While any coach of the Toronto Maple Leafs is going to have his share of detractors, Babcock’s detractors are a little different than normal. Usually a coach is hated by the shortest tempered of fans looking for the first guy to blame when something goes wrong.
Sometimes a coach is legitimately a bad fit and the fans will get pretty loud, but mostly we all have that one buddy who just hates the coach and it doesn’t generally matter why.
With Babcock is seems different.
The criticism of Babcock tends to come from the kinds of people heavily into detailed strategy and statistical discussions.