Insider Slams Tortorella’s Edge - Or Calls It Something Else

John Tortorella is back in the familiar place where he lives best - at the center of a firestorm. One insider unloads on his style with language that leaves no room for subtlety, and that tells you the mood around him is not exactly serene. Tortorella has always been a coach who wears people down as fast as he pushes them, which is why every tense exchange around him turns into a referendum on the whole act.