Maple Leafs president Brendan Shanahan met with reporters Friday. Not a whole lot came out of it, and it featured a whole lot of clichs;things like the Leafs not being good enough both isnt news and is obvious, since Shanahan and Jose Martinez Jersey general manager Dave Nonis fired Randy Carlyle Wednesday.But there were a couple of interesting quotes():Shanahan says the decision on Carlyle was made as a management group. James Mirtle (@mirtle) Shanahan: "We're going to learn a lot about our core players" the rest Tyler O Neill Jersey of the season. James Mirtle (@mirtle) Shanahan: "Being where we are in shots against is not acceptable." James Mirtle (@mirtle) Taken together, you can certainly spin that as Shanahan and the new regime looking at po se sion numbers and moving on from Carlyle because they suspect he was a large part of the problem. Now, the Leafs will see how much of it was his scheme and how much Bud Norris Jersey of that were the players.Theyre actually fairly equipped to do that. As noted when Sporting News lined up potential long-term replacements for Carlyle, Peter Horachek did a pretty good job at shot suppre sion while the interim head man in Florida. There may be some evidence for Carlyle being the problem as well just and after they left Toronto.If the players, or certain ones anyway, don't improve thosenumbers, they'll be moved.And if most of theplayers arent up to the level, then one would also figure the guy who put them all together, Ozzie Smith Jersey Nonis, would probably be among the changes.Shanahan also said he planned to wait until the offseason to name a full-time coach. Thats not that surprising, since that will give them the season to evaluate Horachek and potentially provide more candidates (Mike Babcock?) than if they went ahead with a coach now.In short, its a reminder Shanahan Junior Fernandez Jersey s Leafs are still a work in progre s. Judging the product now, while tempting, isnt the right way to go about it. Theres a long game being played here and it'sone well have to wait a bit longer on to make a se sments.