Colangelo Closing in on Contract Extension/Colangelo officially extended

[slaw]

I agree, no more excuses left from a management standpoint but what you also have to keep in mind is this is still a very, very young team. And there is no legit superstar to take this team to the next level. So there are still lots of bumps ahead for this team, but at least theres already one obstacle thats been taken care of.

Agreed but some basic benchmarks have to be hit. I'm not suggesting they have to make the playoffs in the next two years but neither can they be a 22-win team without an identity that doesn't defend. With the exception of one brief blip in 2007, the direction of this franchise has been on a downward trajectory for a decade. At some point, someone has to turn this around or this franchise is going to turn into the Clippers. Personally, I am not confident that BC is that guy but he's back and I hope he succeeds cause it would be nice to cheer for a decent team more than twice every 16 years.

[TheGloveinRapsUniform]

Colangelo was given a team with a young big man who had the potential to be a franchise player. In hindsight, what he should have done was traded Bosh and started with all new pieces. Of course if he had done that, it would have been a shock to all Raptor fans and not looked at as a good move at all. In reality, Bosh never turned into the player many hoped he would. That's not Colangelo's fault.

Of all the times we argued, i cant believe there will be a time when we will agree on the exact same thing! haha

This is exactly what ive been trying to say a long time ago. There was no way BC was going to trade Bosh unless he either directly stated to him that he wanted to be traded or public said it through the media. BC has balls, but not big enough to do something like that. No GM can.

[grindhouse]

took long enough

[LBF]

todd maclean had a good point on 24 in 30.

he basically said with all the things that are going to happen with mlse, i.e. the teachers selling their majority share, peddie leaving

they just didn't feel like or have the time too send out search parameters and such too find a new gm.

[sleepz]

What kind of plan B can you come up with if your best player chooses not to re-sign? And at what point was Colangelo crying? I must have missed that.

And what exactly does it matter how much the GM is getting paid? It doesn't count towards the cap.

A Plan B that would have accounted for his player leaving. Perhaps entertaining some trades for him? I forgot, like BC said "he didn't get any good offers for CB", but he's on record as saying that he gets great offers for Andrea, so we'll see how that one plays itself out.

His 'crying' was the whole Chris quit on the team and that he lied or deceived him in some way. He said he's the cornerstone and a franchise player one minute and the next he's not a franchise player, and we're glad we don't have an 'expensive pair of handcuffs' If you didn't want those handcuffs then why did you offer hima max deal? lol He continually trashed the guy after he went to Miami when th onus of responsibility is on HIM to protect the interests of the franchise, which he didn't do.

It matters to me how much a GM is getting paid because if your the highest paid in the league I would expect some results. Or is that not reasonable to expect? I'm a fan so just like we compare players and coaches salaries I want to know that our high price GM is worth the investment.... which he isn't.

[sleepz]

The best thing about this to me is that the Colangelo apologists have no excuses left. He has his extension. He has his management team. His scouting staff. His coach. His players. There is no Sam Mitchell to blame. There is no Chris Bosh. There is no TJ Ford. No Rob Babcock. You won't even be able to blame ownership very much longer. Even Bargnani will be gone, so, you won't be able to flay him.

Finally, no more excuses. No more mulligans. This will be his second chance to completely rebuild the team. His third or fourth re-tooling (depending on your mileage). He will have at least one and probably two high draft picks to work with. This time, trying really hard, wagging a silver tongue and wearing nice shirts isn't going to be good enough.

I'm just so sick of discussing him, I am glad it's over. Now, the team needs to rebuild properly and start to produce. No more ifs, ands or buts...

Amen

[sleepz]

All hindsight and misleading on CB's part, as well. You honestly think, in BC's experience in that line of business, the studies and accolades he has, that he'd make a stupid blind guess at Bosh re-signing if Bosh didn't assure him of that? C'mon, man. He's better at this game than all of us, no matter what we think. Hindsight is just that, hindsight.

Thats EXACTLY what he did. He offered him a max deal which he turned down. At that point he should have known that the possibility of not resigning him is real. Regardless of what players or agents say or don't say nothings official until it's official and quite honestly, if anyone was presented the option of playing in Miami with D.Wade and L.James making big money we would all say forget that other junk I was talking, this is theplace to be.

'Misleading and and hindsight' is what BC does best! He should have seen that coming a mile away if that was truly the deal.

I don't know what "he's better at" than anymore cause look at where the Raps are. Stop living off the past rep and look at what is. It's not pretty.

[footarez]

And that calls a timeout on a breakaway or on a 3on1,
calls plays out of timeouts that are ridiculous or exactly the same as out of the previous timeout,
or fails to hold players accountable,
or plays old injured expiring contracts instead of young developing players in a foregone conclusion season,
or pulls players when hot and rested but sticks with players who are so cold they make polar bears shiver
or plays foolish matchups against other lineups
or fails to call timeouts when the bleeding has reached amputated proportions

Nah, he should be brought back. I do remember an article that made me consider him as an option for one more year, but I forget what it said now and back on the boot his ass out mindset.

