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The skinny on JVG By Charlie Rosen
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10/18/2003  9:27 PM
Don't expect Jeff Van Gundy to produce much of a turnaround with Houston. Sure, the Rockets will play better defense and hustle more, but Van Gundy's offenses are extremely simplistic. Even worse, Van Gundy is arrogant, secretive and manipulative. But he's so rumpled and pouty-pussed that he has convinced too many media muppets that he's really a hard-working underdog who made it big.


Also, Van Gundy purchases his players' loyalty by kissing their butts. How long before Stevie Franchise and even Yao Ming turn the other cheek?
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10/19/2003  12:19 PM
This is the stupidest post I have ever read on this site.
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10/19/2003  12:26 PM
Posted by purple012870:

This is the stupidest post I have ever read on this site.

Agreed.
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10/19/2003  4:34 PM
Sorry that Jeff had a lot of y'all fooled , but some people who know him are not afraid to speak up on the "REAL" JVG I know!
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10/19/2003  8:38 PM
Wow Playa, I guess you must know him personally to speak that way about him. And since you run to the defense of Chaney and Layden all the time I guess you are boys with them too? Maybe you are the one who has been fooled but Dolan & Co. JVG was a good coach to NY - he did quit on us without any notice which is a dark spot on his resume, however he was a solid coach and much better than Chaney will ever be.
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10/19/2003  9:16 PM
At it again, Playa. You are obsessed with the guy!

For all of you who don't know, Playa was on the Daily news Board before this and has always had a hard on for JVG. This is nothing new. He will rip him at every chance. Yet he supports chaney and Layden. I guess he feels more comfortable in the company of LOSERS.

I told him once and I will say it again. NBA coaches get judged on thier record. If Houston makes the playoffs, JVG has done his job this year and he will be on his way to building the team he wants there. The man can coach. I do not care about how he does it.

Playa you are always quick to note anyone praising anyone but JVG, but your boy isiah got canned this year and Oakley ripped Tim Floyd one. That has never happened to JVG. I know it burns you. Even your boy John Wallace has nice things to say about JVG!

You're a loser baby~!!
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10/19/2003  9:27 PM
Oasis, you answered your own doubts when you said VG has 1 dark spot on his resume. Rosen said the guy was secretive and manipulative he was a kiss azz coach who got credit for being in the right place at the right time thanks to Pat Ewing and not his own coaching resume. He purchases his players loyalty by kissing their butts and now he got Ewing playing asst coach for him LOL . I know dolan is goofed up and Layden is also, but the reason why we have to deal with them is mainly jeff fault. What jeff helped do was throw the direction of the team out the window! How do you think we made the finals? The guys jeff didn't want to play was the ones that Grunfeld praised and they led the knicks to the finals that yr. He was so stubborn and arrogant we almost didn't play those guys, thank God for injuries. Because of him, we have Scott Layden as GM, did you forget that HE HIMSELF GOT GRUNFELD canned? He weasled his way in AS HEAD COACH just like the charlie rosen article says. Because of VG butt kissing ways the knicks old GM (GRUNFELD)who was just about to give the knicks a new direction had to walk AND THIS IS WHEN OUR TEAM WENT DOWN HILL. Now if you wanna continue to close your eyes to these truths then do so, I for one won't forget his shady moves to get our (old)gm fired and then he walks out on our team 19 games into the season and some of you think he was the messiah or something. Riley faxes over his RESIGNATION and he's a (RAT), Vandummy pulls his crap and he is forgiven, so in reality he was the one that started our down fall by not leaving the organization himself, instead his (EGO) caused Layden to fall in our laps!

[Edited by - playa2 on 10/20/2003 07:49:58]
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10/19/2003  10:05 PM
Posted by GoNyGoNyGo:

At it again, Playa. You are obsessed with the guy!

For all of you who don't know, Playa was on the Daily news Board before this and has always had a hard on for JVG. This is nothing new. He will rip him at every chance. Yet he supports chaney and Layden. I guess he feels more comfortable in the company of LOSERS.

I told him once and I will say it again. NBA coaches get judged on thier record. If Houston makes the playoffs, JVG has done his job this year and he will be on his way to building the team he wants there. The man can coach. I do not care about how he does it.

Playa you are always quick to note anyone praising anyone but JVG, but your boy isiah got canned this year and Oakley ripped Tim Floyd one. That has never happened to JVG. I know it burns you. Even your boy John Wallace has nice things to say about JVG!

