Natural11 wrote:This team desperately needs a shake-up. In a results oriented league, I'm not sure why BC has gotten a free pass for so long. If you bring a great coach in and he tanks a couple of seasons, chances are he'll get shuffled out the door regardless of his history.
BC came in with some hype and it's been a steady downward spiral ever since. Bargnani is the curse of this franchise and as sad as it sounds, I wish he'd been as immediate a let-down as Araujo. At least with an outright bust you take your 2-3 years, have your facepalm moment and move on. With Bargnani he showed just barely enough that you keep expecting something to happen, and all we really got out of it was a guaranteed 5-6 years of mediocrity as we wasted a significant contract on a player who kills us financially, kills us on the floor and kills the perception of the Raptors in general.
We're not even a lovable loser team of scrappy young players. I can't watch this guy roam around, taking terrible shots and play no defense for 35 mins every game. It's actually painful to watch, to the point where I don't even watch the Raps play anymore. I watch other teams, who I don't really have any attachment to, just because I like watching good basketball.
I remember getting so excited when our terrible expansion team rose up to beat Jordan's Bulls one night. I think I watched every game that season and even though the basketball was pretty bad, it was exciting because I felt positive about the future of the team. Nothing short of a pair of superstar players could get me excited to watch the Raps again as long as Bargnani is around. I can't even really blame the guy anymore. It's all on BC at this point.
A bit too easy to single out Bargnani, but he does have his share of the blame. Biggest problem: not developing at all over all these years. Absolutely brutal in terms of professionalism and attitude. And to think that what Colangelo was gushing about when he drafted him was Andrea's off the charts scores on that aptitude test thing!
I think Colangelo's biggest and most obvious fail is that he did come in with some hype, but more importantly he came in with a pretty good foundation on a bad team that he was expected to resurrect. A lot of GMs in his position, i.e. team savior, would love to have the assets he had: young All-star big man, 1st overall pick, ROY runner-up, cap space. Pretty nice situation for a rebuild and to put your stamp on the team.
Fast-forward to 7 (seven!) off-seasons later and we see Colangelo's enormous failure, for which he should have been fired already and should be fired tomorrow: he failed to add any impact talent to the team in all that time. Worse, he produced a Minus -1 in terms of All-star talent, i.e. letting Bosh escape for nothing and adding no one else in all that time. That is the bottom line.
MINUS -1 IN ADDING ALL-STAR TALENT to the team.
He should be fired tomorrow morning. He has been Babcockian apart from his drafting, but passing on Drummond this year brings him all that closer to Babcock Level. And to be honest, despite Colangelo's "appearance" of professionalism and self-confidence, his record is not significantly better than Babcock's. Though his salary and power and expectations and promises and years at the helm are and have been a LOT higher than poor old Rob's.
How the hell does he still have a job?! It sure isn't based on results.
For those who want replacement names, I'd propose anyone in management with one of the better run teams, e.g. the Spurs, Thunder, etc. How about Troy Weaver from OKC?