Why is Tortorella not popular amongst fans?

[Kshahdoo]

The dude can do his job. Flyers' roster is probably bottom 6 in the whole league, but the team's results are much better than this.

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[Hank Plank]

Shelf life like Darryl Sutter.

 

[LevelingSolo]

Love Torts, he's entertaining and the man knows how to coach

 

[Sticksandsun]

People hate retreads, even when they're great. Torts has a Cup and continued success but people want new coaches who almost always flame out. Quinn with the Rangers, Woodcroft with the Oilers etc. I heard the same as a Panthers fan when they hired Maurice, so many "why would you hire that dinosaur" posts. Maybe because he's good at his job? Fans act like 100% of GMs are idiots when it's closer to 15%.

 

[MetalheadPenguinsFan]

Because he’s a loudmouth blowhard jackass and his schtick gets old fast??

 

[PunchImlach is Alive]

Barely relevant, cringe weirdo that most organizations hope he can go a season without doing or saying something embarrassing. Why should Tortorella be popular among fans?

 

[Rich Nixon]

Because he’s a loudmouth blowhard jackass and his schtick gets old fast??

This, for me. He can squeeze blood from a stone for a couple seasons, but the cost is the players he runs out of town and having to hear all his bullshit pontificating.

 

[2014nyr]

soft people think he's a big meanypants because he yells at players and can be hot in postgame pressers that are 5 mins after he leaves the bench. the single shared brain of social media decided he's a bad man despite the mountain of actual evidence to the extreme contrary as a person, and pretty impressive resume in results on the ice overall.

 

[SI90]

I love him.

 

[Billy Kvcmu]

I love him even as a Canucks fan

 

[LightningStorm]

I love Torts! Strict no nonsense coach who led us to our franchise to our first ever cup win. While he's hard on his players, he also stands up for them.

 

[wasunder]

Wouldn’t say he’s hated. He’s polarizing, I like him and think he’s a good coach but also wouldn’t want him coaching my team as he has a boring style of hockey

 

[Hoek]

Love Torts, but he definitely has a shelf life and some missteps. I think his stint in Vancouver still looms large over HF at least. Seems to be all the people down on him ever talk about.

 

[Hank Plank]

I love Torts! Strict no nonsense coach who led us to our franchise to our first ever cup win. While he's hard on his players, he also stands up for them.

That was a sure win every Canadian team loses in the finals.

 

[majormajor]

He was popular in Columbus with everyone, players, staff, fans.

Re: the "shelf life" comments, Torts has had three very long coaching tenures in the league already. The average coaching tenure is only three years before they get let go, he's averaging much more than that.

 

[Sykur]

Shelf life like Darryl Sutter.

This.

There is a class of coach out there who are just absolute taskmasters. I'm convinced they run their practices with a cat-o-nine tails and compulsory bag skating. They get results, but there are diminishing returns to their drillmaster style of coaching. So they have a fantastic first year (possibly even Jack Adams honors), then a substandard second year, and then after three years the players just start tuning them out and the team collapses, and they are fired. Then some other team picks them up and the process repeats itself.

Torts fits this mold but he's got far worse company. It also applies to older coaches like Herb Brooks, Pat Burns and Jacque Lemaire, and also Tippett, Babcock, Hitchcock, Sutter. You can probably think of more.

 

[majormajor]

This.

There is a class of coach out there who are just absolute taskmasters. I'm convinced they run their practices with a cat-o-nine tails and compulsory bag skating. They get results, but there are diminishing returns to their drillmaster style of coaching. So they have a fantastic first year (possibly even Jack Adams honors), then a substandard second year, and then after three years the players just start tuning them out and the team collapses, and they are fired. Then some other team picks them up and the process repeats itself.

Torts fits this mold but he's got far worse company. It also applies to older coaches like Herb Brooks, Pat Burns and Jacque Lemaire, and also Tippett, Babcock, Hitchcock, Sutter. You can probably think of more.

Absolutely not this.

He was still squeezing blood from a stone in Columbus in year 5. Probably his most convincing year of coaching.

Yes in some instances the results diminish, but your average coach is already fired by that point, and Torts is still there winning more games than he should. So why is it that people keep bringing up "shelf life" in regards to Torts?

 

[Gurglesons]

Because he comes off as a self righteous asshole and his teams have at best gotten to the ECF since 2004?

 

[DingerMcSlapshot]

He is.

 

[Oleksiak]

Super entertaining and a dog lover. I wouldn't want to play for him, but he's fun as a fan.

 

[Canucks LB]

I am a fan

 

[LightningStrikes]

We love him in Tampa!

 

[AndreRoy]

Great coach. Unfortunately most of today’s players are a bunch of spoiled brats who can’t handle being pushed to achieve greatness.

 

[wgknestrick]

Fans usually like it when their team wins games

 

[John Price]

abrasive personality