Ghostsof1915 Posted January 1, 2014 Share Posted January 1, 2014 Pat Quinn is not a nostalgia pick. If you weren't around in the mid to late 80's to truly see how bad our hockey club was. The Neely trade was almost the nail in the coffin for our franchise. Quinn helped turn around a team that was the laughingstock of the NHL to a goal or two away from winning the Stanley Cup. The only issue is Quinn was a far better coach than a GM. But he was certainly a better GM than people give him credit for. Torts as another poster has said seems to be the right coach, at the right time. Hopefully his drive and spirit will get us over the hump and finally get a Stanley Cup in Vancouver. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nuck-Shot Posted January 1, 2014 Share Posted January 1, 2014 Played for the Canucks in their first two seasons in the league. 10 years as Canucks GM and President. Five years as Canucks coach. Vancouver Canucks player,coach,GM,President. Stanley cup finalist with Vancouver. Hockey Hall of Fame Committee Member. Quinn played near three times more games than Tootsie has coached here. Quinn has coached seven times more regular season games than Tootsie has coached here. Quinn has coached 60% more playoff games than Tootsie's entire regular season games record as a Canucks coach. Stating that John Tortorella is the greatest Canucks coach after half of one season ignores the twelve years that Quinn played,coached and managed the Canucks. u talk as thought they were a bright 12 years Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yes we can nucks Posted January 1, 2014 Share Posted January 1, 2014 He's definitely in the top 3....AV is not I think his style really sums up the city of Vancouver actually...he's what this city needs and he'll openly rip on the negative/bull crap media. He doesn't take any crap and he doesn't play favorites, if you make a mistake, you sit and it's AWESOME!! Tell me you're kidding. Or did you just start following the Canucks this year? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AllEyezOnMe Posted January 1, 2014 Share Posted January 1, 2014 People get way ahead of themselves torts is nowhere near being the best coach the Canucks have ever had. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Colt 45s Posted January 1, 2014 Share Posted January 1, 2014 I do not think he is the best coach ever, because it is too early to tell. I do think he is the type of coach this team needed. I would go as far as to say that this coach has the type of attitude than can help the Canucks win the Pacific Division. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AllEyezOnMe Posted January 1, 2014 Share Posted January 1, 2014 He's definitely in the top 3....AV is not I think his style really sums up the city of Vancouver actually...he's what this city needs and he'll openly rip on the negative/bull crap media. He doesn't take any crap and he doesn't play favorites, if you make a mistake, you sit and it's AWESOME!! Mental post Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BCNeil Posted January 1, 2014 Share Posted January 1, 2014 Be nice if he could remedy the PP before labelled best ever Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mimerez Posted January 1, 2014 Share Posted January 1, 2014 The thing about him that I really like, is that he is straight up honest with the media and the players. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sabatoge95 Posted January 2, 2014 Share Posted January 2, 2014 Too early to call him that since he hasn't even been here for a full year but he's definitely been awesome here so far. I would call him my favorite Canucks coach. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Millerdraft Posted January 2, 2014 Share Posted January 2, 2014 He's definitely in the top 3....AV is not I think his style really sums up the city of Vancouver actually...he's what this city needs and he'll openly rip on the negative/bull crap media. He doesn't take any crap and he doesn't play favorites, if you make a mistake, you sit and it's AWESOME!! Isn't this exactly what everyone here hated about AV?! One mistake and a rookie was benched. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Absent Canuck Posted January 2, 2014 Share Posted January 2, 2014 Isn't this exactly what everyone here hated about AV?! One mistake and a rookie was benched. The great thing about Pat Quinn was that when you made a mistake, he would immediately chuck you back on the ice to redeem yourself. It worked 80% of the time . There is never a worse feeling than when you cough the puck up and it ends up in your net. You sit on the bench and fester in it. Pat Quinn would try to get you right back on the horse to get over it. If you immediately made another mistake, then you sat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daretodream Posted January 2, 2014 Share Posted January 2, 2014 Positive but very