Let the speculation begin
A thread on the OSC message boards pointed me to a Halifax article about the PBL owners’ meeting. According to the article, Rainmen owner Andre Levingston reported that the Montreal Sasquat’ch won’t be invited back to the league for 2010. No real shocker there…. the team got kicked out mid-season. But does that actually mean anything for Montreal basketball fans?
The problem with reports on closed meetings, is that you never quite know what was actually said, and how it was said. Did the league say Montreal won’t be back? Or only that the Sasquat’ch won’t be back? It actually makes a big difference…
Only a couple of weeks ago, I was talking to a team employee about the coming season…. he said the owner was actively preparing for 2010, and that it looked like the team would be back in the PBL as the Montreal Matrix.
Now of course, intent and reality are often mismatched when it comes to minor league ball in Montreal. So it’s entirely possible that the owner was preparing for a season without actually having talked to the league. Particularly given how the 2009 season ended. But it’s also possible, depending on how the league worded it’s dismissal of Montreal, that the Matrix really will be back in 2010…. but since I’m not likely to get confirmation from either the league or the owner anytime soon, let the speculation begin!
hi who’s the person writes this article?
As you can see by following the link, the article was written by Matthew Wuest for Metro Halifax