[News] Tortorella fired

[CalgaryFan1988]

Originally Posted by dammage79

I've heard the exact opposite about Torts. He cares deeply about his players. It's a little Jekyll and Hyde with him in regards to how he is towards the media and his players.

Ah, well if that's how it is then apologies. I guess one doesn't know until they are actually in the dressing room. The impression one gets from his media-attitude is that he is a complete arrogant arse.

[Stampede2TheCup]

Pretty funny twitter parody account picked up a lot of followers today...





Unemployed Torts @CondescendTorts 2h
This ####ing blows more than Kim Kardashian at the NBA All-star game.

Unemployed Torts ‏@CondescendTorts 7h
.@NYP_Brooksie Listen Brooksie just because I'm out of a job doesn't mean I won't #### your day up.

Unemployed Torts ‏@CondescendTorts 9h
I'll jump off a ####ing bridge before going to Vancouver.

Unemployed Torts @CondescendTorts 23d
Idk why Leafs fans are complaining about ticket prices you've had 9 years to save up.

[jeffman]

Originally Posted by blah blah

unemployed torts @condescendtorts 23d
idk why leafs fans are complaining about ticket prices you've had 9 years to save up.

bahaha

[Dion]

Reporter Larry Brooks of the NY Post is probably having a few last laughs over this. The verbal battles between him and Torts was legendary. In the end i'm glad to see a guy who was jerk to media fired.

[Locke]

Originally Posted by nik-

Nash is definitely overrated, but I thought he played pretty well these playoffs except for that critical part of the puck actually crossing the line.

And yes, I know his role is to score goals, but he looked engaged and dangerous often. More than you can say for Richards.

Nash was awful.

Hot garbage.

It doesnt matter how he stacks up to Richards, as Ron would say; Compared to Brad, Rick hasnt got the same resume....

[FAN]

Originally Posted by Flashpoint

Glen Sather is just such a garbage GM.

They fired the wrong guy.

Originally Posted by Komskies

No different than in Vancouver. AV was a good if not great coach in my eyes, while Gillis is turd of a GM.

I don't get this talk at all. You can argue for firing both the GM and the coach, but in both NYR and Canucks case, it was time for the coach to go. The Canucks got swept two years in a row when the team was the higher seed. If you can't coach your team to win in the last 8 games you deserve to get fired. As for Torts he missed the playoffs once, had 2 first round exits, 1 second round exit and 1 3rd round exit and progress was not made. If Torts lost the room as it has been speculated, then he deserved to go.

[edslunch]

how does Sather still have a job?

[minnow]

Hints of team mutiny are coming out now.

[troutman]

Originally Posted by edslunch

how does Sather still have a job?

how does Sather still have a house in Banff?

[Badgers Nose]

Originally Posted by nik-

Lets hope he's hired by no one. I'm sick of people gushing over his whiny interviews.

I strongly disagree. The worst part of hockey are the stupid cliche riddled interviews. It makes me wish all players were mute or gag ordered so that we could be spared their stupid, polite drivel. They literally say nothing.

And the media that cover hockey are terrible. They ask dumb questions that any child could come up with.

What I like about Tortorella is that he has an opinion and a personality. He is not some flavourless piece of white bread from a field somewhere in Saskatchewan.

[Tinordi]

Originally Posted by Flash Walken

Sather makes great trades.

He also drafts really well.

[Stay Golden]

I don't think Torts end up back as a head coach immediately. The word is out now how several players just don't like playing for him.
I think maybe a full season goes by before he is hired again.

[calgARI]

How great would Tortorella have been in Calgary a few years ago when the team was so badly underachieving, horrible and lazy in their own end, and unwilling to play hard on a consistent basis? Instead of Playfair and Keenan, he would have been the right guy.

[browna]

Originally Posted by troutman

how does Sather still have a house in Banff?

Passed down from his grandparents, no?

Originally Posted by calgARI

How great would Tortorella have been in Calgary a few years ago when the team was so badly underachieving, horrible and lazy in their own end, and unwilling to play hard on a consistent basis? Instead of Playfair and Keenan, he would have been the right guy.

The solution was in house. If the owners let Darryl back after the one year with Playfair, as he wanted, realizing the full time GM wasn't all it needed to be, this team would've been much better off and won a round or two.

[trackercowe]

So if Torts take a year off does he come back to TSN next year? Would we want him back? I probably would, but he's not everyone's cup of tea.

[calumniate]

He should start a Jim Rome style talk show.. that would be awesome!

[Azure]

Originally Posted by troutman

how does Sather still have a house in Banff?

A very, very nice house too.

[Azure]

Originally Posted by browna

Passed down from his grandparents, no?

From what I remember it was custom built. Unless that was just a reno Glen and his wife did.

[dissentowner]

Originally Posted by calgARI

How great would Tortorella have been in Calgary a few years ago when the team was so badly underachieving, horrible and lazy in their own end, and unwilling to play hard on a consistent basis? Instead of Playfair and Keenan, he would have been the right guy.

He would have been funny to hear with the media but a nightmare behind the bench. The team would have not responded well to that approach, see Brent Sutter.

[Buff]

They were talking about this on 960 this morning. Sather had no intention of firing Tortorella but after having exit interviews with the players there was an overwhelming amount of players who commented on Tortorella's attitude being non conducive to a winning environment. Something to that effect.