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**speedythief** · 02-01-2006, 09:02 AM

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McCloskey already had a man in mind, Rob Babcock, although it would be a couple of months before the Raptors would make his hiring official. Now, McCloskey's choice is gone, fired last week, and McCloskey, who works for the Raptors as a consultant, is supposedly upset by the decision.

"He's not happy at all," one source said. But contacted by telephone at his Georgia home, McCloskey refused to say how he feels about Babcock's firing.

"I'd rather not comment on it," he said, adding that "it's tough" because he was the one who recommended Babcock for the job.

McCloskey said his work for the Raptors is primarily handling scouting duties and that he will be in Toronto for meetings in a week or so. "I want to see this thing through."

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servl...rts/Basketball

butr · 02-01-2006, 09:14 AM

Jack was doing what Wayne is doing now. And his guy got turfed not even half-way through the contract. But who is going to give Jack a sniff of a job at his age?

Dee-Zy · 02-01-2006, 10:05 AM

Who is this?

lucky777s · 02-01-2006, 10:12 AM

When Grunwald got fired you heard all the same BS about why doesn't Jack just take the job. He has such great 'experience'.

That would have been bad, and Embry will be bad.

Flavour of the month has changed at MLSE, that's all. They loved Jack and now they love Wayne. See these old guys as saviours for some reason. MLSE thinks that you just pick the right guy and everything works out quickly with no bumps along the way. They are clueless to all the good luck and patience you need to turn things around.

Jack doesn't need a job. The only reason he is sticking this out with MLSE is that he doesn't want to go out a loser and have a stain on his reputation. He is 100% correct to be frustrated with MLSE. They hire rooks but can't except rookie mistakes or growing pains. That's just dumb.

Jack Armstrong said last night that he knew from day 1 that Rob didn't have full support at MLSE. When they had Embry and Alex English on each side of him at the intro press conference that showed that MLSE was insecure about Rob and needed to prop him up with respected names to introduce him. Rob should have had his own press conference to introduce him as boss, and then a few days later HE should have held the press conference to introduce Wayne and Alex, without Peddie around.

I missed that at the time, but it was a brilliant pick up by Armstrong. Don't know how that got by me.

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