"He's very very well prepared. He's a guy that looks beyond the obvious at times, I believe in his mind, he's not afraid to innovate, to try to look to new things. I look back to the situation when he came into the Leafs. Obviously he had been in the organization, he had strong relationships throughout the organization, but that still doesn't make that process of transitioning from the American Hockey League and Toronto Marlies to the Toronto Maple Leafs in November and I thought he did a tremendous job with that, with the players, with the staff. That was my, other than training camp earlier in the year, [first time] getting to know Keefer and I was really impressed with all of that under the stress and strain of being the Toronto Maple Leafs head coach. I've got a lot of respect for Sheldon. I thought he handled his time there very very well as a young coach and growing through it."
