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

[Flyerfan4life]

Where’s the quote from training camp years ago that Torts wanted York to fight back?

Well you got your wish and you acted like a man child in response.

Typical Torts.

post of the year ^^^

 

[GKJ]

 

[BillDineen]

I thought the Lord Emperor liked verbal confrontations from players?

 

[Strawberry Fields]

"Fight back, kid!"
*fights back*
"No wait, not like THAT!!"

 

[Flyerfan4life]

I thought the Lord Emperor liked verbal confrontations from players?

only when hes the one yelling

 

[BrindamoursNose]

Hang it in the rafters

 

[Kermit the Prog]

I guess it's a "New" York.

(sets up tip jar)

 

[Beef Invictus]

Why?

On account of everything the Flyers have shown they value in hockey players and personnel since 2014. The fact that they like how Shaw works is bad. The fact that Tortorella loves how Shaw approaches the game is bad.

If all those people think Shaw is good, then it means he's not. Sure he can be an improvement on Tortorella, but that's not very difficult because Tortorella hasn't given a shit for a single second he's been here. But ceiling above and beyond that? I presume zilch.

 

[MJL66]

How many times has Tortorella publicly stated that he thinks that confrontation is good and healthy and that he seeks that out with players? I bet we could google numerous comments that Tortorella has made on just that. Now they're disciplining York for just that. What a dysfunctional, cluster fudge of an organization this is. Just a complete abomination. I'm real close to being done.

 

[Hollywood Cannon]

How many times has Tortorella publicly stated that he thinks that confrontation is good and healthy and that he seeks that out with players? I bet we could google numerous comments that Tortorella has made on just that. Now they're disciplining York for just that. What a dysfunctional, cluster fudge of an organization this is. Just a complete abomination. I'm real close to being done.

I don’t see anything wrong with it. Tortorella clearly got fired in part because of it and the organization also couldn’t just sit there and not do anything to a player that got into it with his head coach.

I’m pretty levelheaded about this. It all tracks.

 

[Flyerfan4life]

How many times has Tortorella publicly stated that he thinks that confrontation is good and healthy and that he seeks that out with players? I bet we could google numerous comments that Tortorella has made on just that. Now they're disciplining York for just that. What a dysfunctional, cluster fudge of an organization this is. Just a complete abomination. I'm real close to being done.

like ive always said..

given any choice 50/50 they will ALWAYS chose the wrong one...

even getting rid of Torts.. they should have run it out till the end of season... but nope.. gotta f*** up that draft pick number...

 

[Beef Invictus]

Can't speak for anyone else in the org, but we know for a fact that Clarke is banging Briere's door down and drooling on his senile fat chest about how York has to be traded for this.

 

[MJL66]

You can't

I don’t see anything wrong with it. Tortorella clearly got fired in part because of it and the organization also couldn’t just sit there and not do anything to a player that got into it with his head coach.

I’m pretty levelheaded about this. It all tracks.

You can't punish a player for being confrontational when he was mistreated by the coach. When the coach has repeatedly publicly asked for confrontation and publicly stated that he thinks it is healthy and necessary and part of team building. Tortorella created the situation and asked for it. York was sent down the the AHL because he was "too soft" and "non-confrontational" in Tortorella's view. I don't think you're being level headed here at all. No offense.

 

[Beef Invictus]

You can't

You can't punish a player for being confrontational when he was mistreated by the coach. When the coach has repeatedly publicly asked for confrontation and publicly stated that he thinks it is healthy and necessary and part of team building. Tortorella created the situation and asked for it. York was sent down the the AHL because he was "too soft" and "non-confrontational" in Tortorella's view. I don't think you're being level headed here at all. No offense.

The people behind the Pat Maroon debacle are all still here, unfortunately. And they remain heavily influential.

Anywhere else it's probably an easy given that York stays, but it's not an easy given here. No doubt they are having serious and long discussions about how they probably have to get rid of him.

 

[Hollywood Cannon]

You can't

You can't punish a player for being confrontational when he was mistreated by the coach. When the coach has repeatedly publicly asked for confrontation and publicly stated that he thinks it is healthy and necessary and part of team building. Tortorella created the situation and asked for it. York was sent down the the AHL because he was "too soft" and "non-confrontational" in Tortorella's view. I don't think you're being level headed here at all. No offense.

You absolutely can punish a player for getting into it with the coach.

Torts is an asshole for trying to get into it with players. Obviously this whole thing went above and beyond what a normal confrontation was.

Tortorella, a man that they said themselves was in the plans for the next few years, was fired over it.

They can try to spin it however they want but they say it popped up over the last few days. This was the catalyst.

A line was clearly crossed. York was sat for one game where they weren’t allowed to just scratch him. If they continue to mess with him then they went too far but it seems like it will end with the one game.

 

[Embiid]

Tort's exposed as an asshole...never saw it coming.

Heard the Tate Brothers are being considered by the org...

 

[Danko]

I do wonder, if all the f***ery with Cam York influenced DB

i posted this yesterday, i feel smart.

 

[MJL66]

You absolutely can punish a player for getting into it with the coach.

Torts is an asshole for trying to get into it with players. Obviously this whole thing went above and beyond what a normal confrontation was.

Tortorella, a man that they said themselves was in the plans for the next few years, was fired over it.

They can try to spin it however they want but they say it popped up over the last few days. This was the catalyst.

A line was clearly crossed. York was sat for one game where they weren’t allowed to just scratch him. If they continue to mess with him then they went too far but it seems like it will end with the one game.

Well of course you can do whatever you want. Whether it's right or wrong or makes sense or doesn't. The Flyers prove that. The antagonist is who should have been blamed. He kept poking York in the face over a period of years and maybe York finally had enough. Good for him. I hope York tells the Flyers to go pound sand and he wants out. It's a complete cluster fudge and any attempt to try and justify or blame York, is simply non-sensical
I'd like to see York's agent come out and set the record straight. Remind the public of what actually went on.

 

[Danko]

didn't take long for the leaked information to start rolling out burying Torts.

Also, York is totally getting traded this offseason

 

[FlyerNutter]

Ghost. Voracek. Giroux. Hayes. Provorov. Farabee. Frost. York.

 

[trostol]

i can't see why york would want to stay here after all this..if he does he is a better man than i..cause i indeed would want out with how this org handles basically breathing

 

[Beef Invictus]

Ghost. Voracek. Giroux. Hayes. Provorov. Farabee. Frost. York.

 

[Beef Invictus]

lol you also forgot Gauthier. They blew so many assets it's hard to keep track.

 

[kudymen]

Ghost. Voracek. Giroux. Hayes. Provorov. Farabee. Frost. York.

Flyers for 10 years straight now: "We need top end talent. Where can we possibly get some?"

 

[FlyerNutter]

Hell I’d add Richards, Carter, Umberger, and Hartnell to that list. Mason. Bryzgalov. Kolosov.

Wasn’t LeCavalier thrilled to be out of Philly?

I’m not saying it’s fully on the org, but this theme is a bit funny.