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Originally Posted by AtLossForWords
Lightning fans I'm sure believe Torts blew his top too many times to survive a change of ownership, so despite getting rid of a good coach, it was a move that had to happen.
Tortorella won't be on the market for long, he's a prime coach and when he gets a good defensive system or a good goalie, he'll get the the best out of his offense. If he wasn't so media sensitive, he would have fit well into the Vancouver project, but that's a done deal now.
Melrose...I don't know if I would hire this guy to coach an NHL team. Seems like more of a marketing move to me than a plan to win games.
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I agree completely. Tortorella is not an easy guy to deal with, but despite that should find employment pretty quickly. I would find it pretty amusing if it turned out to be San Jose, mind you.
My reservation with hiring Melrose is that he hasn't coached at all for the last 13 years, and coaching has really changed. Also, I can only hope that the club isn't hiring him as a
PR move: the head coach position is definitely one that you don't fool around with.
Daryl