I am very glad for Colangelo and the only thing I don't like about him is Triano. I totally agree on your points revealing why Triano sucks as a coach.You even added one or two I haven't thought about...

[Quixotic]

And that calls a timeout on a breakaway or on a 3on1,

This I can actually understand. How many times did you watch the Raptors go 3 on 1 and botch it?

[Tim W.]

A Plan B that would have accounted for his player leaving. Perhaps entertaining some trades for him? I forgot, like BC said "he didn't get any good offers for CB", but he's on record as saying that he gets great offers for Andrea, so we'll see how that one plays itself out.

His 'crying' was the whole Chris quit on the team and that he lied or deceived him in some way. He said he's the cornerstone and a franchise player one minute and the next he's not a franchise player, and we're glad we don't have an 'expensive pair of handcuffs' If you didn't want those handcuffs then why did you offer hima max deal? lol He continually trashed the guy after he went to Miami when th onus of responsibility is on HIM to protect the interests of the franchise, which he didn't do.

It matters to me how much a GM is getting paid because if your the highest paid in the league I would expect some results. Or is that not reasonable to expect? I'm a fan so just like we compare players and coaches salaries I want to know that our high price GM is worth the investment.... which he isn't.

A plan B would be if he decides to leave, which he did. A plan B is not trading him before he becomes a free agent. At the time of the trade deadline, Toronto was a 5th seed in the East and gunning hard at the 4th seed, and it was starting to look like Bosh would re-sign. You seem to be blaming Colangelo for not being clairvoyant.

Colangelo has certainly made a few errors in his tenure, but I think trading Bosh before he became a free agent was really only one in hindsight.

[charlz]

Good news in my book:

http://www.thestar.com/sports/basket...n-sources?bn=1

agreed

[Tim W.]

Thats EXACTLY what he did. He offered him a max deal which he turned down. At that point he should have known that the possibility of not resigning him is real. Regardless of what players or agents say or don't say nothings official until it's official and quite honestly, if anyone was presented the option of playing in Miami with D.Wade and L.James making big money we would all say forget that other junk I was talking, this is theplace to be.

'Misleading and and hindsight' is what BC does best! He should have seen that coming a mile away if that was truly the deal.

I don't know what "he's better at" than anymore cause look at where the Raps are. Stop living off the past rep and look at what is. It's not pretty.

Lots of players have turned down extensions only to re-sign with their original team. And few people envisioned LeBron, Wade and Bosh all teaming up, especially back before the trade deadline. At that point, most people thought LeBron would re-sign with Cleveland. Again, you seem to be blaming Colangelo for not being able to predict the future.

Colangelo felt that he had built a team that was good enough to convince Bosh to stay. You want to blame him for that? Go ahead. That I can understand. The team he built simply did not have the defensive pieces to contend. But the last thing I want is a GM with no confidence in himself and who trades any player he thinks might leave. People are so afraid the Raptors will turn into the Clippers. That would be the quickest way to turn them into them.

[Chr1s1anL]

Bryan Colangelo very upbeat,for obvious reasons. Says he likes this draft more than most. Likes "both PGs- Knight and Walker," also the bigs

Jonathan Givony talking to Bryan Colangelo at the Draft Lottery.

[Matt52]

The best thing about this to me is that the Colangelo apologists have no excuses left. He has his extension. He has his management team. His scouting staff. His coach. His players. There is no Sam Mitchell to blame. There is no Chris Bosh. There is no TJ Ford. No Rob Babcock. You won't even be able to blame ownership very much longer. Even Bargnani will be gone, so, you won't be able to flay him.

Finally, no more excuses. No more mulligans. This will be his second chance to completely rebuild the team. His third or fourth re-tooling (depending on your mileage). He will have at least one and probably two high draft picks to work with. This time, trying really hard, wagging a silver tongue and wearing nice shirts isn't going to be good enough.

I'm just so sick of discussing him, I am glad it's over. Now, the team needs to rebuild properly and start to produce. No more ifs, ands or buts...

You know what, I agree 100%.

I am very happy he has been resigned. I'm also glad it is for a shorter tenure as he did not deserve a 5 year $20M deal as he had before. The results - while decent given Raptor history - were not spectacular of late. With that said, there had never been such high expectations on the team under his tenure either.

The flip side of the argument you make above is now the haters will be left to watch the best years of the franchise unfold.

Step 1: re-sign BC - accomplished.

Step 2: find out draft selection - pending.

Step 3: trade Bargnani - waiting.

[Maleko]

This I can actually understand. How many times did you watch the Raptors go 3 on 1 and botch it?

true, but did they fair better or worse on a 5-on-5 set out of a timeout? Not so much.