I don't read the star, living in Quebec, but this article seems to be quite idiotic. The only thing I'd ever heard from Feschuk was on VC after he was traded and answered John Thompson's questions about his work ethic. Feschuk said he would probably answer anything he was lead to, which I pretty much agreed with. But, still. People will never be happy with anything. He's already predicting that Bosh will leave and I can understand why... he probably said the same earlier in Vince's career... he is generally just bashing the Raptors and the Canadian market in general. He's saying that no one wants to stay here, without thinking that Bosh, now in his second year, is starting to blossom and has the chance to be a franchise player and star performer. In any case, we'll see.
I just sent the sports section editor a complaint e-mail about Fagschuk. I hope he gets hit by a train, or better yet, a bird poop Here's what I wrote: Hi, I am a long time Toronto Star reader and I'm starting to wonder why Mr. Feschuk's articles are even allowed to be published on your sports section - they are just flat out disgusting. Granted, I am a Raptor fan and I am biased in a certain way, but you have to realize that a lot of Raptors fans are feeling the same way I do and a majority of them happen to be Toronto Star subscribers. Now, I do realize that freedom of speech applies to journalists too, but if Mr. Feschuk knows what's good for Toronto and the organization that employs him, why would he state something like this? "When Raptor loyalists look ahead, they see a future built around the 20-year-old power forward. But why would Bosh see a future in Toronto when he looks to the middle and sees Araujo? Why would he see a future in Toronto when Alston ran the offence that got Bosh an inexplicable eight shots in Friday's loss in Philadelphia? It's far too early to expect Bosh to answer questions about his long-term plans; the Raptors can't extend his deal, after all, until the conclusion of next season at the earliest. But unless big things change, catch Bosh's ascendance while you can. He seems too smart to sentence himself to a life spent bailing out bums." The article titled "Don't get too excited over these bums" published on Jan. 17th does nothing but demonstrate Mr. Feschuk's arrogance -- it just sounds like Mr. Feschuk has switched his target from Vince Carter, his long time archenemy, to Chris Bosh. Some of his articles about Vince Carter, for example, were just ridiculous to say the least, digging into Vince's relationship with his grandmom, probing into how much Vince spent on his wedding, etc. We don't want to know those kind of things. And we don't want to hear some punk named Dave Feschuk saying Chris Bosh won't stay in Toronto just because he thinks so. If you are experiencing decline in the number of Star subscribers, there is a good reason behind that, and I do hope that you will take some sort of action to prevent further damage.
Great email Vin, I sent one a few days ago, agreeing with what you stated. The editor's response said that he was attacking Bosh or the Raptors and he said that b/c people we saying Vince wouldn't leave and he did. Now that people are confident Bosh will stay, he will leave. I sent a reply to that email, comparing Bosh and Carter's work ethic and characters. However I never got a reply back.
That response is BS, not only does it NOT make any sense at all, the editor sounds like he was high on crack. How can someone compare Carter and Bosh? Jesus. It looks like everyone in the Toronto Star's sports section are crack heads except maybe Donovan Vincent and Doug Smith. ROFL at the way he said it "because people were saying Vince wouldn't leave and he did, now that people are confident Bosh will stay, he will leave." What is he? A fortune teller that can only predict the opposite of what will happen? Ludacrous.
Thanks for your e-mail. I am frankly astonished that you interpreted Dave Feschuk's words as an attack on Chris Bosh. He's been a constant, long-time admirer of Bosh and the extract you quoted confirms that. It's interesting that you refer to Vince Carter. Feschuk was a constant critic of Carter when fans, broadcasters and many sportswriters seemed in awe of Carter. It was only when Carter asked for a trade that some of these same people then joined Feschuk's criticisms. Even Carter himself has now admitted he often didn't try his hardest for the Raptors. I want a columnist who will say what he thinks honestly and not switch with the wind as so many did with Carter. You neglected to say that he was right in his criticisms of Carter. The feature he did on Carter's alienation from his dad, uncle and grandmother was excellent journalism. Everyone knows the influence that Vince's mom wields over her son and this feature revealed much about Vince's character. Carter is paid a king's ransom to play and much more to endorse products. He is a public figure and his life is a legitimate subject for stories. At the same time that feature appeared, Vince had an autobiography coming out that skipped over the family alienation. I'm sorry, but a public figure cannot argue that his private life is private and then write a book about his private life. I don't expect you to agree with everything I've written, but you have to accept that fans and journalists will not see things the same way. You want everything to be right in Raptorland and the Star wants to write about everything that is right and wrong in Raptorland. As fans showed in the Carter debacle, what they wish is not always what is. Thanks again for writing. Graham Parley Sports editor Response I got from the sports section editor.
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting Banks:</div><div class="quote_post">I bet you if we won the NBA Finals this year, he would find something negative to write about.</div> Lmao, he would probably ignore the fact that we won the finals, and do an entire article on how Bosh is a racist due to the fact he separates whites and colours laundry! Therefore Bosh hates Babcock and will leave! It all makes sense now, I finally understand Feschuk!
i believe in freedom of the press. we should really write letters to the sun and complain about their lazy journalism, steve buffery and the other dude are horrible.
Yes, you are all right, Feschuck is an idiot. But my take on him is that he's a failed novelist or something who hates basketball. Seriously, think about it when you read his columns, when does he ever say anything positive about the game? It's not like he's praising the other teams and crapping on the Raps; all he does he moan about how bad the Raps are and how evil their management is. But I can take no more. I'm going to be bashing his articles on my own site this year. For starters I've posted some emails I exchanged with him last year. I was crushing him and he lamely tried to defend himself. You can check it out here: http://www.herohill.com/2005/01/feschuk-sucks.htm I think you'll enjoy it.
Yes, you are all right, Feschuck is an idiot. But my take on him is that he's a failed novelist or something who hates basketball. Seriously, think about it when you read his columns, when does he ever say anything positive about the game? It's not like he's praising the other teams and crapping on the Raps; all he does he moan about how bad the Raps are and how evil their management is. But I can take no more. I'm going to be bashing his articles on my own site this year. For starters I've posted some emails I exchanged with him last year. I was crushing him and he lamely tried to defend himself. You can check it out here: http://www.herohill.com/2005/01/feschuk-sucks.htm I think you'll enjoy it.
I'm somewhat hesistant to post this, because it doesn't feed our passion enough. It doesn't show Feschuk's true beliefs. But here is his latest article The article still pisses me off when I read it, just not as much as some others. here is an interesting article, just because I didn't get to see much ball in the mid 80s. Unfortunately its written by Feshcuk, but it contains some interesting knowledge. It has the usual dreary, pessimistic, I don't want to read half the crap you actually wrote Feshcuk. He always finds the negative side, however if u want to read parts go ahead. Article damn... 370 points. I wish I saw it. I love the way Jeff Van Gundy see it.
