IF it is true, there's more to this than meets the eye. Who knows what it all is? Torts wanting to see who wants to be here next year by seeing who shows up for optional practices? TDA sulking after being benched?
Thank you again for gracing us with your presence.Typical much ado about nothing.
People who hate Torts complain about everything he does, so of course they’re going to make a big deal out of his giving his assistants chances to run the bench a few times at the end of the season with nothing on the line.
The anti-Torts crowd may use it against him, but the opportunity meant a lot to Rocky Thompson, who said of Torts:
"I can't say enough good things about him. Even just this opportunity, for example, getting a chance to be a head coach of a national hockey league team. Something you dream about when you start coaching. He's a great mentor, he's a great person."
Maybe the assistants are appreciative of the reward after a long, hard season. And maybe the experience helps them achieve their goals of becoming NHL head coaches in the future.
But no, it can’t be about Torts treating his assistants well. Regardless of what the assistants themselves say. The narrative from Torts haters has to be that Torts is being “lazy” & petulant.
Can you name a single other coach who just skips coaching games? Who ditches post game press conferences whenever he feels like it? That can't be bothered to learn about players on the farm team?Typical much ado about nothing.
People who hate Torts complain about everything he does, so of course they’re going to make a big deal out of his giving his assistants chances to run the bench a few times at the end of the season with nothing on the line.
The anti-Torts crowd may use it against him, but the opportunity meant a lot to Rocky Thompson, who said of Torts:
"I can't say enough good things about him. Even just this opportunity, for example, getting a chance to be a head coach of a national hockey league team. Something you dream about when you start coaching. He's a great mentor, he's a great person."
Maybe the assistants are appreciative of the reward after a long, hard season. And maybe the experience helps them achieve their goals of becoming NHL head coaches in the future.
But no, it can’t be about Torts treating his assistants well. Regardless of what the assistants themselves say. The narrative from Torts haters has to be that Torts is being “lazy” & petulant.
Yeah, who cares what the assistants themselves think & say about Torts as a person & mentor, & about the opportunity he’s given them?!
Bro I'm asking a question, one you failed to answer. Why are you refusing to answer this very straightforward question?
If it's best for him to not be around the team, he shouldn't be an NHL coach. It's his job to coach, which requires proximity to the players themselves.
I doubt that, unless there was something he needed to work on to get back in the lineup and he blew them off after he was told that. But that's pretty unlikely, there isn't much you can fix in a practice. Though skipping a practice (not mandatory, but expected for scratched players, "show you care") isn't a good move to endear yourself with the coaches.The rumor floating around yesterday, which I can't verify, was that TDA didn't show up for an optional practice the day after being a healthy scratch. That put off the coaching staff so TDA is done for the year, if not his time here in Philly.
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No, I haven’t seen it before outside of preseason.
Why do I care that the head coach isn't coaching, attending press conferences, or knows anything about the farm team? Probably because he's the coach, and the fact he can't be bothered to do his job shows how incredibly lazy he is?
Typical much ado about nothing.
People who hate Torts complain about everything he does, so of course they’re going to make a big deal out of his giving his assistants chances to run the bench a few times at the end of the season with nothing on the line.
The anti-Torts crowd may use it against him, but the opportunity meant a lot to Rocky Thompson, who said of Torts:
"I can't say enough good things about him. Even just this opportunity, for example, getting a chance to be a head coach of a national hockey league team. Something you dream about when you start coaching. He's a great mentor, he's a great person."
Maybe the assistants are appreciative of the reward after a long, hard season. And maybe the experience helps them achieve their goals of becoming NHL head coaches in the future.
But no, it can’t be about Torts treating his assistants well. Regardless of what the assistants themselves say. The narrative from Torts haters has to be that Torts is being “lazy” & petulant.
If no other coach does something, but you do, it shows how bad you are compared to them?
Can you read? Did you read the sentence before that, where I said it's not bad because he's the only one who does it, but because it not doing those things means he's a shit head coach?
