Even in Toronto's cuthroat sports blogging market, we're prepared to concede when we've been bested. So full credit to Raptorblog - which, we learn from Chris Young's reliably enjoyable JABS, has brought on Butch Carter as a new contributor.

For the uninitiated, or the forgetful, Butch was briefly the most successful coach in Raptors history (admittedly not saying that much, but still). But he's better remembered for the spectacular meltdown that saw him celebrating the team's first playoff appearance by simultaneously launching a $5-million defamation suit against former Raptor Marcus Camby (for calling him a "liar") and a bizarre coup attempt in which he very publicly tried to take then-GM Glen Grunwald's job.

This obviously makes the decision to convert Butch into a blogger one a thoroughly brilliant one. Considering all the crazy stuff Butch was doing when the Raptors were paying his bills, we can only imagine what he'll come up with when he's freelancing his opinions. 

But if there's one thing better than a slightly unhinged  ex-coach offering daily analysis of his former team, it's a completely unhinged ex-coach offering detailed analysis of his former team. And so, clearly, there's only one thing for us to do now that Raptorblog has forced our hand.

We have no idea what John Huard is up to these days, and frankly we don't really want to know, because there's an excellent chance it's something vaguely creepy. But whatever it is, we need him to drop it forthwith. Because if there's ever a man who was born to blog, surely it's that guy...and our next choice, John Faragalli, actually appears to have a job.