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Originally Posted by Locke
I mentioned this in the 'Clint frickin Malarchuk' thread:
John Tortorella didnt stand up for his team, he did their fighting for them and of course they liked that! But whats the point of that?
Hartley created a situation to bring his team together and forced them to stand up for themselves and each other.
Which would you rather have?
Ultimately, Torts is sitting on his ass because Hartley played him like an Ozark hillbilly plays a banjo.
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I was thinking the same thing. Torts didn't stick up for his team like some honorable coach, he just went apeshizz...but I guess him running down the hall towards the opponent's locker room is called "sticking up for your players" nowadays...typical Canucks.
While I do think Hartley could have been a bit more in the middle of things rather than look like he's hiding in the dressing room, he outright played Torts like a fool.