The Rangers Are Spoiled
Back on Saturday, Rick Carpiniello posted a quote from John Tortorella talking about how he felt the organization treated the players too well.
He was also asked about how convenient the organization makes it on the team.
“Sometimes too good,” he said. “That’s part of the problem. Sometimes too good. That’s something in the short time I’ve been here … I think we take too good care of them sometimes. I’ll leave it at that.
“We’re changing our travel into the Island and Jersey, where it’s not going to be 10 freakin’ limos flying in from all over the place and coming in for a morning skate. We’re leaving the night before the game, on a bus, and going as a team to New Jersey and to the Island from now on. There are so many different things that come into play with people spread out all over the city and Westchester County, that I’m just beginning to understand and trying to get a better handle on it to be more team-conducive in the travel that we have here.”
You know what? As BleedTrueBlue said on the Hockey Rodent messageboard, “If this team needs a 30-minute bus ride together to build team unity, this team is hopeless.”
I mean, think about it. Some players live in Westchester, others live in Manhattan. Taking separate cars to the training facility and to local road games isn’t hurting team unity or spoiling the players. It’s solving a logistics nightmare! Has Tortorella even seen traffic in the Metro New York area lately? It’s a freaking mess.
Although, if Torts is dead set on keeping these guys together and building up team unity, I think I’ve solved the problem of how to get from the training facility to games in Newark or Uniondale as a group.
And if they get stuck in traffic while on the bus, they could always call in a helicopter to pick them up.
Then again, they could just opt for a catbus and it would just walk on top of the other cars.
About the author: Eric is an engineering student from Long Island, NY. His all-time favorite Rangers are Mike Richter and Petr Prucha. Currently, his favorite players are Henrik Lundqvist, Ryan Callahan, and Marian Gaborik. Related posts:
I love the catbus! “Next stop… little sister!”