Confirmed with Link: John Tortorella relieved of his duties as Flyers coach. Brad Shaw to take interim charge for now.

I now have a lot more respect for Briere.

I like Torts, but he just wasn't going to be a good fit for this org for the next few years.

Briere deserves no respect. Torts basically had to force him into firing him. Torts had to be so stupid, so blatant publicly to get his ass canned. It's possible if he kept his mouth shut, Briere would of kept him next season.
 
At the very least, Torts didn't try to shoehorn it.

His last quote was basically, I didn't come here to coach a team in this state... it's my fault and I just need to get them to the end.

He's very frank and I can respect that.
I can appreciate his hard-nosed mentality, especially in today's league. But he took it too far when he started pointing fingers and throwing players under the bus in public.
 
There’s legal wiggle room here for him to come back in another capacity but it’s not a wide open door.

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At least we didn't go through the tired dance of swirling rumours, a vote of confidence from Briere, lockstep support from the Stepford writers, and then this.
 
The authentics, after reading this, have to be absolutely raging on this beautiful Thursday morning.

I mean, we were getting close to the annual "I'm done coaching, I'm going to sit in the pressbox and let the assistants coach" anyway, so they made it easier for him.

Now let's all sit back and see how they f*** up hiring a new coach
 

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