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		<title>By: Tina</title>
		<link>http://raptorsrepublic.com/2008/11/17/bargnani-and-solomon-charge-down-heat/#comment-16472</link>
		<dc:creator>Tina</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Jan 2009 00:51:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I think they need to play Solomon more often.
Calderon is garbage, Solomon handles business and want
to win but as soon as he make a mistake the media hates
on him, when Jose Calderon has a lot of turn overs and
they always have to keep taking him out.

Ukic is garbage, they won 3 straight games with Solomon,
is anybody seeing this.

Sam Mitchell did a good job by getting Solomon he is tuff.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I think they need to play Solomon more often.<br />
Calderon is garbage, Solomon handles business and want<br />
to win but as soon as he make a mistake the media hates<br />
on him, when Jose Calderon has a lot of turn overs and<br />
they always have to keep taking him out.</p>
<p>Ukic is garbage, they won 3 straight games with Solomon,<br />
is anybody seeing this.</p>
<p>Sam Mitchell did a good job by getting Solomon he is tuff.</p>
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		<title>By: Tina</title>
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		<dc:creator>Tina</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Jan 2009 00:48:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I guess either you don&#039;t know sports or you like miami.
The Raptors need to play Will Solomon instead of Jose
Calderon, Solomon is a good player watch him on youtube
overseas he be killing them.

They don&#039;t give him credit or let him play enough cause if
they did he would shine.
He&#039;s tuff, they need to play him more and they will win.
They got rid of Sam Mitchell, they need to get rid of the
new coach who looks like a scientist not a coach.

Watch Will Solomon on youtube and then close your mouth
you know nothing about ball.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I guess either you don&#8217;t know sports or you like miami.<br />
The Raptors need to play Will Solomon instead of Jose<br />
Calderon, Solomon is a good player watch him on youtube<br />
overseas he be killing them.</p>
<p>They don&#8217;t give him credit or let him play enough cause if<br />
they did he would shine.<br />
He&#8217;s tuff, they need to play him more and they will win.<br />
They got rid of Sam Mitchell, they need to get rid of the<br />
new coach who looks like a scientist not a coach.</p>
<p>Watch Will Solomon on youtube and then close your mouth<br />
you know nothing about ball.</p>
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		<title>By: Joey</title>
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		<dc:creator>Joey</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Nov 2008 21:23:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Im right though. Should I give Colangelo 41 years like It has for the leafs to win a chip? You need to put some pressure here otherwise this team is a treadmill team for the next 10 years and beyond. Bosh will leave probably and if that happens then what? Oneil will leave too and Bryan will use the cap space to sign European players. Then the excuse, well we aquired new pieces and we need time to jell and build chemistry. Give us another 5 years.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Im right though. Should I give Colangelo 41 years like It has for the leafs to win a chip? You need to put some pressure here otherwise this team is a treadmill team for the next 10 years and beyond. Bosh will leave probably and if that happens then what? Oneil will leave too and Bryan will use the cap space to sign European players. Then the excuse, well we aquired new pieces and we need time to jell and build chemistry. Give us another 5 years.</p>
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		<title>By: khandor</title>
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		<dc:creator>khandor</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Nov 2008 13:38:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Raptoronto,

Tic-toc, tic-toc, tic-toc ...</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Raptoronto,</p>
<p>Tic-toc, tic-toc, tic-toc &#8230;</p>
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		<title>By: Tinman</title>
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		<dc:creator>Tinman</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Nov 2008 13:32:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Joey
You sound like a ten year old.</description>
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You sound like a ten year old.</p>
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		<title>By: Andiamo</title>
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		<dc:creator>Andiamo</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Nov 2008 10:21:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>lmao...flux needs to get out of his parents basement....either that or grow pubes.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>lmao&#8230;flux needs to get out of his parents basement&#8230;.either that or grow pubes.</p>
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		<title>By: Darien</title>
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		<dc:creator>Darien</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Nov 2008 08:41:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>To be fair, Minnesota did get a bunch of young talent for the Kevin Garnett trade (Al Jefferson is a growing young star not unlike Bosh) and had the opportunity to draft Mayo - but they traded that for Love - I hope it&#039;s worth it. Anyway, they are headed back to the lottery again, so now might not be such a bad time to be a new GM in Minnesota.

And please, go read heylarryhughespleasestoptakingsomanybadshots.com Although the guy doesn&#039;t write about hughes now that&#039;s he&#039;s Chicago&#039;s problem, the archives are genuinely priceless.

