The Hanging Jowl
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Sorry if it's been said, curious, did Tortellini eventually leave or did McCauley let it go?
John Tortorella ejected 10 minutes into game, refused to leave (upd: fined $50k and suspended 2 games)
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I doubt Torts cares if he gets suspended. Most managers/coaches who get suspended for this type of stuff don’t give a crap.
VaporTrail
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ArGarBarGar
What do we want!? Unfair!
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Including the most impressive 7-0 loss in NHL history.
Gillings
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I don’t know what torts did to get ejected but the refs(police) wrongfully accuse people all the time and we should just
Put up with it?
F that.
SoundAndFury
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What else can he do in that position? I get that you prefer nothing but what are the other choices in that moment?
Terry Yake
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just funny because that's something torts would get on a player's ass about
hockeykicker
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Watch the NHL suspend Torts now because of the organization comments
Clark4Ever
What we do in hockey echoes in eternity...
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Credit to Chris O'Meara, with a fantastic photo of the incident.
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It's been a while since Torts made himself a martyr so you knew something like this was coming. It's surprising that people still fall all over themselves to praise his schtick. He has a keen sense for theater.
Pretty funny that McCauley never came over to the bench and the other three officials did.
I wonder what would happen if he just completely refused to leave. Delay of game penalty? Forfeit? It would be interesting to see.
I wonder what would happen if he just completely refused to leave. Delay of game penalty? Forfeit? It would be interesting to see.
Cody Webster
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What an embarrassing organization
JianYang
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I think people here who are questioning why torts is being celebrated are missing the boat.
The clip is funny. At the end of the day, it's about about entertainment, and if you can't find humor in torts acting like a child who didn't get his candy, while flailing around his casted up hand, then we just have a different sense of humor. Even the 2004 alumni in the suite were clearly having alot of fun with it.
The clip is funny. At the end of the day, it's about about entertainment, and if you can't find humor in torts acting like a child who didn't get his candy, while flailing around his casted up hand, then we just have a different sense of humor. Even the 2004 alumni in the suite were clearly having alot of fun with it.
TooManyHumans
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I guess it's entertaining but it's also embarrassing. He was never going to win that argument and just looked like a spoiled child refusing to leave. Not sure why acting like a baby is praiseworthy but whatever.
It can be both funny and pathetic...
No doubt there was entertainment value, but for a guy who likes to talk in patronizing ways about other people's behaviours (most recently about the entitlement attitude he perceives in young players today), his hypocrisy and lack of class are pretty evident and pretty sad.
It's one thing for players to opt out of the role model responsibility/opportunity their status affords them, it's another for coaches to.
The toxicity & lack of respect towards officials (mostly teens and adult volunteers) in youth sports has never been worse...
How many hot head youth coaches will watch this clip and feel that much more emboldened to "stick it" to some pimple faced teen ref?
Torts needs to do better. And I suspect that away from the act, he knows it to. Behaving like a petulant child because you don't like the refs call might be a fun way to let off steam, but it hardly reflects the leadership tone or team first mindset he otherwise is quick to preach
JianYang
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If any fan is feeling "embarrased" by it, my opinion is that it's been taken too seriously. This is hockey, not brain surgery.
When I saw it, I had a huge smile on my face, and forwarded the clip to a bunch of friends and family who happen to follow hockey.
Hopefully none of them coach any sports, or have enough sense to recognize how embarrassing & toxic that behaviour is and won't look to emulate it
TooManyHumans
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It's not what I would want from my team's leader, but he's clearly doing a good job with that bunch. I just thought this incident was not something to praise. He looked foolish to me.
You can stand up for yourself without looking so pathetic doing it. He made his point about his
Same, thought it was funny and shared with friends - but mostly to laugh at Torts for being so pathetic
