i agree with most of you that its a good move, but who will the new GM trade? I dont think trading Vince would be a good idea, but well if Bill comes ... not sure with Vince away to get into the playoffs
<a href="http://www.thestar.com/NASApp/cs/ContentServer?pagename=thestar/Layout/Article_Type1&c=Article&cid=1081289421267&call_pageid=969907729483&col=970081562040" target="_blank">McCloskey wants quick GM move </a> <div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">Somebody asked McCloskey when a new GM would be in place. "What time do you have?" he said, drawing laughs. "I'm serious. I may step out of line saying this, but I could get it done in an hour." Club chairman Larry Tanenbaum and CEO Richard Peddie, with whom McCloskey met yesterday, might not share McCloskey's sense of urgency. Peddie has vowed to head an exhaustive search. When Glen Grunwald's firing was announced Thursday, the CEO floated the possibility that if the new guy wasn't in place in time for the June 24 entry draft, the Raptors could make their lottery selection with a contingency committee that would include McCloskey and even Grunwald.</div>....... <div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">"I've got a guy," said McCloskey. "He's got great basketball knowledge. He knows the cap situation. He has a good person-to-person ability. He's a great scout. He knows talent. He's played</div> I also like this <div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">The old sage couldn't resist claiming credit for recommending the acquisition of point guards Carlos Arroyo and Rafer Alston, lamenting how both players, after they were let go by Grunwald, found starting jobs with playoff-contending teams in Utah and Miami. "We had (Arroyo) and for some reason, one of the coaches or whoever it was, didn't think he'd eventually play," said McCloskey. "I got Rafer Alston here. ... Those are mistakes."</div>
^ that part in the article where McCloskey struggled to remember Yao Ming's name worries me. How can we trust a guy who can't remember the name of someone who will soon be the most dominant player in the nba?
<div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">JACK McCLOSKEY is 78 years old. He doesn't have a lot of time to waste. In that regard, he is a lot like the Raptors franchise that has hired him as interim general manager in charge of finding a clue ... not to mention his full-time replacement. In the zany world of Raptorville, the organization says there's no hurry finding a new GM. But the guy in charge of finding one says it needs to happen now. "I may be stepping out of line saying this," McCloskey said, cocking a mischievous eye toward the Raptors brain trust at a media gathering yesterday. "But I could get it (the appointment of a new GM) done in an hour. I have a guy on the list I believe is the best." </div> Full Article ========== http://www.canoe.ca/NewsStand/TorontoSun/S.../07/411657.html
<div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">Raptors coach Kevin O'Neill has taken flak this season for breaking a lamp in anger. Compared to Jack McCloskey, the Raptors' 78-year-old interim general manager, O'Neill is a pacifist. The story goes that a 23-year-old McCloskey, then a high-school coach in New Jersey, once grew so enraged with the officiating after a loss, he found the referee in the shower and began choking the naked zebra. Perhaps it's no wonder that Jerry West, the famously ruthless NBA player and executive, once said of McCloskey: "I wouldn't dare play tennis with him. He would kill me to win." Maybe time has mellowed a man who hasn't been involved in the day-to-day operation of an NBA team since he retired as Timberwolves GM in 1995, this after building the Detroit Pistons into back-to-back champions in 1989 and 1990. But when McCloskey met with the media yesterday, discussing his role in the search for the Raptors' new general manager, he spoke with the frank edginess of an ever-competitive soul.</div> Full Article =========== http://www.thestar.com/NASApp/cs/ContentSe...ol=970081593064
yo one of my friend said that VINCE was like the prime reason why Hakeem and Milt Palacio was brought to T.O. and that Lenny and Glen got fired... personally, I think the dude is full of sh!t, he just wanted to blame Vince as much as he can, is there a source, or any fukin truth to that?
No there isn't actually Vince and Glen were close and Vince was said when he got fired, he said he would still invite him to his wedding even. Vince did recommend Milt though because they played together back in the summer, and Mo-Pete recommended Mateen Cleaves, so they picked Milt. Lenny's firing really didn't have much to fo with him, the organization just wanted a change and to let him go. Hakeem coming also wasn't due to Vince, its was just the organization that thought he would be helpful to us, guess not.
Raptors contact ex-GM Gabriel <div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">Former Magic General Manager John Gabriel, reassigned by the club March 12 in a front-office shake-up, has been contacted by the Toronto Raptors, according to league sources. The Raptors are looking for a general manager after firing Glen Grunwald on April 2. Jack McCloskey, a former general manager of the Detroit Pistons, is handling the job on an interim basis</div> Is the Raptors organization just extremely stupid? RAPS EYEING HAMMOND <div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">ONE OF the names floating around for the vacant Raptors general manager position is John Hammond. Hammond serves as Joe Dumars' right-hand man for the Detroit Pistons, who have made a remarkable turnaround in a very quick time and is a legitimate championship-contending team. </div> McCloskey has little say in GM Choice <div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post"> When general manager Glen Grunwald was fired last week and replaced with veteran Jack McCloskey on an interim basis, the move was universally applauded. Since then,<font color="Red"> it is quite apparent that McCloskey will have very little say in terms of appointing a full-time general manager</font>, leaving the final decision to team president Richard Peddie and minority owner Larry Tanenbaum. <font color="Red">Peddie and Tanenbaum are believed to be the same people who went against Grunwald's wishes and hired Kevin O'Neill, </font> who isn't expected back for his second season. </div>
Gabriel rumour false <div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">AUBURN HILLS, Mich. -- John Gabriel says it isn't true. Gabriel, the former general manager of the Orlando Magic, said yesterday he has not been contacted by the Raptors about their GM position. That contradicts a report in an Orlando newspaper yesterday which cited league sources in its claim that the Raptors have been speaking to Gabriel. "No, it's not true," Gabriel said in a telephone interview. "I have not been contacted by the Raptors." </div> Phew, that's a relief.
USA WILL ADD BRAND NAME TO DREAM TEAM <div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">Sources say Rod Thorn has denied the Raptors permission to talk to right-hand man Ed Stefanski about Toronto's GM opening. Last summer, the Nets persuaded their talent scout to reject Portland's offer to become its GM by presenting him with an upgrade in salary, title and responsibility. John Hammond, assistant to Dumars, rejected the same opportunity; John Nash was then hired. When Raptors interim GM Jack McCloskey called last week for approval to interview Hammond, it was given. How could Dumars say no to his former Pistons' boss? Other candidates include Suns assistant GM Mark West, Kings assistant GM Wayne Cooper, Blazers assistant GM Mark Warkentien, Nuggets assistant GM Jeff Weltman and TV's Len Elmore and Greg Anthony. </div> http://www.thestar.com/NASApp/cs/ContentSe...ol=970081562040 <div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">Two of the names making the rounds as potential GMs in Toronto are Seattle GM Rick Sund and Jim Stack, New York Knicks advance scout and former Chicago Bulls executive. Sund would be intriguing because of his ties with Sonic associate head coach Dwayne Casey, who lost out to O'Neill for the Toronto job last summer.</div>
