides they don't want to play for him, it will be him that moves on.

[@giii7599]

Nope. he was brought in to make the core 4 work. If they won't work or adapt to Berube they will be gone. Those no trade/no move contracts won't mean a thing. One of the core 4 babies will request a trade.

[@wshrig]

Remember when they had a "tough love" coach in Mike Babcock and the players ran him out of town.... Pepperidge farms remembers

[@Eazy-Rider]

Babcock was a douchebag though. 😂

[@moritzguderian8381]

yeah😊

[@Joseph-T543]

Core Fore ⛳️

[@republica7337]

Good one. 😂😂😂

[@justburnerratically]

Tough love incoming.

[@arthurau9231]

Mike Babcock showed tough love and the players acted like spoiled kids and got Mike Babcock fired which is how they got to kid friendly Shelden Keefe. If Mike Babcock showing tough love towards the immature leafs core 4 didn't work, then it doesn't matter who the coach is because the Leafs core 4 lacks mental toughness in the playoffs.

[@johnsummerhill8323]

​@@arthurau9231You obviously don't remember what got Babcock fired.

[@craigharrison5406]

@@arthurau9231 Babcock was an abusive weirdo, that's not tough love it's just abuse. He's the guy who scratched Mike modano so he couldn't play his 1500th game. Did the same thing to Jason Spezza in his return to Ottawa. Berube and Babcock are verry different.

[@davidkruse4030]

@@johnsummerhill8323Babcock was fired because Marner is a baby

[@johnsummerhill8323]

@@davidkruse4030 Wrong. Go to the back of the classroom dummy.

[@mariovaccarella6854]

I agree completely with Marty Biron, that, before Toronto Maple Leafs consider any decisions on The Core Four, they should see how they'll adapt or don't adapt to Craig Berube as coach. Also, as he said, with NMCs, they can't get into Bad Blood with all of these players, until Trade Deadline time, if they're not going to be in contention. Let me know what you think

[@jlove8445]

Berube should be allowed to rough the players up if he feels it’s neccessary.

[@jordanstapleton3180]

Wasn't Babcock a hard ass cup winning coach?

[@owendaboss3858]

Only reason babs won a cup was cause of that wagon of a Team Detroit had

[@skins0769]

Difference is Babs is a weirdo that goes through players phones. And is officially boycott from the league.

[@forestshaw3733]

Babs was a good coach. He was on point with what the leafs needed to win. Problem was he lacked boundaries and lost the room.

[@scottmcfarlane7524]

​@@skins0769nope but joel quinn is

[@jordanstapleton3180]

@@owendaboss3858 Every team that wins a cup is a wagon of a team.

[@henryjaremek2644]

.. Goodbye Berube Tuesday ...

[@davidgillies2623]

Out of all the coaches the Leafs have had over the past 20 years, Keefe was the only one to win a playoff round. Mike Babcock, Paul Maurice, Randy Carlyle, Ron Wilson... couldn't get past the first round as the coach of the Maple Leafs

[@DoctorRevers]

It’s the end of the team as we know it. New roster coming if success happens under berube.

[@LucaVespa99]

Probably the greatest hire the NHL has witnessed since 1965

[@republica7337]

That's a bit of a stretch. I'm a big fan of the Chief and I wish him luck. The leafs will improve, and hope it continues into the playoffs, where it matters.

[@user-fv9nl6bb8l]

The Toronto Maple Leafs: Same sh!t, different year.

[@josephfarr2988]

He's gonna lay down the tough love and you'll see Marner and Matthews asking for trades 😂

[@republica7337]

I have the same opinion, but... I think Craig will bring structure to the team and who knows the core might succeed under him. Like Craig says, he's all about the team, (not individual success). We'll have to wait and see. I'm a Flyers fan, but I'd like to see the Leafs get over that playoff hump. Who knows maybe we'll get to see Flyers/Leafs playoff like in the 70s, but hopefully minus the blood.

[@Eazy-Rider]

Need to make a change to the roster format. Can't put all your eggs in 4 baskets. Doesn't work. 8 years proves it.

[@MrJabez89]

Make Mitch cry on the first day

[@republica7337]

I wonder if Mitch is going to have an enjoyable summer, or a diaper summer. Gripped with fear of the unknown. The times have changed, Mitch.

[@jimlangdon1947]

The core 4 have been regular season successes. That is more than 50% of NHL teams & have made seasons fun & interesting for Leaf Fans. 😀 The hard part was playoffs.

[@moritzguderian8381]

coaching wasnt the problem before lol keefe wasnt the guy but babcock was cuz he actually saw marner for what he truly was.

[@cdbbroadfield6154]

If the leafs have Scotty bowman in his prime couldn’t win a Stanley cup with this leaf team, 🤷‍♂️

[@darcytucker416]

I like the hiring. I think Chief can change the fortunes of the team and improve the performance of the core 4.

[@arthurau9231]

Leafs had Mike Babcock and it failed. If Mike Babcock can't win with the Leafs then no one can with the Leafs core 4 as the core 4 lacks mental toughness needed to win in the playoffs.

[@VladSharangovich]

@@arthurau9231Mike Babcock was a total goofball and a garbage coach though.

