Posted by EnySpree:

Posted by PresIke:

Wow, that's pretty cool. Too bad Crawfod reads RealGM, because that place is full of nuts.

Yeah Real GM is the worst.

jamals sister post there and I think she knows the owners of the site also, that Is why I think he goes to that site also...

Martin and Andrew don't get enough props for their work on this site. Thanks for everything guys!

Posted by martin:

"Me and my brother...." Yeah, I know. To all you young kids out there, this is why using grammatical slang in your every day life is bad. It comes back to haunt you when it really counts. Crap.

Yeah because everyone in New York walks around saying: "my brother and I" LOL! Don't be so hard on yourself.

Posted by martin:

Posted by rvhoss:

i'm surprised they know what term kool aid refers to. I got it from fishes sig when I joined (that's when he wasn't such a downer)

all good...go knicks!

actually the beat guys (who, I am guessing, are all well over 30 years of age) are surprised YOU have heard of the Kool Aid phrase. It's from the 70s.

Let's give credit where credit is due here, which is to say, to me. I started the Kool-Aid reference on this board and I'm sure the beat writers picked up on it.

That's what I get for not posting as much lately. Back in my prime that article would have been all about me and my views on Isiah and the Knicks. Damn, I think I better start picking it up a little just in case.

Posted by islesfan:

Let's give credit where credit is due here, which is to say, to me. I started the Kool-Aid reference on this board and I'm sure the beat writers picked up on it.

That's what I get for not posting as much lately. Back in my prime that article would have been all about me and my views on Isiah and the Knicks. Damn, I think I better start picking it up a little just in case.

See, this is why we need a search feature. I really don't believe Isles was the first to use the Kool-Aid reference as regards the Knicks, but I can't prove it.

BTW, for those who are too young to get the kool-aid reference:

The idiomatic expression drinking the Kool-Aid is a reference to the 1978 cult mass-suicide in Jonestown, Guyana. Jim Jones, the leader of the group, convinced his followers to move to Jonestown. Late in the year he then ordered his flock to commit suicide by drinking grape-flavored Flavor Aid laced with potassium cyanide. In what is now commonly called "the Jonestown Massacre", 913 of the 1100 Jonestown residents drank the brew and died. (The discrepancy between the idiom and the actual occurrence is likely due to Flavor Aid's relative obscurity versus the easily recognizable Kool-Aid.)

One lasting legacy of the Jonestown tragedy is the saying, “Don’t drink the Kool-Aid.” This has come to mean, "Don’t trust any group you find to be a little on the kooky side," or "Whatever they tell you, don't believe it too strongly."

The phrase can also be used in the opposite sense to indicate that one has blindly embraced a particular philosophy or perspective (a "Kool-Aid drinker"). This usage is generally limited to those in or commenting on United States politics, but also appears in discussions on computer technology, where someone who is a staunch advocate for a particular technology is described as having "drunk the Kool-Aid". This is also frequently used in discussions about sports; when a fan makes an overly-optimistic prediction or hopeful statement, usually about a traditionally woeful team or franchise, others may comment that he is "drinking the Kool-Aid"

This is the only usage of "Kool-Aid" that non-American speakers of English are likely to recognise.
From Wikipedia - "Drinking the Kool-Aid"

Wowza, nice going Martin and Andrew as always. Thanks to Mike Dougherty for giving me the props!