Daily News | The John Tortorella Show can’t drown out the Flyers’ bigger problem upstairs
This is exactly what the Flyers wanted from John Tortorella. This is why they hired him.So, to shield themselves from the worst of the criticisms, they hired the one coach whose obsession with control and whose combative personality would bestory. They knew the chronic shortcomings of a team badly constructed by general manager Chuck Fletcher would be overshadowed by the chronic shortcomings of John Tortorella.It’s going to get worse before it gets better..
We’re talking about the guy who said Saturday on Long Island that he wouldn’t answer questions about individual players, including the ones who’d played well. We’re talking about the Torts who, when asked about a lifeless effort in a Black Friday home loss, replied,We’re talking about the Torts who, at practice on Monday, said that he has told his players to swallow their outrage for the moment, and that he has what he called “My ‘hate list.
Walk around Philadelphia and you’ll see Flyers ads, but you know what you won’t see? Flyers. You’ll see Tortorella, and you’ll see Gritty.Tortorella won the Stanley Cup in 2004 with Tampa Bay, and he’s been to the playoffs 12 times, with the Lightning, Rangers, and Blue Jackets, but he’s left casualties by the roadside at every stop. He’s been demanding, exacting, and inspiring on the bench, but he’s been rude, condescending, and unprofessional everywhere.
You pay him. The NHL mandates press conferences and locker-room access so players and coaches are accountable to you, through the press. We largely couldn’t care less, emotionally, why Morgan Frost has just five points in 21 games, or when Cam Atkinson isEvery time Torts ignores a question, blows off a press conference, or demeans the questioner, it’s your face that he’s mashing in a pile of horse manure, not ours.
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