Flyers fire John Tortorella, name Brad Shaw interim head coach

[Koivu11]

 

[895]

I guess those comments he made last game didn't sit well.
If your coach is not fully committed, he shouldn't be coaching,

 

[Oilslick941611]

untenable after those comments.

 

[Gizmo Tkachuk]

I think he’s done coaching

 

[Summer Rose]

Well, after the comments he made the other day, I'm not surprised.

Interesting though... I don't personally recall the last time a coach stepped down voluntarily during a season, as opposed to being fired.

 

[Oilslick941611]

Well, after the comments he made the other day, I'm not surprised.

Interesting though... I don't personally recall the last time a coach stepped down voluntarily during a season, as opposed to being fired.

probably a save face way of the org firing him.

Those comments were unacceptable, but probably gave him the option of getting fired or stepping down. Guy with his ego probably took the saving face over the money.

 

[Poppy Whoa Sonnet]

Well, after the comments he made the other day, I'm not surprised.

Interesting though... I don't personally recall the last time a coach stepped down voluntarily during a season, as opposed to being fired.

Paul Maurice did it in Winnipeg

Winnipeg coach Maurice resigns in 9th season

Jets coach Paul Maurice has resigned after over eight seasons with Winnipeg and five playoff appearances.

www.espn.com

 

[waitin425]

Im at a loss how this guy has been hired over and over. He's Toxic!

 

[surixon]

Can't say I'm surprised. It seemed he already had a foot out the door when he said the comments. You can't have someone half committed to his job at this level.

 

[Summer Rose]

Never mind on my previous post since the Flyers announcement says he was relieved of his duties.

 

[surixon]

Well, after the comments he made the other day, I'm not surprised.

Interesting though... I don't personally recall the last time a coach stepped down voluntarily during a season, as opposed to being fired.

Paul Maurice in Winnipeg did it a couple years ago.

 

[OldCraig71]

The league is slowly losing the dinosaur approach to coaching.

 

[Unspecified]

I can't believe he's only coached 5 teams. I swear it seems like double that honestly.

 

[Poppy Whoa Sonnet]

You can't fire Torts, he quit

 

[SomeDude]

Calling it now. Next stop: Buffalo.

 

[Peasy]

Likely his last coaching job. Pretty sure when he first got there he said this would be his last.

 

[TheOrganist]

Wait, I thought his fans said his comments the other day were taken out of context. He did Philly brass a favor. Prob told him we’re firing you or you can “step down”…at the end of the day he guided them to a high pick so no harm no foul for this yr but the Flyers really need to hire a capable, modern coach.

 

[ponder719]

I can't believe he's only coached 5 teams. I swear it seems like double that honestly.

Torts teams have a tendency to transition from "Good Torts" to "Bad Torts" teams, so it definitely feels like 10 different tenures..

 

[Schennanigans]

That didn’t take long.

 

[Seb]

#FreeMichkov

 

[Mobiandi]

He was basically begging to get fired

 

[Beau Knows]

You couldn't let him continue after those comments. He wasn't the right coach for that team for plenty of other reasons too.

 

[John Price]

it was an awful hire. they were never in the playoff mix during his tenure.

 

[StickShift]

I wonder if Rick Tocchet is going to leave Vancouver to go to Philadelphia in the off-season.

 

[Seedtype]

I hope he'll consider becoming a commentator, I love his passion.