John Tortorella
John Tortorella
John Robert Tortorellais the head coach of the Columbus Blue Jackets. Tortorella has held the position of head coach of the Vancouver Canucks, the New York Rangersand the Tampa Bay Lightning. He led Tampa Bay to the 2004 Stanley Cup championship...
certain clear coaches focused heads job pick possibly sure talked tough
I think our job as coaches is to make sure their heads are as clear as they can possibly be because there are so many things being talked about certain players. It's tough for a player. It's their livelihood. Are they going to pick up and move? Our job is just to try to keep them focused on the job at hand.
best focus game guess prolong winning
Right now, we just have to focus on winning one game to prolong (the series). I guess that's the best way to put it ... we just want to prolong it.
hockey games focus
I focus on the dumbness of Hagelin... He played a hell of a game but that's all washed off from dumbness.
attention conduct dial sure understand ways
There are always different ways of getting their attention as we get going here. I think they understand how they have to conduct themselves. It's making sure that they really dial in.
uptight
We've got to be loose, and we are loose. We know if we don't win, we're done, so there's no sense in being uptight about it.
We've got to be loose, and we are loose.
nice physically
We're tired. We could've used the day off (Tuesday). It will be nice for them to get the day off. They can use it physically and mentally.
occasional tired
We're tired of the 25-per-cent rule. We need an occasional goddamn save.
add along blue changes depth line looking major teams
We're not looking to make a lot of major changes. We would like to add some depth on our blue line along with 29 other teams in this league. But we're not looking to make changes to the core.
anybody finishing good mentality problems
To me, that's the really good thing here. It's the mentality of the team: they just keep on going. ... We're having problems finishing our chances, but it's not getting anybody down. We just try to keep on going.
certain coaching few games matter points run situations stuff teach time worry
This time of year, with so few games left, I still think we need to do some coaching we can't just let them run and not teach in certain areas, but in these situations you need to get the points no matter how you do it. Then we'll worry about the other stuff after.
chance chances scoring
We had a chance to win. We doubled them in scoring chances and we don't score.
enter games good played team themselves
This team should feel like we can play in these games. They've played in enough important games and they should feel good about themselves when they enter them.
closer missing plays team
This was closer to what this team plays like. It's been missing a bit. That's more of the personality of our club, but you have to come back and do it again.