One look at the proposed trade for Larry Hughes and Jason Kidd, and you will know I was telling &lt;a href=&quot;http://heylarryhughespleasestoptakingsomanybadshots.com/2008/02/11/dear-rod-thorn/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;the truth&lt;/a&gt;.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>To be fair, Minnesota did get a bunch of young talent for the Kevin Garnett trade (Al Jefferson is a growing young star not unlike Bosh) and had the opportunity to draft Mayo &#8211; but they traded that for Love &#8211; I hope it&#8217;s worth it. Anyway, they are headed back to the lottery again, so now might not be such a bad time to be a new GM in Minnesota.</p>
<p>And please, go read heylarryhughespleasestoptakingsomanybadshots.com Although the guy doesn&#8217;t write about hughes now that&#8217;s he&#8217;s Chicago&#8217;s problem, the archives are genuinely priceless.</p>
<p>One look at the proposed trade for Larry Hughes and Jason Kidd, and you will know I was telling <a href="http://heylarryhughespleasestoptakingsomanybadshots.com/2008/02/11/dear-rod-thorn/" rel="nofollow">the truth</a>.</p>
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		<title>By: Joey</title>
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		<dc:creator>Joey</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Nov 2008 08:38:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>How about them Jays? riccardi&#039;s 5 yr plan turns too 8 years lol

I guess we should give him more time to follow his plan

BC = Riccardi of Basketball</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>How about them Jays? riccardi&#8217;s 5 yr plan turns too 8 years lol</p>
<p>I guess we should give him more time to follow his plan</p>
<p>BC = Riccardi of Basketball</p>
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		<title>By: Joey</title>
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		<dc:creator>Joey</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Nov 2008 08:24:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Minnesota and Oklahoma didn&#039;t have Chris Bosh, Calderon, cap space, #1 pick, and a rookie of the year. We did so it should have been easier. We had the all the tools ready. Educate yourself.


Your one off those cunts who will get brainwashed by these execs telling you that there trying to win a championship yet you still watch leafs games. I haven&#039;t watched 1 full hockey game since 2004. Why the fuck would I support a team that just wants to make money?

So how long does it take to become an elite team? If you know what your doing it can take 1 season, that one special trade.

If your a Colangelo it takes 15 years too. What happened in Phoenix btw where are the rings? 

Joe Dumars takes over Detroit and there in the Con finals or Finals last 7 years straight and there just getting warmed up now.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Minnesota and Oklahoma didn&#8217;t have Chris Bosh, Calderon, cap space, #1 pick, and a rookie of the year. We did so it should have been easier. We had the all the tools ready. Educate yourself.</p>
<p>Your one off those cunts who will get brainwashed by these execs telling you that there trying to win a championship yet you still watch leafs games. I haven&#8217;t watched 1 full hockey game since 2004. Why the fuck would I support a team that just wants to make money?</p>
<p>So how long does it take to become an elite team? If you know what your doing it can take 1 season, that one special trade.</p>
<p>If your a Colangelo it takes 15 years too. What happened in Phoenix btw where are the rings? </p>
<p>Joe Dumars takes over Detroit and there in the Con finals or Finals last 7 years straight and there just getting warmed up now.</p>
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		<title>By: Chillin' like a villain</title>
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		<dc:creator>Chillin' like a villain</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Nov 2008 07:44:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Joey are you kidding me? Of course it takes time to build championship teams you freaking dildoe. 

Okay, tomorrow I will hand you the GM job for the Minnesota Timberwolves or lets say Oklahoma City Thunder, when will I get my first chmpionship hotshot? I expect it that same year...whateva. 

What&#039;s with all of the conspiracy theories about attendance and the Leafs? Can we say paranoid much? The doctor called and your meds are in stock again....hehe</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Joey are you kidding me? Of course it takes time to build championship teams you freaking dildoe. </p>
<p>Okay, tomorrow I will hand you the GM job for the Minnesota Timberwolves or lets say Oklahoma City Thunder, when will I get my first chmpionship hotshot? I expect it that same year&#8230;whateva. </p>
<p>What&#8217;s with all of the conspiracy theories about attendance and the Leafs? Can we say paranoid much? The doctor called and your meds are in stock again&#8230;.hehe</p>
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		<title>By: Darien</title>
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		<dc:creator>Darien</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Nov 2008 07:07:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Have you followed the Cavs for the past few seasons? Ilgauskas is great, but pushing bronze age carbon dating. Wallace is washed up. What did they have before him? Larry Hughes? There was a website called heylarryhughespleasestoptakingsomanybadshots.com for god&#039;s sake. Eric Snow? Damon Jones? Daniel Gibson came up big, but no one was really expecting that of him. This is not a real supporting cast. If we had these guys in Toronto, we&#039;d be 13th in the East 2 years ago instead of ONEandDONE. (TM) It was Lebron, pure and simple.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Have you followed the Cavs for the past few seasons? Ilgauskas is great, but pushing bronze age carbon dating. Wallace is washed up. What did they have before him? Larry Hughes? There was a website called heylarryhughespleasestoptakingsomanybadshots.com for god&#8217;s sake. Eric Snow? Damon Jones? Daniel Gibson came up big, but no one was really expecting that of him. This is not a real supporting cast. If we had these guys in Toronto, we&#8217;d be 13th in the East 2 years ago instead of ONEandDONE. (TM) It was Lebron, pure and simple.</p>
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		<title>By: Joey</title>
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		<dc:creator>Joey</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Nov 2008 06:22:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Yeah but those players are fucking &quot;good and NBA Proven&quot; I don&#039;t see anyone there from the d-league or chock when they face an elite team.

