John Tortorella’s Postgame Comment to a Reporter: “Stop Coaching, Pat.”

All, NHL, Video Tim Ryan May 10th. 2012, 1:12pm

Rangers coach John Tortorella is one of the more unintentionally hilarious coaching personalities in the NHL, and probably in all of sports. The cagey fellow is a seasoned specialist in being ridiculously brief, painfully honest, and very direct. It’s gotten to the point where NBC Sports now includes a timer graphic during his press conferences because they’ve become so famously short.

Last night’s postgame press conference following a 2-1 loss to the Caps was nothing out of the ordinary for Torts, but we’ve neglected to celebrate this man all season long. One of the especially amusing moments came when a reporter couldn’t even finish a personnel-related inquiry before Tortorella snapped back with a conversation stiff-arm of “stop coachin’ Pat.” Even better was his deflated reaction after being questioned why he took a timeout. It was as if someone asked if they could borrow his car for a few hours.

The guy genuinely cannot believe it’s possible for grown adults to be, by his estimation, so frustratingly stupid. It’s beautiful.

[via NHL.com]

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36 Responses to “John Tortorella’s Postgame Comment to a Reporter: “Stop Coaching, Pat.””

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johndewar Says:
May 10th, 2012 at 1:17 PM
The guy genuinely cannot believe it’s possible for grown adults to be, by his estimation, so frustratingly stupid. It’s beautiful.
There is a definitely an element of this.
I also think he does it to draw attention away from his team at certain times.
Big fan of Tortorella….especially after the 24/7 series on HBO.
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spencer096 Says:
May 10th, 2012 at 1:18 PM
if he were hispanic, his name would be jose tortilla.
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spencer096 Says:
May 10th, 2012 at 1:18 PM
whatever. i suck.
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SouvenirCity Says:
May 10th, 2012 at 1:19 PM
Go Caps.
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Tim Ryan Says:
May 10th, 2012 at 1:20 PM
Go Caps.
You’re a huge hockey fan and this is all we get. Atrocious.
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Nada Says:
May 10th, 2012 at 1:22 PM
The guy genuinely cannot believe it’s possible for grown adults to be, by his estimation, so frustratingly stupid.
This calls for a rehash of Norm Van Brocklin’s famous quote about his surgery for a brain tumor:
“It was a brain transplant. They gave me a sportswriter’s brain, to make sure I got one that hadn’t been used.”
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GloriousMullet Says:
May 10th, 2012 at 1:28 PM
I LOVE Rold Gold cheddar pretzels
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SenyorMadre Says:
May 10th, 2012 at 1:28 PM
kerry wood’s had fun like this with the media lately too
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SouvenirCity Says:
May 10th, 2012 at 1:29 PM
I like Tortorella, Hernia. I just want Ovechkin to advance to the conference finals. Torts has been doing this for years. His fights with Larry Brooks are legendary.
I would comment on the game last night but I had a work function. I will be watching game 7 while celebrating my birthday on Saturday night though.
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HuskerDawg Says:
May 10th, 2012 at 1:29 PM
This dude seems awesome.
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SenyorMadre Says:
May 10th, 2012 at 1:30 PM
i think there has to be some gems in that shawn johnson Q&A but i am unmotivated because comments are OFF
any volunteers?
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HuskerDawg Says:
May 10th, 2012 at 1:32 PM
i think there has to be some gems in that shawn johnson Q&A but i am unmotivated because comments are OFF
I’d hit it.
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spencer096 Says:
May 10th, 2012 at 1:33 PM
The guy genuinely cannot believe it’s possible for grown adults to be, by his estimation, so frustratingly stupid. It’s beautiful.
it’s just gotta be so frustrating to go “respond” to a bunch of questions with blatantly obvious answers. these reporters probably already have half the quote written down before they’re done asking the qeustions.
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St. Bear Says:
May 10th, 2012 at 1:34 PM
any volunteers?
Only if there are non-head shots.
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Senator Jersey Says:
May 10th, 2012 at 1:34 PM
we’ve neglected to celebrate this ~~man~~ sport all season long.
Accurate’d.
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HuskerDawg Says:
May 10th, 2012 at 1:34 PM
