Anthopoulos ' decision not to return to Toronto was received with outrage by a fan base still basking in the glow of the team 's first playoff run in over two decades .
Toronto was characterized as an inevitability after he lost an apparent power struggle with Shapiro .
Anthopoulos ' decision not to return to Toronto , which was characterized as an inevitability after he lost an apparent power struggle with Shapiro , was received with outrage by a fan base still basking in the glow of the team 's first playoff run in over two decades .