Tim Leiweke leaving MLSE in 2015 (Update pg 20)

[Mr.Raptorsingh]

Had a scary thought:

What if MLSE goes back to Bryan Colangelo as the president of MLSE?

That would be hilarious, and terrifying at the same time.

[LastNameEver]

JUST HEARD IT ON TIM & SID

IM F#%&-&$ PISSED. WE'RE NOT DONE CHANGING THE CULTURE YET.

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[Truthrising]

New challenge?!? he didn't even finished off what he started here...SMH

Ehh. That's not really his job. Think of Tim as more like a consultant.

That's what I meant...he still needs more consulting to do, the jobs not done.

[Patman]

this guy is a piece of crap in my book if true. He' s a more phony salesman than Colangelo

Dafuq? That's like Heat "fans" being mad at LeBron for leaving.

TL made huge strides for all the MLSE franchises on the off-court/ice/field front. Now it's up to the GM's to get the W's.

[LastNameEver]

What a pussy. Your wife is cold, thats the reason.

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[TheDunc]

This is pretty disappointing news but I cant say that im surprised. I was more surprised when he actually decided to come here. At least he helped the Toronto Raptors by hiring Masai but I wonder what effect this will have on stars coming here. Especially when Tim himself said that Toronto is one of top FA destinations, pretty hard to back that up when he decides to bolt.

[overdose]

Bobcat was right...BOBCAT WAS RIGHT!??!

[kalel123]

Wow, that Bobcat dude on the radio's gonna have a field day telling anyone that'll listen "I told you so"

[gamer1035]

well, we all knew this was coming months ago when he didn't deny it in an interview.

**** though, what does this mean when KD or future free agents see this?

[TANKNATION]

Brandon Shannon new president of mlse? fml

rip raptors franchise

[Matty]

For what its worth, we still have Masai Ujiri.

[Badonkadonk]

Hah! Anybody who listened to the Bob McCown interview from a few months ago should not be surprised AT ALL. I posted that opinion and got dismissive to vehement disagreement from folks - I don't think they really listened to the exchange.

Of course, for those old enough to truly understand the dysfunction of MLSE, this is even less of a surprise. Tanenbaum is the same guy who hosted Leafs at BBQs and stood behind years and years of moronic decisions like signing over-the-hill Toronto-area players instead of investing in a proper rebuild.

MLSE is our Dolan ladies and gentlemen. You will never be free. Enjoy the pain.

Brandon Shannon new president of mlse? fml

rip raptors franchise

This was also implied fairly strongly in the past - again people brushed it off.

[theonlyeastcoastrapsfan]

I'm not even shocked. Tim is not a complacent type of guy. He had a bunch of ideas for MLSE, executed them, and now he's peacing out.

No. He came preaching Championships, and then, for some reason, last year shifted goal posts. For the man who said the idea that players don't want to be here is baloney, he sure didn't want to be here, I guess. Who knows. He got them to blow a bunch of money on soccer, hired a great gm, linked team to Drake, seems to have gotten practice court in position, and took a big poo on the Leafs. All in all, as one of his biggest critics, while he didn't have staying power, he did some good things. He may have been a blow hard, but maybe we needed it. Clearly he mis judged the pucks situation, just look at this idea to remove pictures of former greats, with Shanahan now building statues. Still, again who knows why, I don't buy move on to greater challenges thing, he'd be leaving a pretty big challenge here, and like he said there'd be no bigger feather than getting a cup to Toronto, but all his talk about it being BS about the market being difficult, and about some leafs players not have the skin it takes to survive in the market sure seems hollow.

From my seat, he'd won me over somewhat. I still think he a blowhard who will just say anything, can't argue with the results. I still think BC deserved a better exit, and I think time has shown that, while at the same time, I think we're in a better position for having moved on.

you don't think BC comes back, do you?

[Hero]

Wow. Why did he even come if he's going to leave this quickly.

[RealRapsFan]

What a shock

[Patman]

Hopefully his last piece of work will be to find competent presidents for the franchises.

[theonlyeastcoastrapsfan]

Had a scary thought:

What if MLSE goes back to Bryan Colangelo as the president of MLSE?

That would be hilarious, and terrifying at the same time.

I had that thought, too. But I'd think if he was left Masai alone and just did the super high level stuff, it may not have any impact on the Basketball product.

[JN]

BRING BACK BC AND ANDREA

[LLJ]

Too bad Bobcat wasn't right about LeBron coming to Toronto.

[Young Moosehead]

Crap I really liked having a guy like TL as a bulwark between Masai and Bell/Rogers.

Its going to be tough to find a high profile guy who is willing to put up with Bell and Rogers while still giving Masai the freedom to do what he needs.