You're a loser baby~!!

hahah... get him gony...
Anyone who sits around and waits for the lottery to better themselves, either in real life or in sports, Is a Loser............... TKF
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10/20/2003  7:30 AM
Everytime JVG makes the news either you or myself Gony has something to POST about him, so don't come on here trying to fool people that I am obsessed with him AND YOU NEVER GO OUT YOUR WAY POST ANYTHING ABOUT THE GUY. You would post anything said positive about JVG even if he drove his daughter to school and I would post anything negative about him, yea those secretive things the average fans knows nothing about. All I can say to you is this, the time has come for Jeff to be "EXPOSED", because FINALLY he is out from under the veteran leadership teams he had while being successuful coaching the knicks. He has never coached away from NY, HIS SCHEMES FOR PLAYERS HAS NEVER BEEN ACCEPTED OUTSIDE OF THE KNICKS ORGANIZATION. Those in the know understands he won games, but like the writer Rosen brings out VANDUMMY'S OFFENSE IS SIMPLISTIC AND WILL DRIVE FRANCIS AND MOBLEY CRAZY! Rosen has no bias towards jeff and he just so happen to bring out the same things I have exposed about this guy. I wanna hear what you say when this team eventually underachieves with vandummy as coach. What jeff was helped throw the direction of the team out the window! Because of him we have Layden did you forget that? He weasled his way in just like the Charlie Rosen article says. He's manipulative and arrogant to boot. Because of his butt kissing ways the (old)GM GRUNFELD who was about to give the knicks a new direction had to walk, AND THIS IS WHEN OUR TEAM WENT DOWNHILL. Now if you wanna continue to close your eyes to these truths then do so, I for one, won't forget his shady moves to get our (old)gm fired and himself exalted, then he walks out on our team 19 games into the season and some of you think he was the messiah or something.



[Edited by - playa2 on 10/20/2003 07:54:04]
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10/20/2003  9:12 AM
Yeah and you dont think Rosen is not just a little bit jealous of JVG? Here is a guy around 65 years old who has been arond hoops his whole life coaching womens low level college ball and the CBA! He looks at JVG with disdain because he is jealous and thinks he should be there and not JVG! What a sorry loser he is.

Right place right time, ass-kisssing, whatever it is JVG does to get jobs and KEEP THEM, he WINS!!!!! FINAL MEASURE OF ANY NBA COACH.

As for his leaving NY, high and dry, what about the DOlan's not giving him an extension while also not allowing him to look elsewhere. Dolan wanted to make JVG look like a fool by canning him that season. JVG one upped him.


Yes, I am a supporter of JVG. THe man can coach. As all who read this forum know, I do not bring him up much at all, if ever. I respond to your stupid tirades only. Personally I want to see him do well if only to piss you and ROSEN off. Otherwise, I could care less. I follow him, like I follow Parcells. I like to see how caoches work and if it really is them that makes a difference with teams. For Parcells we KNOW it is. For JVG he has YET TO PROVE HIMSELF in another city. That is why this is interesting to me. Do I think he will? Absolutely! Is he great coach? Not yet...he needs to be successful in Houston to be in that class.

Honest and objective. Try it sometime.
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10/20/2003  9:38 AM
Where is this article anyway? I can't find Rosen on Page 2 of the ESPN site anymore. I guess they got sick of his drivel too?

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10/20/2003  9:43 AM
Posted by GoNyGoNyGo:

Where is this article anyway? I can't find Rosen on Page 2 of the ESPN site anymore. I guess they got sick of his drivel too?

POST THE LINK
it was on tsn.com
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10/20/2003  9:53 AM
it will never get posted GONY, it wasn't a real article.
What does DICK CHANEY & DON CHANEY have in common ?? They both accidentally fell into a job they don't deserve & really suck at doing it !!!! Both need to be fired !!!
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10/20/2003  11:10 AM
Thanks for the link, caseloads.

Now that I have read the article, I wonder about a few things.

First, Rosen blasts virtually everyone he mentions in the article. Is this guy bitter or what?

Secondly in addtiion to JVG, he blats Isiah. Funny Playa, you don't mention that. Are you denying now you were a big Thomas fan last year? Let's ask TKF what he remembers.

Third: Rosen blasts Brown! Bitterness shines through here.