they play defense, they rebound and now there trying to be more offense oriented. 

BTW ...What happened with Atlanta and Boston in the playoffs last season? I heard it went to 7 games and well...I could be wrong. 

Same shit as the Leafs here. Mediocre product and you spotlight it to the masses and convince the fans that there intentions are to win a chip, yet nothing changes.

Brian Burke wont come to the Leafs either Hes going to Boston or Chicago. Every exec hates Richard Peddie that&#039;s a fact. From what I heard, MLSE don&#039;t like outsiders. They want to run all there teams as a family.

And the only reason they love Bosh is because he puts asses in the seats and makes them money. Keep thinking that he’s being used as the franchise to win a championship.

Take Bosh out, lower profits. and low attendance</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Yeah but those players are fucking &#8220;good and NBA Proven&#8221; I don&#8217;t see anyone there from the d-league or chock when they face an elite team.</p>
<p>they play defense, they rebound and now there trying to be more offense oriented. </p>
<p>BTW &#8230;What happened with Atlanta and Boston in the playoffs last season? I heard it went to 7 games and well&#8230;I could be wrong. </p>
<p>Same shit as the Leafs here. Mediocre product and you spotlight it to the masses and convince the fans that there intentions are to win a chip, yet nothing changes.</p>
<p>Brian Burke wont come to the Leafs either Hes going to Boston or Chicago. Every exec hates Richard Peddie that&#8217;s a fact. From what I heard, MLSE don&#8217;t like outsiders. They want to run all there teams as a family.</p>
<p>And the only reason they love Bosh is because he puts asses in the seats and makes them money. Keep thinking that he’s being used as the franchise to win a championship.</p>
<p>Take Bosh out, lower profits. and low attendance</p>
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		<title>By: Darien</title>
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		<dc:creator>Darien</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Nov 2008 06:06:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Do not compare Cleveland&#039;s success to ours. Their success is solely dependent on drafting LeBron and his development as a genuine super fucking allstar. You put him on ANY team in this league and they rocket to contention.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Do not compare Cleveland&#8217;s success to ours. Their success is solely dependent on drafting LeBron and his development as a genuine super fucking allstar. You put him on ANY team in this league and they rocket to contention.</p>
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		<title>By: Joey</title>
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		<dc:creator>Joey</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Nov 2008 06:01:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>for the idiot who says it takes time to build a team..ummmm

Cleveland drafted James 5 years ago and thus far have reached the finals and the 2nd round a few times. Now there top in the rankings and have a bunch of expirings this year. That team is going places. New Orleans, Atlanta, Indiana all these great young teams that are really going to make a push within 2-3years.

And yeah Colangelo is a con artist. He&#039;s a manipulator. He tries to sell the fans that this team will be a competitor. 

I think he knew that 47 game season would be successful. Perfect to get all of toronto to support the team. now hes got us hooked he can put out a mediocre product</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>for the idiot who says it takes time to build a team..ummmm</p>
<p>Cleveland drafted James 5 years ago and thus far have reached the finals and the 2nd round a few times. Now there top in the rankings and have a bunch of expirings this year. That team is going places. New Orleans, Atlanta, Indiana all these great young teams that are really going to make a push within 2-3years.</p>
<p>And yeah Colangelo is a con artist. He&#8217;s a manipulator. He tries to sell the fans that this team will be a competitor. </p>
<p>I think he knew that 47 game season would be successful. Perfect to get all of toronto to support the team. now hes got us hooked he can put out a mediocre product</p>
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		<title>By: FLUXLAND</title>
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		<dc:creator>FLUXLAND</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Nov 2008 05:12:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Khandor... very nice.  Sad, really. I hear those members are called &quot;true&quot; fans, as well. 


