Yes, that was especially infuriating to me. The players take the responsibility upon themselves whereas Torts puts the responsibility on others. He blames the players, the core, the depth, under the cloak of just being honest. He states that he does not like making excuses but proceeds in making them just the same. The fact is he takes very little responsibility for this past season except for not pushing his players harder. Apparently the systems and player utilization were not the problem, so why would Torts change his style? Fortunately, Linden does want change in the teams style of play so I am expecting he will be relieving Torts of his duties very shortly.