All I Want for Christmas Is.....
 

John Ferguson Jr. to be fired. The guy is a joke of a GM, a 10 year old could do a better job. Signing players to contracts they don't deserve, trading good players for drift, he's ruining the Leafs and should be canned before he does any more damage, although the worst of the damage is done.

If Maurice isn't careful he could be on the chopping block too, but he can only do so much with the players JFJ gives him. Give Maurice a chance, but bring in someone else as GM.

Give Gilmour, Muckler, Bowman a chance, hell I'd love to see Wendel in the GM or coaches spot, maybe even Glenn Healy any one of them would do a better job than JFJ.

I just hope to get an early Christmas present and turn on Sportscenter and hear the words, "the axe has fallen and JFJ is no more"

is a West Virginia or Missouri loss or both to lose.

is the Indians to trade for a strong 3B or LF.

is for the REDS to get pitching pitching pitching.

is the Cavs to get someone to help Lebron.

Three top prospects for Erik Bedard, two for Miguel Tejada, and a new offense for the Ravens.

And a :D

I don't care who does it. Fergeson, Gilmour, Muckler or Bowman but someone please for the love of god get us a defenseman

A defenseman would be great to get, and maybe a consistent goalie, they have to either go with Toskla or Raycroft, or maybe call up Scott Clemmensen from the Marlies and let him run with the team for a few games, he can't do any worse that's for sure. They better Leave Pogge where he is though, he doesn't need to be around with all the shit slinging that the Leafs are doing, it'll ruin the poor kid.

They need a shakeup and fast, that's all I know, it's starting to look like the 80's again when I was embarrassed to be a Leafs fan, oh the Ballard days were interesting.

I'll get right on that for ya DJ, course LS would have to approve the purchase. :thumbsup: What are friends for?

Wait a minute...... If I get ya one will ya have the O's trade Bedard for Lee and a half drank liter of Diet Pepsi?

My Monkie.......

To not spend the day alone. My family is elsewhere. I hope to be with folks I care about, to be a part of one or more celebrations.... Not on the outside looking in, but really enfolded by good people and good vibes.

If by "half-drank liter of Diet Pepsi" you mean "Grady Sizemore" then sure :D

I'd actually like to see Toskala take the top spot in net. Raycroft when he's good is great, but when he's not... well. It's almost like Joseph all over again. I think Toskala has demonstrated a more consistent performance overall. Of course, goaltending only goes so far, the boys in blue still seem to be suffering from that chronic defence problem.

I definitely agree that Ferguson has to go. We finally managed to ditch Quinn and I think that if Maurice is willing to do what Quinn wouldn't and give some of the young talent more ice time he could build a solid team. Without a good GM to work with, though, there's only so much he can do.

And I hear ya on the embarrassment thing. That clobbering handed out by Phoenix was just painful to watch.

Actually I was thinking Casey Blake...... :thumbsup: he has .... um more growth potential....yeah yeah that's the ticket.

Been there, done that...;)

Nah, Toronto should stick with Richard Petty, Larry Tanenbaum, John Ferguson and Paul Maurice (and McCabe, Raycroft, Sundin, and all the other losers.)

Missing the play-offs is about where Toronto and its fans deserve to be.

Seriously - you guys have to stop supporting this jackass team. Haven't won a thing in 40 years yet you all still buy truckloads of merchandise and sell out even pre-season games.

Just what impetus is there for the owners to try and improve the team? They don't have to do a thing and they continue to rake the cash in.

Vote with your wallets or continue being sheep. Lobby hard for another team in Southern Ontario - I bet a team located in Mississauga or Waterloo would win something before the Leafs ever did.

I'd like to see Toskala take the top spot as well, I totally agree he's been more consistent than Raycroft. I'd like to see them possibly get rid of Raycroft and his $2 million a year contract, oh why couldn't they have just kept Rask instead of trading him for Raycroft?
That was so painful to watch, my poor neighbours must have thought I was nuts all the swearing that was going on at the telly that night.

Did you happen to read this story today Martian?
http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/news_story/?ID=223757&hubname=

Highthief, I'm guessing you're a Sens fan, I may be wrong but you have that hatred toward the Leafs I saw when I lived in Ottawa.

Interesting article, I hadn't seen it. While I'm not particularly hopeful for a mid-season replacement, that could be hinting that Ferguson's days are numbered. The way I figure it, if the Leafs fail to make the playoffs (yet again) it's time for him to go. I mean, it's time for him to go anyway, but if this season continues in the way it's begun I don't see that anyone will be able to argue the point anymore. He's running the franchise into the ground.

As to goaltenders, I actually figure Raycroft would do well in the second slot, although I doubt that his ego would allow him to do that (taking the attendant pay cut, of course; that man is not worth $2m). Continuing the Joseph comparisons, I could see him throwing a hissy fit on par with the one Cujo threw when Mats got more than him.

