WORKING OUT THE KINKS

it has been a rough few days for steele, but i am forever thinking positive. everything the raptors have shown us this year has been a little good, a little bad, and a little ugly.... especially when jersey came to town, but even in their stumbles they've shown great glimpses of excellence no? everybody seems to show up when things are going bad, but you never seem to hear much when things are going good. how dare people speculate or implicate the great sam mitchell being cut loose? one time coach of the year, great repiore with the important players on his team, and the unconditional love of one of the greatest front office men in the league, mr.colangelo. i can see how he gets in peoples bad books, but that is mainly because he is a very passive man, and also primarily cause he doesn't share his thoughts to much to the media. this man back in his playing days was a warrior. not the greatest athlete but had the heart of an mvp, even though at best he was almost average on the stat sheet. get of it and look at what is really causing the problems in toronto. the people on the court... jamario, parker, calderon, oneal, and capono are not playing anywhere near their potential, and if it werent for the mvp numbers bosh is putting up, they would be somewhere in the 5-9 range right now. if those mentioned players don't pull their socks up and help mvp, he will definitely get hurt. it was very sad to see his body language during the boston game over the weekend. it sends not only a message to us that he is starting to lose interest, but as the leader of his team it sends a very scary message to his peers.... tonight was a win that brings us back to .500, but again they had trouble closing charlotte out. theres no reason why we cant run up to claim the 4th seed by the end of the year, but we have to WORK OUT THE KINKS A LITTLE BIT. start thinking on the upside of things. i heard william jefferson clinton speak in town this morning, and considering how horrible our financial and economical reality is right now, the man had the nerve to beg us to be positive. that made me think right now of our situation with the raptors.... as bad as it seems right now, we are still 7-7 and in the playoff hunt. it can only get better from here. lets have faith in our coach, lets have faith in our players, and lets be patient because come spring we are headed to the playoffs!!!!!


this is your singh steele blogging after a long sabbatical............ god bless the raptors, and my longtime colleague brendan sherwood. im out.