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Originally Posted by bigtmac19
Terrible game in Detroit tonight, Wings win 3-0. My son and his buddies went. Tickets on Stub Hub for $8.91. Good thing that's all they paid.
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If Alfie was playing those stub hub tics could have been sold to leafs fans for ACC reg season prices
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Originally Posted by Erick Estrada
I think Burke thought Toronto was a challenge he could tackle but found out the hard way that everything is scrutinized and second guessed. The media is almost fan-like with their coverage as all the roller coaster highs and lows that fans undergo are amplified by the media and much like how fans get it in for certain players no matter how irrational so does the Toronto media. I mean you had Don Cherry for crying out loud criticizing Burke for having too many Americans on the team. That sort of criticism simply doesn't happen to other organizations. If anyone can handle that it's Babcock but it's no lock that his work with the Ducks and Wings completely translates to the Leafs as there's just so much politics involved in every little decision with that organization.
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Burke thought the team was closer to being a contender than it actually was. It had nothing to do with scrutiny/second guessing. The team just wasn't as competitive as he tried to sell. He also had a personality that was too inflated for the Leafs and its corporate body. The Leafs itself is the cash spewing brand. Ownership didn't need a blowhard GM trying to be the brand (and even after he was fired, Burke described himself as the 'brian burke brand'). As has been shown time and time again, the team on its own brings in the cash. MLSE doesn't want corporate celebrities. As far as Cherry goes, nothing he says adds to or detracts from the MLSE $ printing press.
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Originally Posted by Resolute 14
It all comes down to how big of a challenge Babcock wants. I can easily see him going to the Leafs next year, but I agree that to do so, he will expect to be given the keys. He'll want the power to mold the team his way.
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He'll be doomed to failure...because no matter what MLSE, etc tell him, they'll never actually leave him alone to do that.