As numerous people have said more or less directly, the problem was Tortorella. The man is a clown and has been an unceasing failure since he was canned from the Rangers--and that was three jobs ago. He’s somehow managed to fail upwards since then, getting desperate owners and management teams to hand him the reins…

I hope the Deadspin staff is getting paid by Dan Gilbert for this relentless and sentimental bandwagonning today. Good vibes for the fine people of “Believeland” (Jesus...) haven’t exactly been jumping off the pages of this website over the years; I read at least once a week about RGIII throwing balls into people’s…