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Originally Posted by troutman
A big part of Tortorella’s problem was he always believed he was the smartest guy in the room during a press conference, when really he was never in the top 10.
I’m not a psychiatrist, but Tortorella is the first person I’ve ever met who I believed had both an inferiority and superiority complex. He arrived in New York seemingly petrified of what the New York media would do to him, so he took preemptive steps to guard against them, when in reality, a standard coach/media relationship would have served him better. Like any bully, Tortorella deep down was afraid of the media, and out of that was born a four-year adversarial relationship that wasn’t even necessary in the first place.
Can't see Torts coaching in a Canadian market like VAN, with all the media demands.
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That top 10 line really bothers me. This guys trying to tell me that he wasn't in the Top 10 smartest guys in the room when it came to discussing hockey? I'm sorry, but ahole or not, the guy has a ring for a reason, and it's not because he doesn't know hockey.
It's because of that blown call in game 6
