A lot of it is perception, though. To Colangelo, Bosh and Bargnani were probably always the two core players. I think moving away from Ford as a core player was smart, and you’d probably agree. And who’s to say that he doesn’t believe Calderon still is a core member. He’s not making coaching decisions, so shouldn’t be telling his coach who to start.

It’s his job to find players, and Triano’s job to use them as he sees fit.

I agree he should make changes when they’re needed but hasn’t he been here long enough to not have to make huge roster changes? He’s calling the shots. It’s not like this is or was an aging roster. He’s overhauling his own moves. When he took over he certinaly can’t be blamed for overhauling the roster at that time but shouldn’t he be at fault for putting together last years squad?

He has made some solid moves this year don’t get me wrong. Amir, Weems, Jack and possibly Evans were all good off-season acquisitions, however we stil have permiter defensive issues which has been a problem for years and we given out ‘questionable’ contracts to Turks and Jose. Yes Jose definitely deserved the money at the time but he was proclaimed as part of the ‘core’ and now is playing the role of back up pg again and won’t be a starter anytime soon. Is he still part of BC’s core? Not so sure anymore. I’m point to all this is at some point the GM has to settle on a roster and let that ‘core’ group play together. Our core group has has gone from Bosh, TJ, Calderon, to Bosh, Calderon, Barg’s (with JO as a hired gun) to Bosh, Barg’s, Turk’s and Derozan? I’ dlike a little more roster stability. I don’t think you can build anything long lasting if things are continually changing.

I disagree. I felt a little that way with the 2007 group, because I didn’t see a lot of room for improvement, but I do with this group. It’s young and have a lot of players with some potential.

And I think Colangelo has a quick trigger finger, but I have to say, I’ve never disagreed with him rehauling the roster when he has. When he took over, I think it was definitely in need of an overhaul, and again this past summer. Most of the time his hand has been forced by one thing or another, like a free agent leaving (Joe Johnson, Shawn Marion). And you can’t argue with the results because every time he’s done it, the team has been better.

And as for MLSE, I’ve never seen them as a detriment to improving the team. I’m a firm believer that a team shouldn’t go into the luxury tax unless they’re a contender, and the Raptors have never been one. They certainly allowed Colangelo to hand out some big contracts, and never stooped him from doing anything he wanted to.

Raptor fans’ memories seem to be very short. It’s strange, because they also seem to undervalue the good players and overvalue the bad ones. Pops, Ukic and Humphries were future all-stars, but Bosh and Calderon can’t do anything right.

And, yes, I have a problem with that particular grammatical issue. Normally, I’m pretty good in that area, but I seem to have a mental block when it comes to `its’. Don’t know why.