Briere’s main message: Disconnect between Tortorella, Briere, Flyers went deeper than they let on

When Philadelphia Flyers general manager Daniel Briere sat down in front of the media at 5 PM just hours after relieving his team's head coach, John Tortorella, of his duties, Briere said all the right things.
He thanked Tortorella for his work. He praised the "no-quit" attitude that he credited Tortorella for instilling in the players. He noted Tortorella's implementation of the "standard" for the club, a concept used by the Flyers marketing department for a preseason behind-the-scenes head coach-centric video series in each of the last two preseasons.
But these words weren't stated with off-the-cuff sincerity. Briere was reading from a prepared statement, often halting to look down and mak...