John Tortorella Named (Part Time) Head Coach Discussion

[Curufinwe]

And then Sanheim is a healthy scratch today after skating in warmups.

And the 64 year old coach was such a pathetic coward that he told him by text message.

 

[Striiker]

There are people that worship at this man's coaching altar. Those people are assholes too.

Flyers Twitter and the rest of the media and causal fanbase worship him in a way not even religious fanatics worship anyone.

But I guess that’s fair after all the amazing work he’s done to fix every intangible problem that definitely existed within this franchise. There’s no proof of any of that, since it’s intangible and all, but he’s definitely done it and you can trust the flawless eye test of the Flyers media and casual fans.

 

[Chinatown88]

John Tortorella = Jose Mourinho

 

[Curufinwe]

John Tortorella = Jose Mourinho

But with much less success.

 

[LegionOfDoom91]

Flyers Twitter and the rest of the media and causal fanbase worship him in a way not even religious fanatics worship anyone.

But I guess that’s fair after all the amazing work he’s done to fix every intangible problem that definitely existed within this franchise. There’s no proof of any of that, since it’s intangible and all, but he’s definitely done it and you can trust the flawless eye test of the Flyers media and casual fans.

Gonna guess a lot of these people bitch daily to anyone who will listen about how their boss is an asshole to them.

 

[Striiker]

Gonna guess a lot of these people bitch daily to anyone who will listen about how their boss is an asshole to them.

These people have a meltdown if you tell them they’re wrong about any tiny topic.

I’m sure they take offline criticism really well.

 

[kudymen]

John Tortorella = Jose Mourinho

Don’t

 

[Hollywood Cannon]

I am once again here to tell you that John Tortorella is a certified asshole.

 

[dragonoffrost]

Most of us knew he was a total asshole. And don't worry it's all Farabee that's the issue is what the acolytes will preach.

 

[Embiid]

What a novel thing....certain segments of a population (i.e. fanbase) worship leaders with authoritarian asshole cults of personality....

Flyers are definitely suffering a crisis of identity with their archaic leadership and corporatist ownership...

 

[Beef Invictus]

Ignore me. Just leaving more pieces of info for later.

So I guess coaching and management's plan now is open warfare with their best players to shift blame to them

 

[BringBackFletcher]

So I guess coaching and management's plan now is open warfare with their best players to shift blame to them

They can't resist an opportunity to diminish their own assets at every turn

 

[Striiker]

So I guess coaching and management's plan now is open warfare with their best players to shift blame to them

That's been the plan since Fletcher took over.

But Giroux, Voracek, and Ghost are already gone so these are the guys on the next tier down.

It's simple:

1) GM/Coaches deserve blame, which they won't accept
2) Deflect and scapegoat the top players
3) Remove those top players in awful trades
4) Even worse results
5) Repeat

 

[Embiid]

They can't resist an opportunity to diminish their own assets at every turn

Didn't Clarke do that with Lindros with his petulant public fued that undermined his own player's trade value? The culture of assholism runs deep..

 

[Beef Invictus]

That's been the plan since Fletcher took over.

But Giroux, Voracek, and Ghost are already gone so these are the guys on the next tier down.

It's simple:

1) GM/Coaches deserve blame, which they won't accept
2) Deflect and scapegoat the top players
3) Remove those top players in awful trades
4) Even worse results
5) Repeat

Isn't it amazing how they always find some players to scapegoat? Once they ditch Sanheim, Provorov, and Farabee, I hope TK, Hayes, and Frost are ready to be next. The Clarke Management Tree pumps out pathetic people and poor leaders.

 

[Striiker]

Isn't it amazing how they always find some players to scapegoat? Once they ditch Sanheim, Provorov, and Farabee, I hope TK, Hayes, and Frost are ready to be next.

Don't forget Fletcher was already trying to trade TK last summer, so he might still be at the tippy top of the list. His scoring this season is irrelevant since clearly Fletcher doesn't take quality of play into account when deciding who to keep or remove.

All we know for sure is it's going to be Hextall guys who are scapegoated, since Fletcher will never admit that additions like Hayes, Ristolainen, TDA, etc. were massive disgusting mistakes.

 

[VladDrag]

Ignore me. Just leaving more pieces of info for later.

 

[Rebels57]

Comcast shelling out more money for a new head coach soon.

Not until after they trade everyone that he doesn't like for pennies on the dollar..just like when AV was here.

 

[Striiker]

Imagine his meltdown if anyone spoke about him him half as negatively as he does the players who carry his incompetent dinosaur ass and keep him employed.

 

[Curufinwe]

Not until after they trade everyone that he doesn't like for pennies on the dollar..just like when AV was here.

Technically, Ghost was traded for negative dollars on the dollar.

 

[Audible Velvet]

Hypocrite and a C**t. Solidarity, Cap.

 

[Beef Invictus]

Nothing says "his priority is attracting attention to himself to protect his players" quite like openly trashing them repeatedly.

 

[Flyerfan4life]

meanwhile he wont do presser after a lose..

what a complete jagoff..

 

[LegionOfDoom91]

Don't forget Fletcher was already trying to trade TK last summer, so he might still be at the tippy top of the list. His scoring this season is irrelevant since clearly Fletcher doesn't take quality of play into account when deciding who to keep or remove.

All we know for sure is it's going to be Hextall guys who are scapegoated, since Fletcher will never admit that additions like Hayes, Ristolainen, TDA, etc. were massive disgusting mistakes.

The Branch of Tortoridians.

 

[BringBackFletcher]

Torts is a baby. Plain and simple.