Like I said before reading this, Rosen is bitter. He hates anyone who has been successful. He thinks he knows it all.

Sorry Charlie, you don't. As for you Playa, looks like you have another loser to hand around with.

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10/20/2003  11:31 AM
eating crow ala mode !!! lol... playa
What does DICK CHANEY & DON CHANEY have in common ?? They both accidentally fell into a job they don't deserve & really suck at doing it !!!! Both need to be fired !!!
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10/20/2003  11:42 AM
And another thing. You make it sound as though Grunfeld was a savior. First off, how did he do in Milwaukee? Secondly after he was fired in 99, NY went on to get into the playoffs and get to the FINALS. The players that JVG did play Camby and Spree, were not traded by JVG, they were traded by LAYDEN, after JVG left! Those 2 players were JVG's favorites in the end, because they embodied what the team was. After JVG left, the first 2 to get traded were Camby and Spree, "Van Gundy Guys". JVG wanted Spree fom the beginning and pushed for the deal. He did not wnat Camby becasue he and OAK were tight. But through hard lessons, Camby learned and became a JVG type player. I would not be suprised to see them reunited someday.

The more you open your mouth the less sense you make.



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10/20/2003  11:53 AM
Look - Camby and Spree were obtained by Ernie.

Camby was dealt because he was too fragile.
Spree was dealt because his skills were on the downswing, and he was playing out of position, AND the fact that he clashed with management and then tried to make himself look like an angel.

Ernie did a decent job in NY. Ernie did a poor job in Milwaukee.

The Knicks were not about Ernie, Layden, JVG. They were about Checketts. Once he was gone because Dolan Junior wanted some limelight, the knicks fell, and fell big. But the knicks were on their downward fall before that. Remember when the Knicks got bounced by the raps from the 1st round? On a team that had no McGrady? That was the sign...
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10/20/2003  12:00 PM
Posted by GoNyGoNyGo:

Thanks for the link, caseloads.

Now that I have read the article, I wonder about a few things.

First, Rosen blasts virtually everyone he mentions in the article. Is this guy bitter or what?

Secondly in addtiion to JVG, he blats Isiah. Funny Playa, you don't mention that. Are you denying now you were a big Thomas fan last year? Let's ask TKF what he remembers.

Third: Rosen blasts Brown! Bitterness shines through here.

Like I said before reading this, Rosen is bitter. He hates anyone who has been successful. He thinks he knows it all.

Sorry Charlie, you don't. As for you Playa, looks like you have another loser to hand around with.
Look - here are the facts:

1) I. Thomas wasn't that bad of a coach. He was stuck in politics. The post-allstar break decline of the pacers? Everyone on that team was stuck in some sort of crisis.

2) Brown: He's a whiny guy, at least in public, which wont work well with veterans. Yes, in Philly he had a hard time with the disobediant Iverson, but the guy might be a little overrated - Carlisle got the Pistons to achieve as best they could last season. I have a hard time imagining them doing any better this year under Iverson. The Pistons were a Chauncey Billups ankle sprain away from potentially going to the finals.

3) JVG - let's hold the jury on this one. Sure JVG plays little games, and sometimes those games backfire (calling Jordan a charlattan before a game). Let's see what happens in Houston. We all know JVG isn't fond of young players. And we know Steve Francis could pull an Iverson/NVE and revolt if JVG tries to be too controlling.

I think Rosen comes off as bitter, and he might very well be, but he might also just be on to something, or just a guy with an opinion, like all of us.
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10/20/2003  12:01 PM
In addition, Brown is a fickle coach... he's going to want to trade about half of his roster in the next year.
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10/20/2003  4:03 PM
I was busy all day but , at least caseloads was unbias in his posting. He actually brought out the fact that the players that helped us make it to the finals Vandunce didn't even want to play them! Yea the jury is out on vandunce in Houston, but we all know he's now in the western conference and he will be EXPOSED as a stubborn weasel of a coach. Gony you foolishly compare Parcells with JVG when Parcells has won it all and VANDUNCE CAN'T WIN OVER A POINT GUARD NAME FRANCIS .IF GRUNFELD HAD A CHANCE TO FINISH THE JOB , THE KNICKS WOULDN'T PROBALY BE IN THE MESS THEY ARE IN TODAY.
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The skinny on JVG By Charlie Rosen

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