John Tortorella couldn’t get the New York Rangers to follow his lead, but his press conferences said a lot about the media.
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Reporter: Did you feel this was the kind of effort you needed to win tonight?Tortorella: No. (The final score should have made that obvious.)Reporter: After the great effort in game four, are you disappointed with what your team brought tonight?Tortorella: Didn’t I answer that the first time?
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Sometimes I’ll leave the TV on after the game if my team wins. I like to share in the celebration. I don’t mind the press conferences even though I don’t watch them. I think we need to get rid of the locker room interviews. That’s a serious privacy violation and I suspect that much of the male media pushes for it because it makes them feel special not that it contributes much to sports reporting. Because of that, I’ve very rarely been upset with an athlete violating a sports reporters boundaries or being rude to them If you don’t want… Read more »