Vegas Golden Knights' Impatient Coaching Carousel: Tortorella Fired After Three-Game Finals Losing Streak
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Ray Ratto
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Summary
The article discusses the Vegas Golden Knights' controversial pattern of firing head coaches after short losing streaks, focusing on John Tortorella's dismissal following a three-game losing streak in the Stanley Cup Finals. It compares this to previous firings of Gerard Gallant and Peter DeBoer, highlighting the organization's seemingly rigid and impatient team policy regardless of context or playoff success.
Key quotes
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His first three-game losing streak as the team's head coach was enough for Knights general manager Kelly McCrimmon to decide he'd seen enough, and the fact that the three losses in question came in the Stanley Cup Finals mattered not.
Team policy is team policy.
Gerard Gallant, the team's first coach, got it after a four-game losing streak in 2020.
Peter DeBoer, who replaced him, got it after a win that came after a three-game losing streak, but it still counts because the win came in the team's final game.
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