Letters

These letters to 'The Globe and Mail' did not get in, but one did yesterday -- the one about Don Cherry and how much he is missed.

Dear Editor,

I thought the ultimate goal was to win the NBA championship — not merely get in the playoffs.  But, according to Scottie Barnes, the target is just to be "really good and have a great run".  Huh?  These players make millions and millions, so why have they lost the plot?  Why do they think just getting better is good enough?

Reading the list of the injured and walking wounded, I thought I had stumbled into a hospital emergency ward — not the Raptor's dressing room.  President Masai Ujiri seems to have a great excuse.  Afterall, the team is, "In the middle of a three-to-five-year rebuilding project", so that lets him off the hook.  No one's going to look for results for at least a couple more.

Seems to me, everyone's given up, everyone's just going to sit back and see what happens.  Apparently in Toronto, that's called success for all professional teams.

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Dear Editor,

"Look into your heart," as one politician said to a reporter the other day.  Does anyone actually think signing Guerrero to a 14-year, $500 million contract is going to win them the World Series?  Exactly.  I'm no expert, but with the sorry shape the Jays have been in for years, one guy isn't going to turn the tide.

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Dear Editor,

So, Danielle Smith has kicked duly-elected Peter Guthrie out of the UCP caucus for asking questions about possible meddling by the Premier's office into contract letting at the AHS.  That's akin to blatantly repudiating the decision of the electors of Cochrane-Airdrie for deciding Mr. Guthrie was the candidate they wanted to represent them.

Frankly, Ms. Smith, who do you think you are?  Once again, you are demonstrating your true colours and they're not "leadership".  They're dictatorial.  This move will not make the simmering questions over meddling go away.  If anything, Mr. Guthrie's firing will accentuate the issue.

At their peril, politicians always try to bury unpleasant issues.  But, as the late balladeer Leonard Cohen so eloquently wrote, "There's a crack in everything.  That's how the light gets in."