<div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post"> On the day he was hired, after all the questions had been asked, Rob Babcock looked around the press conference room, plopped into a chair and sighed. "Is it always like this?" the new Raptors general manager asked aloud, looking like he had been through a ringer. "No," he was informed. "It's usually worse. This is the honeymoon phase." On the day he was hired as general manager, John Ferguson unintentionally established a modern- day record for bafflegab. Officially, it went down in the books as most words spoken without actually saying anything of meaning. One season and one lockout later, Ferguson still is trying to figure out how to play the game within the game. But at least at times he's trying. Which puts him just slightly ahead of Babcock, who unknowingly enables his second-guessers with his own lack of clarity. This isn't a media problem. This a communication problem for Maple Leaf Sports and Entertainment Ltd. </div> Source To put this in two words or rather two capital letters.....Thats B.S. To put the blame on Peddie and how he hired people inept at dealing with the media is complete and utter B.S. First of all the media in Toronto are morons in terms of basetball knowledge. They rely on their "sources" but really all they do is read up on ESPN and scribble it down on their notepads. Lets just face it. The media in Toronto is horrible, especially on the basketball side of things.
I don't think it's Peddie's fault, but I must agree that I can't ever watch or listen to a Babcock interview, it's the most useless thing ever, he tells you nothing, he still hasn't even admitted that we're rebuilding the team.
