The way Columbus Blue Jackets executive John Davidson tells it, the Columbus Blue Jackets needing to divert their flight to Chicago was just a matter of following “protocol.”
He informed the Columbus Dispatch’s Tom Reed that no one was losing their cool.
“Not at all, honest to God,” Davidson said. “They said everything was fine. I wouldn’t (BS) you. It was actually quite normal. They would rather go back than have an issue.”
John Tortorella ... well, he tells a different story to Aaron Portzline of the Dispatch:
#CBJ coach John Tortorella on pilot's "emergency" announcement during diverted flight out of Raleigh late Thursday: "I sh** my pants."
— Aaron Portzline (@Aportzline) March 31, 2017
Portzline notes that Tortorella has a fear of flying ... so you can understand why he said that he (figuratively?) soiled himself.
On the bright side, such talk makes you think that Torts and his former goalie Roberto Luongo could find common ground.
Roberto Luongo on trade nerves: "I started getting weird feelings in my stomach - not that I had to go to the bathroom..." #Canucks
— Cam Tucker (@CamTucker_Sport) April 3, 2013