GDT: Game 21 - Columbus @ Nashville 2/27, 3 PM ET, "Boys has to wake up"

[MAHJ71]

Think about it like this...

Your house is on fire... you have 2 options.

1- do nothing and watch it burn to the ground ... and deal with the circumstances of it burning all the way down

---- OR ----

2- you put the fire out right away to minimize damage ... and save yourself some time rebuilding...

 

[LazyCircuits]

He can still have a graceful exit by admitting this team just does not respond to him anymore --- and that someone else deserves a shot at righting the ship.

He'll always have a legacy here for what he was able to build.

But the time has come for change.

I think these might be my thoughts. Up until now, I was inclined to play the season and make a change at the end but I can’t see any progress.

I think I need to go and check out Viqsi’s vixens.

 

[ViD]

Firing Torts isn't about respect.

It is about lack of results this season, and the health of the club going forward... there is nothing personal about that standard.

We are not done yet. We were in a similar situation last year and he wasn’t fired.

 

[DJA]

Like I said he’s done what no other coach in Jackets history has, he deserves some respect. This season is not entirely lost either.

so this team is in the business of throwing seasons away just because of a coach’s resume?

Jarmo stated he thought this was a Stanley Cup contender, so he was lying then?

 

[ViD]

so this team is in the business of throwing seasons away just because of a coach’s resume?

Jarmo stated he thought this was a Stanley Cup contender, so he was lying then?

Where were you all last year ? When Torts took a team extremely ridden by injuries and superstars leaving to the post season and went to beat Toronto ?

 

[EspenK]

so this team is in the business of throwing seasons away just because of a coach’s resume?

Jarmo stated he thought this was a Stanley Cup contender, so he was lying then?

What's he supposed to say "Fire the bozo who put this group together?

 

[Johansen2Foligno]

I completely forgot this was on today. Sounds like an uninspired game

Hmph

 

[DJA]

Where were you all last year ? When Torts took a team extremely ridden by injuries and superstars leaving to the post season and went to beat Toronto ?

which has zero to do with this year.

last years team was set to miss the playoffs too

 

[KJ Dangler]

We are not done yet. We were in a similar situation last year and he wasn’t fired.

Thru out Torts tenure here , team vastly underperforms for large parts , they go on a long streak only to squeak into the playoffs, and get the best team in league round 1 .. your post is accurate , they underperform and rely on a streak .. in a shortened season , can’t throw away games . Time for a change .. tonight

 

[CBJWerenski8]

 

[KJ Dangler]

What's he supposed to say "Fire the bozo who put this group together?

Generally Jarmo is a good judge of talent .. if he said it , he believed it . They are massively underperforming

 

[ViD]

which has zero to do with this year.

last years team was set to miss the playoffs too

Well, last year proved that Torts could work with any group of players and get them together to perform. He can still do it this year

 

[DJA]

Well, last year proved that Torts could work with any group of players and get them together to perform. He can still do it this year

just because it worked with that group doesn’t it mean it will happen again. The team has clearly tuned him out. Hard to get that back once it’s gone.

 

[Johansen2Foligno]

One plus is that Cam is boosting his trade value

 

[DarkandStormy]

What’s it going to do? He’s gone next year most likely anyway.

It would let the young kids play and we could stop seeing Foligno and Jenner 19 minutes a game.

 

[CBJWerenski8]

Well, last year proved that Torts could work with any group of players and get them together to perform. He can still do it this year

Last years team issue was goal scoring. They were a very good defensive team with a hard core defensive system that players bought in to. A Tortorella staple is a good defending team.

This years team issue is nearly everything. What is one thing they do well (positively, no snarky comments like "turn the puck over")? I can't think of one. Not consistently. The PP is mediocre (an improvement!), the PK is bad (a drastic downfall), the goal scoring is better but still nothing to sneeze at, and the defensive play is DRASTICALLY worse (almost a full goal per game worse, which is the biggest regression in the league). This is NOT a Torts staple.

 

[ViD]

It would let the young kids play and we could stop seeing Foligno and Jenner 19 minutes a game.

I am not ready to throw the white flag yet

 

[DarkandStormy]

I am not ready to throw the white flag yet

This team is 4-7-2 since 1/31 and they've won *ONE* game against Nashville. Nashville is 4-1 against CBJ and 5-10 against the rest of the division.

We're 1-3-1 in the last five, none of which have come against the top 3 teams.

This isn't a good team. Now it's just up to Jarmo to decide if it's his coach(es) or the players he's acquired.

 

[Iron Balls McGinty]

Interesting stuff in your post....Torts did well here and it’s true his departure could lead to a downturn. We do have grinders and that fits well for Torts. But the young players that Jarmo has been assembling - Bemstrom, Tex, Foudy, the Russians - as well as Ros, Laine, Domi and Bjork are NOT grinders. So that’s where it’ll get interesting.

Square peg meet round hole.

 

[Iron Balls McGinty]

Well, last year proved that Torts could work with any group of players and get them together to perform. He can still do it this year

He does this every year and some year, probably this year, it won't work. Why do we always suck for 2 month to start each season under Torts? Is it his preparation? It shouldn't take over 2 months every damned year with mostly the same players to buy into a system. If it does, the system is your problem.

 

[Columbus Jack]

Well f*** at least he's honest and isn't trying to sugarcoat it. I'm sure if you asked Torts if he should be fired he'd say yes. He clearly doesnt have any answers, once again not saying another guy would make this team great, they wouldn't but we should be able to win some of these games, the teams we're losing to are really not good.

 

[BigFatCat999]

*whispers* OK, OK, OK, everyone come closer. That's right, closer. Everyone here?

YOUR f***ING TEAM IS SINGLE HANDEDLY KEEPING JOHN HYNES EMPLOYED!!!!!!!!!!!

The new stimulus package will have great benefits. Let's get Hynes benes!

What do I have to do? Hand you the shotgun, put the Preds behind the woodshed tied up, and have you watch 'Old Yeller' 3 or 4 times!

END THEM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[KCbus]

Nashville has 9 wins on season ... 4 of 9 have come against Columbus

 

[Cowumbus]

 

[Cowumbus]

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