In fact, they might just be the worst franchise in all of professional sports over the last half century.
MIGHT be? Rumples, you are being far too kind to that sad sack organization.
They are not only laughable and inept, but also completely lacking in guts and direction.
Burkie is so pathetic he makes the departed John Ferguson Jr. look like an absolute genius in comparison.
Any team that goes 45 years without making it to the big dance, that can't even make it to the freakin' playoffs since the lockout, and then completely collapses at the tail end of the first year in a dog's age where they had a chance of qualifying is not only skill-less but also ball-less. A bunch of overpaid undertalented whiners with no heart, under the direction of the biggest whiner of them all: an overrated overpaid blowhard who goes behind the scenes like a little coward trying to get Cherry fired and who runs like a schoolgirl when a Toronto radio host dares to ask a question he doesn't like.
Burkie also tried to play the hero when he fired Wilson, saying " After that last game in Toronto (where the fans were very intelligently screaming "Fire Wilson") I knew I didn't want Ron to have to suffer through that any more." BS!!! Burkie was just trying to save his own butt by FINALLY listening to the fans (who obviously know more than he does) and getting rid of a lame duck pain in the ass coach who should have been canned long ago. And what's this hogwash about poor Ron suffering? If Wilson WANTED to leave his coaching position he could easily have said so. Obviously he DIDN'T want to leave.
The Leafs have been the epitome of crap for close to half a century now and as long as the organization continues hiring inept GMs it will continue.
While their antics are occasionally amusing (it IS fun to have one laughingstock in the NHL), there comes a time when enough is enough. Oh well, at least these bozos will be the first ones on the golf course this year - as usual!
