This isn’t surprising, since many amateur coaches, including myself, were able to pinpoint about a dozen terrible things the former Toronto Maple Leafs coach was doing that were easily correctable.
Sheldon Keefe has been nice and everything, but it doesn’t take a genius to figure out that playing Cody Ceci on the top pairing was a pretty stupid idea. (And that’s being generous).
It doesn’t take a genius to realize that a team should play to it’s strengths. or that they should sometimes make in-game strategical adjustments, or to understand that maybe you shouldn’t rely on a Patrick Marleau who’s scored at a 4th line rate all season to help you score in the playoffs.