Bobcat interview with Bryan Colangelo on the Fan590

raps9 · Post #201 » by **raps9** » Sat Jan 19, 2008 12:02 am

Bob mcCowan asked all the right questions. It was a great interview and Bob made some good points (things people on this board have been saying all along). Colangelo is a pro and answered the questions truthfully.

If someone with a storng basketball background asked the exact same questions and made the same comments as Bobcat, everyone hear woudl have said he was making great points.

btw, Bargnani WILL turn it around. Hes very young and its early. But dont worry, he will turn it around.

Raptors are getting respect around the league, but many many people forget how valuable Garbo and TJ were and are to this team. I believe with everyone healthy, the Raps would be clear cut 3rd best team in the East.

If that were the case, this Bargs thing wouldnt be as big of a deal.

hoop_head · Post #202 » by **hoop_head** » Sat Jan 19, 2008 12:05 am

Schadenfreude wrote:-= original quote snipped =-

Heh, you're a stone's throw away from me...I'm by the shopping centre.

No Way! Are you in Sackville, or closer to Mic Mac Mall? Or Bedford?

Mr. Perfect · Post #203 » by **Mr. Perfect** » Sat Jan 19, 2008 12:14 am

magani wrote:Didn't McCown predict that Babcock was going to get fired imminently at the time? I thought I read something about that in these forums and people blew it off immediately using the same 'he's not informed' about basketball schtick I'm reading today. So, if anything, I'm inclined to listen to what he has to say. I've always perceived McCown as very well connected in the sports business world and he doesn't have to watch b-ball games to KNOW the right people. Just saying. Can anyone back up the Babcock is going to be fired prediction he made?

Good memory, that is what happened. Bobcat called it on his radio show that rumblings out of MLSE were that they were very unhappy with Babcock and wanted to can him soon. Well, what do you know, Babcock gets canned and Embry takes over, clears the junk and Colangelo comes in about a few weeks later.

Maybe McCown might be on to something here...

seanied · Post #204 » by **seanied** » Sat Jan 19, 2008 12:22 am

Mak wrote:Bobcat 5 minutes ago.... "reading between the lines, if there is a wide body out there Bargnani will be gone by the trade deadline, mark my words"

I don't know how he read THAT between the lines. Crazy. Value is just too low to trade Bargnani this season.

Reading between the lines, Bobcat doesn't know the situation in the current basketball market.

galeon110 · Post #205 » by **galeon110** » Sat Jan 19, 2008 12:37 am

Bargnani's trade value is not as low as some of you think. He may be playing bad but he's got the talent and the skill sets. His potential is still there. GM's see and BC definitely sees it.

orangutooth · Post #206 » by **orangutooth** » Sat Jan 19, 2008 12:50 am

i finally heard this and it's pretty discouraging. as much as colangelo says, "i don't want to make excuses," it seems like all he's doing is making excuses and the excuses aren't even very good. i guess some of that has to do with him using the ignorance of the interviewers to his advantage. i would've liked especially hear how exactly bargnani is going to get through the problem of defenses adjusting to him.

Post #207 » by **Stanford** » Sat Jan 19, 2008 1:42 am

hoop_head wrote:-= original quote snipped =-

Middle Sackville, about 10 km from Halifax.

You from NS, or have family here?

I'm about a half hour from you, in Hantsport.

Nova Scotia unite.

hoop_head · Post #208 » by **hoop_head** » Sat Jan 19, 2008 2:03 am

Stanford wrote:-= original quote snipped =-

I'm about a half hour from you, in Hantsport.

Nova Scotia unite.

Absolutely, always glad to meet a fellow Bluenoser.