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The Junkyard Dog is back with the Toronto Raptors.

Toronto hired the former Raptor forward Jerome Williams, affectionately known as the Junkyard Dog during his playing days, as the team's new community representative Wednesday.

"I'm excited to back with the Raptors in a city that I love so much," Williams said in a statement. "I look forward to working in the community and making a difference in the lives of our city's youth."

Williams was a fan favourite in his three seasons as a Raptor for his all-out hustle and interaction with fans.

He'll be involved in Raptors' community initiatives, particularly those with at-risk youth and social issues that affect the city.

"He'll play an instrumental role supporting many of the Raptors' key community programs and the entire organization is excited to welcome him back," said Tom Anselmi, executive vice-president and chief executive officer of Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment.

--- I thought he was working for the Knicks after he retired? Did he get fed up working in Isiah world? We have no idea, but we can't deny the fact that there've been players/coaches who left NY being upset at Isiah, like Dyess, Mutombo, Don Chaney, Mike Malone, Shandon Anderson, etc, etc. And now we have Anucha Browne Sanders. Where there's smoke, there's fire. Whether he's actually harrassed this woman or not is a big deal. But even he's innocent, he's already done enough damange. No one knows if he sexually harrassed her, but I have a feeling that he did disrespect her and made her work experience as miserable as possible.

Good job, Isiah. You have truly brought this franchise down to its knees.

I think your jumping to conclusions, maybe he just likes toronto better.

does anyone else feel like there is a huge dark cloud over our organization?

thats ****ing wack , JYD wat gives??? come back

yeah. it seems they had a problem with her trying to do her job.

any quotes complaining from Charlie Allan or KT or Deke or any other of the 30 or so players shes worked with?



[Edited by - McK1 on 01-26-2006 10:51 AM]

So if this goes to trial, MSG is going to call Spree as a character witness.

too funny. the drama don't stop.

The weird thing in this whole thing is that she is an At Will employee, right? IE, she can be fired for no reason at all at any time without any retribution (it's too late for that now, of course, with the whole harassment thing). So, if she was doing a piss poor job, why didn't the firing happen before? If she was doing her job with a ferocity that led to her remarks by the players like the above, why didn't she have the backing of Mills/Isiah/Dola (assuming she was doing a good thing with her job)?

My second question is this: Isiah reports to Mills. Sanders reports to Mills. How can Isiah be charged with harassment if she does not report to Isiah? (maybe I don’t understand the technicalities of harassment)

Posted by Rich:

It would be funny, if it wasn't such an absurd point.

no more absurd than the notion because she rode guys about fulfilling their CS obligation, she shold be fired.

Nowhere did it say she partitioned them to do a Chip-N-Dale's show.

Also, Marcus Camby and Latrell Sprewell had ignored requests from her to fulfill community obligations and were reprimanded by the organization.

why didn't you highlight this Rich?

Posted by Rich:

Posted by martin:

The weird thing in this whole thing is that she is an At Will employee, right? IE, she can be fired for no reason at all at any time without any retribution (it's too late for that now, of course, with the whole harassment thing). So, if she was doing a piss poor job, why didn't the firing happen before? If she was doing her job with a ferocity that led to her remarks by the players like the above, why didn't she have the backing of Mills/Isiah/Dola (assuming she was doing a good thing with her job)?

My second question is this: Isiah reports to Mills. Sanders reports to Mills. How can Isiah be charged with harassment is the does not report to Isiah? (maybe I don’t understand the technicalities of harassment)

An at will employee can be fired for any reason but an impermissible one. As was mentioned in today's Star-Ledger article, even if her cause of action for harassment is found to be without merit, she could still prevail with regard to wrongful termination if it can be proved that she was fired in retaliation for filing a complaint with the corporation. The issue is fact sensitive.

She alleges that Isiah made unwelcome sexual comments to her, was hostile to her, and that he grabbed her and held her tightly against him. If true, the fact that she reported to Mills is irrelevant.

ok, got it, thanks.