Flyers Fire John Tortorella

Flyers Fire John Tortorella

John Tortorella was hired in the Summer of 2022 while full well knowing the Flyers were in the rebuild process. Roughly three years later, Torts has been fired, and Associate Coach, Brad Shaw will supplant him as the interim hire.

I think Frank Seravalli put it best today when he shared a Torts quote. Philadelphia had no choice after this happened.

“I’m not really interested in learning how to coach in this type of season, where we’re at right now,” John Tortorella said 36 hours before being fired by the Flyers.

The Flyers put out this statement regarding the news on the decision:

“Today I made the very difficult decision to move on from John as our head coach,” said Briere. “John played a vital role in our rebuild. He set a standard of play and re-established what it means to be a Philadelphia Flyer. John’s passion on the bench was only equaled by his charitable work in our community. As we move into the next chapter of this rebuild, I felt this was the best for our team to move forward. I’d like to thank John for his tireless work and commitment to the Flyers.”

“On behalf of the entire Flyers organization, we would like to thank John for his dedication over the past three seasons,” said Flyers Governor Dan Hilferty and President of Hockey Operations Keith Jones. “We fully support Danny’s decision in making this change as he continues to do what is needed for the future of our organization. John Tortorella has made a positive impact throughout the Flyers organization, and we are grateful and appreciative of the opportunity to work with him. We wish John, Christine and their family all the best moving forward.”

Tortorella, 66, had one year left on his contract worth $4 million. He finishes his Philly tenure with a record of 97-107-33.

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