silly! Way too early Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MoneypuckOverlord Posted January 2, 2014 Share Posted January 2, 2014 Just a shout out and Happy New Year to this years Canucks and Torts, who in my opinion is without a doubt, the best Canucks coach of all time. Only rivaled by the great Pat Quinn and late Roger Neilson and neither had as much fire. If you look at any coaches before and since, skipping Quinn and Neilson, no one comes close. Poking Hansen to death for being a floating dane. Benched for the rest of the period. And since he has responded well. Torts is going to get the best out of this team and the future is bright for 2014. Go Canucks !!! :towel: He's coached half a season, hanging on for playoff spot, makes him a the best coach ever. Mean while the previous coach, has 5 straight division titles, 6 division titles, back to back presidents trophies, (the only team to actually do that, in the past 15 years, coached a team to 1 win to a Stanley cup, You guys are unreal. I bet you this post wouldn't even be posted after tonight's loss. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canucklehead73 Posted January 2, 2014 Share Posted January 2, 2014 I like Torts, but he cant fix stupid... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MoneypuckOverlord Posted January 2, 2014 Share Posted January 2, 2014 btw... we just lost back to back games to teams that we should have beaten..... nuff said. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
icycold Posted January 2, 2014 Share Posted January 2, 2014 Played for the Canucks in their first two seasons in the league. 10 years as Canucks GM and President. Five years as Canucks coach. Vancouver Canucks player,coach,GM,President. Stanley cup finalist with Vancouver. Hockey Hall of Fame Committee Member. Quinn played near three times more games than Tootsie has coached here. Quinn has coached seven times more regular season games than Tootsie has coached here. Quinn has coached 60% more playoff games than Tootsie's entire regular season games record as a Canucks coach. Stating that John Tortorella is the greatest Canucks coach after half of one season ignores the twelve years that Quinn played,coached and managed the Canucks. Played for the Canucks in their first two seasons in the league. 10 years as Canucks GM and President. Five years as Canucks coach. Vancouver Canucks player,coach,GM,President. Stanley cup finalist with Vancouver. Hockey Hall of Fame Committee Member. Quinn played near three times more games than Tootsie has coached here. Quinn has coached seven times more regular season games than Tootsie has coached here. Quinn has coached 60% more playoff games than Tootsie's entire regular season games record as a Canucks coach. Stating that John Tortorella is the greatest Canucks coach after half of one season ignores the twelve years that Quinn played,coached and managed the Canucks. If memory serves me correctly for Quinn, he blew up the Pavel Bure deal for long term so that completely does it for him as being the greatest anything for the canucks. Losing Bure was the biggest mistake made by any management in the history of the NHL that i can remember. Say what you want about Bure but it doesn't change the fact he was the most exciting player to ever put on a vancouver canucks jersey. http://www.puckwatch.com/2010/12/why-pavel-bure-left-vancouver.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pears Posted January 2, 2014 Share Posted January 2, 2014 Weren't people calling for Torts' head just over a month ago? What a difference a month can make eh? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
icycold Posted January 2, 2014 Share Posted January 2, 2014 Weren't people calling for Torts' head just over a month ago? What a difference a month can make eh? Has to be one of the most fickle fan and media base on the planet... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
icycold Posted January 2, 2014 Share Posted January 2, 2014 btw... we just lost back to back games to teams that we should have beaten..... nuff said. Give your head a shake man, we don't have THAT good of a team and have you noticed 2 major injuries on D? Torts as good as he is can only do so much! plus the fact that teams that aren't bottom rung can beat any other teams on any given night. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
icycold Posted January 2, 2014 Share Posted January 2, 2014 He hasn't even been tested yet. lets wait to start judging until he has a couple seasons behind the bench with this team. he completely lost the room in NY. lets hope he can keep it here He lost the room to a team mostly of spoiled babies, who for the most part didn't really want to play a defence styled game as well as offence that Torts demands. Spoiled superstars? You can have em... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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