Do we dare have the Tortorella talk for the Sabres?
With the Flyers unraveling and being in town to play the Sabres on Friday, Sneaky Joe dares to ask the question, is John Tortorella an idea for the Sabres if he gets fired?
Plus, there will be a moster 6’8” Russian star goalie making his first start for Philly in Ivan Fedotov. And Joe talks about the complete blown opportunity that the Sabres had to make the playoffs in a down year for the East.
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31 Comments
Berube? QUENVILLE? Any takers?
we absolutely need Tortorella. Enough is enough with these prima donnas, making millions of dollars to play hockey and not producing.
Exactly. They ARE prima donnas… they would fold their tents under Torts… They can't even handle booing!
I can't stand torts. Oh and ive noticed okposo hasn't played for florida since i think the trade. Odd.
Sounds like we get "goalied" tonight…
Our team needs tortz badly… I been begging for him for years and everyone complained "ooo our young guys cant handle that kind of coach" Now look at us, the softest team in hockey.
Worst kept secret …briere and jones will hire their buddy and ex teamate Craig Berube this summer! No thanks to Torts but would love to see Lindy Ruff, Gerald Gallant , Bruce Boudreau Claude Jullien, Craig Berube( if he doesnt go to philly) or Joel Quenville replace Daycare Donnie. We definitely need a coach that holds players accountable! Aka a veteran coach!
Speaking of coaches Jay Mckee's Brantford Bulldogs are on the verge of being knocked out in a 1st round upset , so he might be available this oct to be the Sabres D coach . He could teach the boys to block shots and take the body in front of the net.
Cause I'm a bit bored.
Part of the reason why the message gets lost in the locker room so much with coaches that screams at their athletes is that eventually the athletes will start viewing you as unreasonable or an idiot. Either consciously or subconsciously. Having a coach go on live TV to say how only one member of the team showed up to play that night? That's not a good thing we should want for the Sabres.
Assuming Don is too soft(We see what he's like in the media as he keeps himself composed even when he's visibly pissed off in front of the media) then Torts is just an absolute overcorrection going the opposite way possibly causing worse results. A calm coach will be able to explain the issues and what needs to be worked on. An angry coach will get mad and come off as unreasonable. Assuming what we need is to be more firm in the locker room, then we want a coach that is not going to just blow up on athletes all the time but one that can be firm while keeping a calm and level head.
All I have to say.
Its lindy or dont change it for me. Call me a dinosaur or whatever, but lindy is all the good of torts, but none of the insanity. And i love torts, but on other teams…
Tortorella NO!
I honestly think our teams too soft, guys like Thompson power and Skinner would hate torts
To answer your question, YOU BET YOUR A$S we dare have it!!!!
Not Tortorella. But there are hard-nose coaches out there.
lets be the last team in so we can get B****slapped in 4 games by the 1st overall team.
Wow, lets do it.
No thanks to Torts. He's the king of taking credit and passing blame.
Why would Torts be available tbh. Philly is still over performing
I'm paused at 20:52… I know this part hasn't been mentioned, but -> about HOW MUCH of the crowd at Key Bank Center will be backing the Flyers? It seems that whenever the Philadelphia teams play outside their home turf, their fans are LEGION.
No… he’s a ass🤬
Torts might win the Jack Adams but this doofus thinks he’s getting fired and going to Buffalo. Everyday this show gets dumber with misinformation and lack of knowledge.
Team is to soft for a guy like Torts. It wouldn’t work for many reasons. Terry is cheap Meatballs stays. It took the press yelling at Adams to fire Kruger. It very well might be 14 years? Bothers me we waisting talent kids learning the wrong way
Yes, we need him to come in and change the culture and make these guys accountable. The players need a coach, not a friend.
We need a system. We need a guy that will bring coaches underneath them. There needs to be accountability and a clear message of play. Battle’s on the board shouldn’t be optional. You should be able to turn on a random Sabres game, at any point in the game and see them battling and blocking shots and just working hard.
I like Gallant, because he proved he can do that, in Vegas, Florida… Torts is good, but he’s too chaotic. I wouldn’t be mad at bringing Lindy back…
Regardless. YES! This team is absolutely craving that style of coach. Granato is just not it. His mentality is all wrong. Think of the way he speaks. We kind of play the same way….
I WANT RUFF BACK WITH PECA & DONNIE AS ASST COACH'S
Please, no torts. Dude is a grenade. Can go off at anytime
What about coach Q?
The Islanders and the Flyers are only in the playoff race is because of those stupid OT Loses! The Sabres have the same or MORE Wins as anyone in this push for the last playoff spot! The Sabres should not be this close to being eliminated from contention having these stats compared to the other teams!
The extra point for an OT Loss needs to go, and GMKA needs to make this point VERY clear at the next GM meeting! Teams with less regulation losses should NOT miss the playoffs! Thats just dumb!!
I always hear you out because you tend to make very very good points, so I'm saying this BEFORE watching the video. No, we absolutely should not have a Tortorella talk lol
Hear me out: Torts coaching the Sabres next year would mirror the 2004 Tampa Bay Lightning. Lecavalier is Thompson. Benson is a Marty St. Louis-lite. Hell, let’s call Tuch Brad Richards
Sneaky… have you ever heard of the infamous flyers – Habs may 14, 1987 pre game fight night?! That was nuts.
Tortorella definately can rub people the wrong way. he is a dying bread of out school coaches. he is one of the best coaches of the 2000’s. his teams get better except the debacle in Vancouver. wins a cup in Tampa as a first time coach.had a good run with NYR. helped put hockey on the map in Columbus. pulled one of the greatest playoff upsets ever with sweeping Tampa, and than giving Confetence champion Bruins an extremely difficult series. Tortorella holds his teams to high standard, as he holds himself. you hear a lot of players loved playing for Tortorella. Tortorella will be 66 next sseason. you have to figure that Tortorella is only going to coach a few more years. and he knows that some network is going tp pay him big bucks to be an expert studio analyst.
Mike Babcock?