End This Blog! End the Omnishambles! Fire Colangelo!

Welcome to Raptor Omnishambles, the blog dedicated to the craptastic horrorshow that is the Toronto Raptors.

Raptor fans have been lucky enough to deal with a lot of terrible teams over its 18-year history -- just five playoff appearances in all that time,  just one playoff series win, and a 0.406 record despite 14 lottery picks. Now, however, enough is enough -- GM Bryan Colangelo has turned the Raptors into a turd of a team -- bad draft picks, signing poor players for huge amounts, mis-matching players who in no way complement each other, and refusing to hold players accountable.

Bryan Colangelo was brought over as General Manager in 2006, in the midst of one of the lowest points in Raptors history. Right away, he made some savvy moves, had some good luck, and turned things around, tying the Raptors their best season ever at 47-35 (yeah, underwhelming, I know, but we take what we can get).

Since then, however, things have not been so hot. Following the 2007/8 season, we have been well below 0.500 ball, finishing in 2011 at 0.268, 2012 at 0.348, and so far this year, a blistering 0.273 (that's 3-11). And through it all, our team have been defined by shockingly bad defense and a mis-matched roster that has made as much sense as a "Gangnam Style" reference in 2013.

Exhibit A for our failures is without a doubt our 2006 No. 1 pick, Andrea Bargnani. He was supposed to be an unguardable 7-footer, an Italian Dirk Nowitzki, but he turned out to be a lazy, apathetic turd, who rebounds less than many guards and utterly indifferent to defense (well, for 3/4 of the game ... there's usually a quarter when he tries a bit, but fails anyway because he is so clueless).

Despite some epically, historically bad defense (10th-, 17-th, and 18th-worst DRat of all time), our team continues to showcase our worst defenders. What makes this season worse than most is that the Raptors actually have some decent young players now, but many of them see little playing time while Bargnani, Jose Calderon, and other stiffs play big minutes.

The buck needs to stop somewhere. Someone needs to be held accountable for this mess. And ultimately that is the GM. Colangelo must go. And Bargnani. And many others. But first and foremost, Colangelo. Now. Before he can cripple the team with overpriced extensions, giving away draft picks, or other long-term damage. It's time to stop the omnishambles that are the Raptors. Colangelo. Must. Go.