it’s just gotta be so frustrating to go “respond” to a bunch of questions with blatantly obvious answers. these reporters probably already have half the quote written down before they’re done asking the qeustions.
So true. The questions they ask are so fucking dumb at least 90% of the time.
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johndewar Says:
May 10th, 2012 at 1:35 PM
His fights with Larry Brooks are legendary.
Larry Brooks is a gaping asshole.
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MP Says:
May 10th, 2012 at 1:35 PM
Only if there are non-head shots.
My shot will be fired directly at her head.
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Mantis Toboggan Says:
May 10th, 2012 at 1:35 PM
i think there has to be some gems in that shawn johnson Q&A but i am unmotivated because comments are OFF
Is this your favorite cartoon character?
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St. Bear Says:
May 10th, 2012 at 1:38 PM
My shot will be fired directly at her head.
Common mistake. If you fire at the head, it’ll end up in her hair. You need to aim at the chin.
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spencer096 Says:
May 10th, 2012 at 1:40 PM
Would you want your kids to go into gymnastics, knowing the commitment that’s needed and the crazy, all access world we now live in?
I DEMAND MORE KERI STRUG COVERAGE.
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molemaninthemorning Says:
May 10th, 2012 at 1:40 PM
-google result for “kilometers to feet conversion”
Spence you realize if you just put in “Ten kilometers to feet” into google or into Chrome’s address bar and hit enter at the top of the search result page it just tells you what the answer is right?
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Tim Ryan Says:
May 10th, 2012 at 1:41 PM
I would comment on the game last night but I had a work function. I will be watching game 7 while celebrating my birthday on Saturday night though.
The early goal was brutal. Basically one minute in.
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MP Says:
May 10th, 2012 at 1:42 PM
Common mistake. If you fire at the head, it’ll end up in her hair. You need to aim at the chin.
Careful. You’re assuming that I’m not face fucking her as her head hangs off the bed.
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spencer096 Says:
May 10th, 2012 at 1:43 PM
didn’t know that, pretty handy. thanks.
mole, btw, did you know you could look up historic prices for stocks at yahoo finance?
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molemaninthemorning Says:
May 10th, 2012 at 1:44 PM
Aim for the tits and you’ll hit the chin in my experience.
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molemaninthemorning Says:
May 10th, 2012 at 1:44 PM
mole, btw, did you know you could look up historic prices for stocks at yahoo finance?
link?
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spencer096 Says:
May 10th, 2012 at 1:46 PM
did someone really get you a link for that? if so, i hope it wasn’t me.
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molemaninthemorning Says:
May 10th, 2012 at 1:47 PM
Well what it was was that I needed to be able to export it from the site in spreadsheet format, I’m not THAT retarded.
Yes I am.
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spencer096 Says:
May 10th, 2012 at 1:50 PM
meh…that’s not even that retarded. it’s not like you said magic johnson was too tall to be a PG or anyhting.
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SenyorMadre Says:
May 10th, 2012 at 1:50 PM
Only if there are non-head shots.
isee you. left you a treat at tvf
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SenyorMadre Says:
May 10th, 2012 at 1:52 PM
it’s not like you said magic johnson was too tall to be a PG or anyhting.
this is a meme, so why isn;t it shorter?
/magic pg or something
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SouvenirCity Says:
May 10th, 2012 at 1:54 PM
The early goal was brutal. Basically one minute in.
MSG will get another Game 7. NY really couldn’t ask for a more exciting post season in their other winter sport. Should be a good game. I expect Henrik to play extremely well. I can’t believe how well Holtby has played through 2 rounds. Capitals may have a nice backstop on their hands.
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SenyorMadre Says:
May 10th, 2012 at 1:55 PM
Is this your favorite cartoon character?
she’s cute. but i’m more of a dexter’s laboratory mom guy. she know her way around muffins
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St. Bear Says:
May 10th, 2012 at 1:55 PM
isee you. left you a treat at tvf
I’m not your puppet, here to perform when you want!
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SenyorMadre Says:
May 10th, 2012 at 1:58 PM
I’m not your puppet, here to perform when you want!
dance, spider!