even one actually negative article would have been nice.
that could have been from when he was hired based on his disastrous calgary stint. could have been about all the disastrous moves he made here while he was making them. could have been about his disastrous handling of mitch marner. could have been after he was fired based on his disastrous tenure here.
one would have been cool.
Yup, I didn't see one that actually criticized him for a bad roster, a bad coach, etc.
Here's the Sportsnet article...
Internally and externally, faith in a Brad Treliving-led turnaround dwindled in recent weeks. On Monday, the Maple Leafs parted ways with their GM. More changes are sure to follow.
www.sportsnet.ca
It's basically Treliving apologia while blaming the players for "underperforming".
Yes, the problem was that he couldn't trade Matthews, Marner, Nylander, Tavares, or Rielly. Not that he added pure bullshit to the roster while squandering his draft equity, but that he couldn't get rid of our good players.
Simmons:
........
No, we weren't mediocre team propped up by a few elite players and great goaltending. We were
that difficult to play against, and
that much of a force that just fell short.
The core issue here is that our media honestly thought that the team with red flags all over it was the best iteration so far. The nerds knew better.
www.nytimes.com