Villain, never have I called the man an idiot. His ultimate goal may be to attempt to win a chip, but his MAIN and primary job is to make money. Go ahead listen to the interview. It&#039;s all right there, I don&#039;t have to say anything. That pain you Soreal sees on BC&#039;s face is not the agony of losses, it&#039;s the potential profit losses shrinking. 

If you want to base your judgment solely based on his Raptor time, go ahead. Like a &quot;wizard&quot; once told me, it may be a good idea to look at his entire resume.  People praise him for the teams he assembled, yet his resume shows how far those teams got and what they accomplished. Atrocious, no? Anything someone should put a lot of confidence in? Not IMO.

Agreed, let&#039;s see what happens.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Khandor&#8230; very nice.  Sad, really. I hear those members are called &#8220;true&#8221; fans, as well. </p>
<p>Villain, never have I called the man an idiot. His ultimate goal may be to attempt to win a chip, but his MAIN and primary job is to make money. Go ahead listen to the interview. It&#8217;s all right there, I don&#8217;t have to say anything. That pain you Soreal sees on BC&#8217;s face is not the agony of losses, it&#8217;s the potential profit losses shrinking. </p>
<p>If you want to base your judgment solely based on his Raptor time, go ahead. Like a &#8220;wizard&#8221; once told me, it may be a good idea to look at his entire resume.  People praise him for the teams he assembled, yet his resume shows how far those teams got and what they accomplished. Atrocious, no? Anything someone should put a lot of confidence in? Not IMO.</p>
<p>Agreed, let&#8217;s see what happens.</p>
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		<title>By: Dino Gunners</title>
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		<dc:creator>Dino Gunners</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Nov 2008 05:11:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>my bad with the horrible sentance structure. Its late for me and i&#039;m tired</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>my bad with the horrible sentance structure. Its late for me and i&#8217;m tired</p>
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		<title>By: Dino Gunners</title>
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		<dc:creator>Dino Gunners</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Nov 2008 05:09:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I agree with the idea that MLSE is all about maximizing profits, its blindingly obvious to any fan with even the smallest knowledge of the Leafs and Raps. Its clear from the constant rasing of ticket prices, concessions and the continual poor quality (in terms of championship potential) that MLSE heart is not championship glory first.

Besides that, i have to respectfully disagree with others who say the talent level is comparable to that of when BC acquired the squad. Note, its not what another GM would have done during BC&#039;s time, but people claimed it is the same talent level as THAT TEAM AT THAT PRESENT TIME.

First off, bosh and calderon are greatly improved from that time. JO as our c is much better than loren woods, bonner or araujo (oh god). Humpharies is a much better back-up than those three. Our wings were rose and peterson, and they are better than parker and moon, but not significantly. Now our rotation containted villaneva, graham, sow, etc., with kaps, graham, hump, we are much better than them.

I, however, do agree that BC has done an average job with the assets he had coming in, but realisticly with respect to cap space, which free agent wants to come to Toronto in the 05 season? We would have had to overpay for any quality free agrent. The draft had no legit first pick, it was a toss-up between any of those guys. (roy,gay,bargs,alridge)

