Give Donnie a two year or three year extension and let him finish the job he started.

But if we get Rick adelman as coach and pitchard as GM i wouldnt mind Donnie leaving.. at least he brought our team back

martin wrote:

eViL wrote:heard that one reason Donnie's option wasn't picked up yet is because an extension may be better for him with respect to the looming lockout. apparently his option year may not have a clause that covers payment during work stoppages. whereas, some of the more recently signed GM's have deals which address that contingency. perhaps the idea is to re-sign Donnie to a fresh deal that covers him in-case the players and owners can't get their acts together.

ha, i bet it's the opposite: Dolan does not want to PAY Donnie if there is a work stoppage, and that's why he is hesitant to pick up the $5M option which may regardless if there is a season or not.

i wish i could find the article where i read the point about the lockout contingency. however, it's all speculation so your guess is as good as mine. i will counter that while dolan has shown himself to be dumb, he's hasn't shown himself to be cheap.

Asked directly if he expects to be the team president on opening night of the 2011-12 season, Walsh said: "I haven't got any crystal balls, so I don't know, but I wouldn't make a big deal out of that. I don't know how you can extrapolate. There are a lot of factors involved, some mine, some the franchise's, and whatever comes out of it comes out of it. But it's not something I'm thinking about right now at all. I'm thinking about tomorrow, and after tomorrow I'll be thinking about the draft and free agency and trades, or whatever."

"No matter what happens here, it will help us to go through that kind of an experience with a team like Boston because it shows you what you've got to be like," Walsh said. "You've got to be tied together in a very close way, and they are. And that's why they have a successful team. Teams that have been through big moments like they have, that's how you learn, that's how you get there.

"We got our ass beat last night, which does happen from time to time," Walsh said. "We're in a tough position because we're missing the two guys. Amare showed great heart by playing, but you could see there was difficulty for him. I think we need to try to do the best we can tomorrow and see if we can bring it back to Boston, but our future is going to be pretty good, and that's the only thing I can say right now, and I'm not using that as an excuse or anything else. I think it was good for us to get in the playoffs, we see what we need to have and what we don't have, and we have to get to work to make sure we have it."

Awaits "The Decision" Part 2.

knickstorrents wrote:

martin wrote:

knickstorrents wrote:Agree. But honestly, Donnie deserves better.

in what way?

If you didn't need the money, would you work for Dolan?

Donnie probably didn't need the money before he started.