dolan said some very damning things about larry brown. of course, larry will respond with his side of the story.

and then there's the third side which is the truth...and something we'll never know.

after listening to that, all i can say is that there is no way in hell isiah wants to coach this team. he is being forced to and his professional career is in jeopardy. he is really being put in a position to fail. i made a post about this earlier. if they really believed in him, they would give isiah an extension b/c giving him this ultimatum has nothing to do with what's in the best interest of the team. having a lame duck coach doesn't help anyone. even tho i would be very unhappy about isiah getting more years, philosophically, it's what i've asked for, giving the coach full support.

dolan said they had an open mind about him returning which i don't believe. you don't let a guy hang out for 40 days if your intention was to bring him back. lb was done no matter what he said in that meeting.

history shows that larry would beg and plead for players to be traded back and forth and then would sour on them soon after. it's in his resume. yet they apparently succombed to his wishes (their story) and traded for jalen + francis. as the president and GM of the team, you HAVE TO SAY NO. if he's upset, you deal with him, but at least you don't have those two guys on the roster.

so we'll get another day when lb talks. we'll get another day when the arbitration is ruled. and then they'll finally turn the page.

this is a clear case of the knicks AGAIN, not doing their homework. lb can be and has proven to be very successful, but he requires a support staff and patience around him. he's a prick and a primadonna but he gets the job done. but if you don't have the right people in place to deal with lb, then it's not going to work, as the 05/06 knicks are the proof.

[Edited by - djsunyc on 06-26-2006 9:48 PM]

Posted by djsunyc:

btw, all the cap stuff dolan was talking about was total BS.

This is nothing new. They've talked about cap space for years. Dolan can't tell the truth. It would sound awful if he said, "we're gonna continue to increase the payroll by 25% annually. We need players like Marbury to sell jerseys."

Posted by Bonn1997:

Posted by djsunyc:

btw, all the cap stuff dolan was talking about was total BS.

This is nothing new. They've talked about cap space for years. Dolan can't tell the truth. It would sound awful if he said, "we're gonna continue to increase the payroll by 25% annually. We need players like Marbury to sell jerseys."

They didn't say they would creating cap space. They said they would have been in a position to get closer to the cap but for Jalen's and Francis's contract, and they would have, if they continued to let contracts expire.

Posted by Rich:

Posted by Bonn1997:

Posted by djsunyc:

btw, all the cap stuff dolan was talking about was total BS.

This is nothing new. They've talked about cap space for years. Dolan can't tell the truth. It would sound awful if he said, "we're gonna continue to increase the payroll by 25% annually. We need players like Marbury to sell jerseys."

They didn't say they would creating cap space. They said they would have been in a position to get closer to the cap but for Jalen's and Francis's contract, and they would have, if they continued to let contracts expire.

I didn't hear it. Of course they would have sent the expiring contracts off in another trade though if they didn't do the Rose/Francis trades.

larry brown put the clause in the contract to have stern arbitrate.

Posted by Bonn1997:

How do you know who put it in the contract?

That's Dolan's position.

It's on again from the beginning. Unedited and uncut so MSG says.

No holds barred my ***. With Al Trautwig, an MSG employee and sycophant asking the questions it's shaping up to be a 30 minute long MSG propaganda film.

Posted by islesfan:

No holds barred my ***. With Al Trautwig, an MSG employee and sycophant asking the questions it's shaping up to be a 30 minute long MSG propaganda film.

I'm with Islesfan on this one.
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