Finally, the east was significantly weaker than the East of today. We need to take that context into considering when comparing the results of the respective teams.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I agree with the idea that MLSE is all about maximizing profits, its blindingly obvious to any fan with even the smallest knowledge of the Leafs and Raps. Its clear from the constant rasing of ticket prices, concessions and the continual poor quality (in terms of championship potential) that MLSE heart is not championship glory first.</p>
<p>Besides that, i have to respectfully disagree with others who say the talent level is comparable to that of when BC acquired the squad. Note, its not what another GM would have done during BC&#8217;s time, but people claimed it is the same talent level as THAT TEAM AT THAT PRESENT TIME.</p>
<p>First off, bosh and calderon are greatly improved from that time. JO as our c is much better than loren woods, bonner or araujo (oh god). Humpharies is a much better back-up than those three. Our wings were rose and peterson, and they are better than parker and moon, but not significantly. Now our rotation containted villaneva, graham, sow, etc., with kaps, graham, hump, we are much better than them.</p>
<p>I, however, do agree that BC has done an average job with the assets he had coming in, but realisticly with respect to cap space, which free agent wants to come to Toronto in the 05 season? We would have had to overpay for any quality free agrent. The draft had no legit first pick, it was a toss-up between any of those guys. (roy,gay,bargs,alridge)</p>
<p>Finally, the east was significantly weaker than the East of today. We need to take that context into considering when comparing the results of the respective teams.</p>
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		<title>By: Chillin' like a villain</title>
		<link>http://raptorsrepublic.com/2008/11/17/bargnani-and-solomon-charge-down-heat/#comment-9033</link>
		<dc:creator>Chillin' like a villain</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Nov 2008 04:57:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Fluxland you are obviously an idiot. Anyone who thinks that BC is only here to make money for MLSE and not win a championship is a dummy. Of course he wants to make profits-that&#039;s his and every other freaking gm in this leauges job buddy. But it is not his only (or main job), which is winning championships. So if you want to go ahead and call him an idiot or a bad gm solely based on the fact that he has not brought Toronto any championships than that is your prerogative. I choose to base my opinions on him as a gm from the fact that he took this team from garbage and made it respectible. Did he make a few poor choices? Sure he did, they ALL do. Hindsight is 20/20. Am I upset that we haven&#039;t won a championship in the last 2 years? Of course, so are 28 other teams. Does that mean that I should base my opinions solely on that? I bet that there are a hell of a lot of GM&#039;s that would kill to have his track record over the span of their careers. It takes time to build championship teams and the man has only been here for two years, lets see what we do this year and go from there....</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Fluxland you are obviously an idiot. Anyone who thinks that BC is only here to make money for MLSE and not win a championship is a dummy. Of course he wants to make profits-that&#8217;s his and every other freaking gm in this leauges job buddy. But it is not his only (or main job), which is winning championships. So if you want to go ahead and call him an idiot or a bad gm solely based on the fact that he has not brought Toronto any championships than that is your prerogative. I choose to base my opinions on him as a gm from the fact that he took this team from garbage and made it respectible. Did he make a few poor choices? Sure he did, they ALL do. Hindsight is 20/20. Am I upset that we haven&#8217;t won a championship in the last 2 years? Of course, so are 28 other teams. Does that mean that I should base my opinions solely on that? I bet that there are a hell of a lot of GM&#8217;s that would kill to have his track record over the span of their careers. It takes time to build championship teams and the man has only been here for two years, lets see what we do this year and go from there&#8230;.</p>
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		<title>By: khandor</title>
		<link>http://raptorsrepublic.com/2008/11/17/bargnani-and-solomon-charge-down-heat/#comment-9032</link>
		<dc:creator>khandor</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Nov 2008 04:39:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Flux,

You know the beauty of it all, from the perspective of a &#039;profiteering outfit&#039; like MLSE?

Very few, if any, &#039;Members of the Jonestown compound&#039; ever think that s/he is being &#039;sold down the river&#039; prior to &#039;Final Judgment Day&#039;.

Thus, when the end does come, for those specific patrons, it is relatively quick and painless, in the grand &#039;scheme&#039; of things ... while the &#039;profiteers&#039; continue to roll-on ... Cha-ching, cha-ching, cha-ching, etc.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Flux,</p>
<p>You know the beauty of it all, from the perspective of a &#8216;profiteering outfit&#8217; like MLSE?</p>
<p>Very few, if any, &#8216;Members of the Jonestown compound&#8217; ever think that s/he is being &#8217;sold down the river&#8217; prior to &#8216;Final Judgment Day&#8217;.</p>
<p>Thus, when the end does come, for those specific patrons, it is relatively quick and painless, in the grand &#8217;scheme&#8217; of things &#8230; while the &#8216;profiteers&#8217; continue to roll-on &#8230; Cha-ching, cha-ching, cha-ching, etc.</p>
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		<title>By: FLUXLAND</title>
		<link>http://raptorsrepublic.com/2008/11/17/bargnani-and-solomon-charge-down-heat/#comment-9031</link>
		<dc:creator>FLUXLAND</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Nov 2008 04:26:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>In the link with the Peddie interview... the man says: &quot;I&#039;m a born salesman at heart&quot; PRICE. EFFIN. LESS.  I cannot contain myself. Tell me Soreal.. what business do you think MLSE and the person they hired are in? The chip winning or money making one?  Listen to the whole thing and educated yourself.  It&#039;s all right there.. listen between the lines and see if you can sort out the BS from &quot;the salesman&quot;. If not, let me know, I got a bottle of air I wanna sell ya. Thanks to RR for that link. Just PRICE LESS.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In the link with the Peddie interview&#8230; the man says: &#8220;I&#8217;m a born salesman at heart&#8221; PRICE. EFFIN. LESS.  I cannot contain myself. Tell me Soreal.. what business do you think MLSE and the person they hired are in? The chip winning or money making one?  Listen to the whole thing and educated yourself.  It&#8217;s all right there.. listen between the lines and see if you can sort out the BS from &#8220;the salesman&#8221;. If not, let me know, I got a bottle of air I wanna sell ya. Thanks to RR for that link. Just PRICE LESS.</p>
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