[@EnglishFuture-xg1gw]

non man sorry.

[@scottmcfarlane7524]

​@@EnglishFuture-xg1gwwhat??

[@wilseph1]

Put up or shut up now. They got away with it as kids when it was Babcock. Not a chance in hell they get away with it with Berube at the helm. Unless Brendan is pulling strings in the background.

[@republica7337]

I'm pretty sure Brendan has lost some respect for these guys. He played to win, not these softies.

[@steverobinson8771]

Fingers crossed that the Devils sign Keefe!

[@republica7337]

You hate the Devils that much?

[@zosodude13]

The shift from Berube having Jordan Binnington going on a Tim Thomas-esque bender to whatever the Leafs plan to do in goal for next season. I hope Berube is giving Binnington a cut if his salary because he singlehandedly got him this job. He's been (like the vast majority of NHL head coaches) perfectly average and unremarkable outside of the stretch when Binnington was on fire.

[@EnglishFuture-xg1gw]

yes sir. mlse and the media are selling us again

[@fightgame321]

huh? reports are marner is willing to waive.

[@johnsummerhill8323]

Wake up.

[@jamiecotterill2475]

If you cant get Marner to accept a deal equal to Nylanders a trade must happen....

[@ME-nv4iu]

i agree it would be nice to see core 4 under Berube but it ain't happening. Sorry Marty

[@arthurau9231]

Leafs had Mike Babcock and it failed. If Mike Babcock can't win with the Leafs then no one can.

[@xiogfuz]

He coached a bunch of rookies and still made the playoffs as a WC and were huge underdogs against Washington and took then to 6 games and I believe 5 of those games went to OT. Babcock would've been a very good coach for them early on if he wasn't who he was off the ice.

[@melissakelly5813]

Babcock is a fkn creep

[@Eazy-Rider]

Hardly the same circumstances at all. Although he did have Marner out there blocking shots with his face. 😂

[@scottmcfarlane7524]

Not that different lol

[@guyh.4121]

He’s not a bad coach But without and unbelievably hot Binnington in net, Pietroangelo and Boumeester on the back end the Blues don’t make the playoffs let alone winning a Cup.

[@marcparent2831]

Better get the kelnex out for the players and the Toronto media!!!! Ha ha l love it bye

[@bindardondat5292]

It's more likely the sucks will want out of Toronto

[@peliksmedina3828]

Better hire Mats Sundin as a Coach🤣😂😅

[@monroefuches2707]

Coaches can only do so much. Look how the Canuckleheads quit on Tocchet.

[@republica7337]

And yet the oilers could have lost last night. Vcr was demoralized with Boeser out. They did manage to contain Mcdavid. Vcr had a great regular season, but they suffered a bit of the Leafs disease. Cranial cramps, they are not a killer team yet. Let's see what they do next year. But I wouldn't say they gave up on Tocchet. Just my 2 cents.

[@cahg3871]

Berube is what the Buds need,too many players were not doing what is needed to win,he will not tolerate soft play.When Keefe had to walk back comments about certain players that said it all- the players were in control not the coach.

[@SillySongs4Everyone2001]

Go Leafs Go

[@steverobinson8771]

The fact that he's already won a Stanley Cup means he's the WRONG man! Only one guy has ever won a cup with more than one team, in the modern era. That man is Scotty Bowman. Is Craig Berube the next Scotty Bowman? 🤣

[@murffromcanadamurf6414]

Ted nolan....

[@JamesKrim-ou2pm]

Coaching change is part of the answer, not the answer. When GMs and Presidents start getting fired as much as coaches, they'll take their jobs with the same seriousness as coaches do. Dressing up in fancy suits doing nothing and having the best job security must be nice.

[@arthurau9231]

Leafs had Mike Babcock and it failed. If Mike Babcock can't win with the Leafs then no one can with the Leafs core 4 as the core 4 lacks mental toughness needed to win in the playoffs.

[@JamesKrim-ou2pm]

@@arthurau9231 That's the GMs job. To give the coach players that can succeed. Not to scapegoat the coach when they suck at their own job to save their ass.

[@splitfinger7719]

No more griddy lol

[@dwightbrown]

Whatever. Same players same result. You remember Mike Babcock??

[@lornams75]

I wonder what ROR can advise Berube. who is the real cancer in the locker room?

[@jerryrikki9466]

They are throwing gasoline on a dumpster fire

[@colemarion9915]

Im bored

[@bigvanvader3122]

CRAAIG BEERUUBEE! HOOOLY MAACKINAAW!! 🤡

[@wbj2000]

Matthews will be miserable with Berube behind the bench. Berube will demand his players to go to the hard areas on the ice and Matthews does not like going into the corners or into the slot in the playoffs, because that will come with a cost.

[@gilbertayala1069]

Why would any coach want too coach In the Toronto organization. They don't want to win ghe Stanley Cup.... If the leafs eant to win... They need to move some this FAKE 4 Or 5 over paid players.... This players are Part of the problem for not moving forward...

[@saifonlawrence2044]

The Leafs will still be soft and continue to suck

[@scottmcfarlane7524]

Craig didnt win jordon did