Entries from Torontoist tagged with 'robbabcock'
April 20, 2007
Those fans who are lucky enough to be attending the first two Raptors playoff games will be happy to learn that the team is giving away red T-shirts for fans to wear during the game. The official shirts will supposedly read "Let’s Go Red. Let’s Go Raptors." However, a few entrepreneurial fans think that they have a better idea for a T-shirt. These FUVC shirts are just one example of the anti-Vince Carter sentiment that......
Continue Reading "Public Enemy #15"April 11, 2007
It was one of the wildest final weekends in NHL history. The Toronto Maple Leafs delivered a knockout blow to the Montreal Canadiens in one of the most electric matches in recent memory, only to have the New York Islanders break our hearts and take the final playoff spot in a shootout against the New Jersey Devils the following day. The Stanley Cup Playoffs begin tonight, but for the second consecutive year, the Leafs won't......
Continue Reading "The Only City Where the Leafs Fall in the Spring"January 27, 2006
Maple Leafs Sports and Entertainment abandoned common protocol Thursday afternoon, firing the Raptors underachieving General Manager, Rob Babcock. Come to think of it, it's only common protocol when dealing with the hockey side of the business. Raptors officials are hired and fired like one-night stands. Prior to joining the team in 2004, Babcock certainly couldn't have envisioned the next eighteen months being any more devastating. He had been a controversy from day one, when Vince......
Continue Reading "Fine.. But Can the Maple Leafs Lose Their Jobs?"November 2, 2005
After a busy offseason, Raptor Basketball is back at the Air Canada Centre tonight. With all the second-guessing and criticism following every personell decision this summer, it will be interesting to see how the team responds in 05/06. There is no question that veteran leadership is at a minimum this year, however, if the preseason is any indication, it looks like Rob Babcock made the right moves on draft day. First round selections, Charlie Villanueva......
Continue Reading "Pape Sow Says Let's Go(w)!! Raps Season Tips Off"June 29, 2005
For the third year in a row, the Toronto Babcocks drafted a power forward. Did we say 'Babcocks'? Excuse the error, we meant Raptors. It's just when General Manager Rob Babcock seems so hell-bent on putting his stamp on the team, it's hard to not to think of his all-toughness all-the-time attitude toward the team. And Babcock's first round draft pick at the 2005 NBA Draft, seventh overall UConn forward Charlie Villanueva, is no different.......
Continue Reading "What Do You Have on Draft?"December 17, 2004
There's cause for celebration tonight: As you read this, the NBA is approving a proposed trade between the Toronto Raptors and the New Jersey Nets that would see the Vince Carter in a different uniform. A Raptor team that has struggled on and off the court this year is having it’s biggest tumor removed as General Manager Rob Babcock worked out a deal that will finally send Vinsanity packing. Raptor fans have consoled themselves with......
Continue Reading "Good Riddance Vince Carter!"