Hell, let's be honest here, the entire club needs to be overhauled. They need new leadership (Mats was and is a talented player, but he's never been very effective as captain), they need tighter defence, they need just about everything. I honestly think that Maurice may be the man to do it, although it's hard to be definitive on that count; until he gets better support from the other side of the glass, there's no way of knowing for sure what he's capable of.

I'd actually like to see Dougie step up, although I don't recall hearing that he's ever expressed interest in the job. Him coming on-board as an advisor does put him in position to potentially be promoted to the job in the future and I could see him doing well in the role. 'Course, I'm biased, since some of my fondest memories are of the early 90's Leafs when Gilmour and Clark were at the top of their game; also, I felt generally bad for Gilmour after he came back and didn't even get a full game in.

On a semi-related note, didja hear that Cujo wants to come back now? I guess playing second fiddle to Hasek isn't sitting well with him, although I can't imagine even JFJ is dumb enough to think that it'd be a good idea to bring him back.

don't blame us for being homers. We don't deserve this type of behaviour. Really, the seats are sold to corporations. I haven't been to a single game in the ACC.


Where else are we going to go to watch a game? I vote for a second Southern Ontario team. Hamilton, Mississauga, London. Doesn't matter to me. Put another one back in Toronto and call it the Toros again. It would be sold out on day one, and the Leafs would sit up and take notice immediately.


oh really? Now (no offense meant but)those Ottawa fans are pretty well the most arrogant in the nation or the NHL. :)

Oh I know that, and arrogant for what, I'm not too sure. Guess they're still bitter about making it to the finals and losing, or that those trips tothe finals were 80 years apart or getting knocked out of the playoffs by the Leafs back in the early 2000's, yep they don't have much to be arrogant about that's for sure.
Nor have I, haven't bought any Leafs merchandise since I was about 13 or 14 either, when my parents bought me my Clark jersey for Christmas. Just because people cheer for a team doesn't mean they spend money on said team, but some people figure the two go hand in hand I guess.

I don't think the leafs are that bad off. They have a bunch of reallly good young players that will be good in a year or two. Of course Sundin will be done by then so we it'll be interesting to see who fills in(or steps up). Toskala seems to be stepping it up now it's good to see him doing well. I think if we just get one solid defenseman to anchor the team most of our problems will melt away.

Fucking Merry Early Christmas


OSU OSU OSU

The Buckeyes are going to New Orleans!

But... who else? My $.02, the #2 teams are too close to pick right now. I don't feel LSU deserves to go at this point, and while USC is good, I don't think they should leap frog that many teams. Let the computers do the picking this year, not the media. OSU/Georgia is what I'd like to see.

*sigh*

Despite LSU's 2 losses and miriad of last second bullshit wins, they have been voted #2. So realistically, we're probably going to see OSU and LSU in the title game, in FUCKING LOUISIANA. Last year's game was a bad enough "neutral field" advantage for Florida, but this is going to be asinine.

And LSU is going to beat OSU, too.

I have another one: all I want for Christmas is a NCAA FOOTBALL PLAYOFF SYSTEM GODDAMMIT!

Not unless Boeckman chokes. They wouldn't have even beaten Tennessee if their QB hadn't choked horribly. OSU is too good a team for LSU to squeak by like they did so many times this year.

I do think that all the 10-2 teams should be in a playoff right now though.

And I think that if we were going to do THIS system right then Hawaii should be playing in the "national championship" game.

And I mean the quotes, because if we're talking about the real national championship game it will be played on December 14th in Chattanooga between the winners of Delaware/Southern Illinois and Appalachian State/Richmond.

P.S. Fuck the NCAA.

Montreal, amigo. Lived there for a long time during the hey day.

Yeah!!!!

Playing in Louisiane isn't the problem, however - it's the 2 month lay off between games!

I like the Habs a little I guess, back when I was younger I hated them, but that was also the 80's and the Leafs blew. Can't really dislike a team that has that many Cup wins.

Ferguson simply a lame duck, JFJ has no power to fire Maurice (who should be fired by the way, the players are done playing for him and he has no system for the team, he's done like dinner.
http://www.thestar.com/Sports/Hockey/article/293401

Can't the Toronto Maple Leafs just bring back Pat Quinn to takeover both the GM and coaching position on an interim basis until the real replacements arrive. i.e. Jim Nill from Red Wings for the GM job and Glenn Healy for the coaching job.

I feel for you but it could be worse. I follow the Bruins.
Your team could have Jeremy Jacobs as owner. He of the tight wallet and never ending merry-go-round of coaches and GMs. i dont even bother remembering half the team any more as they will in all likelyhood be gone in a season or two, not that many of them are even worth watching play.

It's a little late for Christmas, but it'll do, no more JFJ
http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/news_story/?ID=227906&hubname=