Torts coaching in a hoodie

[Bender Duster]

Tradition. It came from when player-managers were a lot more common.

Wearing suits makes less sense to me. It’s a hockey game, not a gala.

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Apparently going to a NHL game used to be a pretty dressy affair. Coaches and players in suits might be a carryover from this era.

 

[Kane One]

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Apparently going to a NHL game used to be a pretty dressy affair. Coaches and players in suits might be a carryover from this era.

For sure. I just think this is way more dated. And most managers wear hoodies now whenever the weather is cool.

 

[Number8]

Managers wearing uniforms makes sense to me, because it's just a tradition passed down from the period when it was as likely as not that the manager was also an active player. They don't much do that anymore, obviously, but the rules still support it, and as most managers are former players anyway and are more comfortable dressing in a uniform than a suit, the attire remained as it was through inertia.

On the subject of Torts, this doesn't bother me in the slightest. Many things about him do, primarily the hypocrisy and capriciousness, but this is less than nothing. No aspect of his attire impacts his ability to do his job, he can wear whatever he wants on the bench, within reason.

Of course you are absolutely right.

I just wonder if they find it funny themselves. Old Don Zimmer with his prodigious belly hanging over his baseball pants always made me chuckle. Of course he did get in the play once with Pedro Martinez!

 

[Lazlo Hollyfeld]

When he was in Vancouver they put a cot in his office so he could take naps just to try and get him to come into work more.

In a few years he’s gonna be coaching in his pajamas.

 

[Number8]

Tradition. It came from when player-managers were a lot more common.

Wearing suits makes less sense to me. It’s a hockey game, not a gala.

Oh, I know where it came from. Pete Rose was the last one, I believe. But my guess is he was an extreme outlier at that point. Maybe I'm wrong.

Regardless, some traditions age well. Others, not so much.

 

[End on a Hinote]

Stanley Cup winner, future HOF, later part of his career.

He's basically at "Pushing retirement at a union job with an ass load of seniority, and I'm only here because I want to and not because I have to, so IDGAF" mode.

 

[JianYang]

No big deal, but if I was a player, I'd want the same treatment as the coach where they don't have to wear suits to the game either.

 

[JoVel]

Who said they can't be themselves? Players like Matthews and Lundqvist have no issues dressing to impress in a business attire. We don't need them dressing like clowns though. I assume you don't work in a professional environment.

I actually do need them dressing like clowns.

 

[Kranix]

He should wear a big sheepskin overcoat.

 

[PaulD]

I would genuinely enjoy seeing that for a game, though it'd be way, way funnier if it was Boudreau (also, I think he's got the right sense of humor to actually do it.) Maybe we can find a team that has a good sense of humor on April Fools' Day.

And Roy could wear the goalie gear mask and all.

 

[ponder719]

And Roy could wear the goalie gear mask and all.

I kind of want the Canes to do it, because Brindy could probably still win faceoffs if they snuck him on the ice.

 

[SirKillalot]

He should wear a big sheepskin overcoat.

I think he should wear the Borat outfit.

 

[Ryuji Yamazaki]

Torts has always been a clown, at least now he’s wearing the proper attire.

 

[Sol]

Eh not a big deal, I’d be slightly concerned if he was coaching in a g-string though.

 

[jetsmooseice]

No big deal, but if I was a player, I'd want the same treatment as the coach where they don't have to wear suits to the game either.

Where did that even come from? Is that the Don Cherry effect? It's nuts to me that you have to this day, 12 year olds showing up to the rink for a game in a suit.

If it were up to me, players would be freed of the obligation to ever wear suits to the rink again.

Not coaches though, they look classy in suits and it demonstrates that they take the job seriously. Torts looks like a clown in his hoodie.

 

[Ceremony]

He should do a hoodie and tie combo

The shirt/tie/tracksuit triumvirate has been done

I'm not sure you'd be allowed inside an NHL rink again if you turned up in a similar combo.

 

[Habssince89]

we need more vintage sweaters

 

[kingsholygrail]

Everything this man does makes HFB seethe.