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Originally Posted by valo403
Only to the degree that it impacts your team's performance. If Tortorella's handling of the media allowed his team to avoid dealing with them or otherwise deflected attention it could have been a positive. I don't believe it worked out that way, but being nice to the media is certainly not a requirement of being an effective coach.
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I disagree strongly. How many fans would pay attention to a team if nobody spoke to the media? If you don't like that part of the job, Don't get a job in entertainment. Whether good it not, media is responsible for 99% of what we know about our teams, and that info comes from the team including the coach.
Secondly, treating humans like trash, especially when they're responsible for public sentiment, will ensure you a more difficult go of things. He didn't have to be an ####### to everybody. There was no benefit. He was simply insecure and mean and he deserves not to work in entertainment again