i agree with giving IT the rest of the season to work with. firing him because of one first half, however disgusting, would be unfair. but end of the season, we'll see what dolan's apology really means. is he really willing to finally bust up this festering organization, or is he just telling us what we want to hear?

i'm counting down the days.

I think Dolan's learned his lesson. A while back, he was a quick fix guy - give out a few big contracts and fill some seats. But he has changed his strategy with the Rangers and is in the process of doing it with the Knicks. He's doing what he should have done from the beginning - go young and build for the future. It takes patience, but it's a good strategy.

Bippity - how do you commit to yoot with what was inherited?

you can't simply cut everybody, or can you?



most of our good guys are under 28 years old anyway

Play Mardy Collins

Dolan doesn't care what you think:

bippity - (yawn)

you can always switch allegiance to the NJ Nets

What I've found on this site because I tend to harp on the same things over and over again is very interesting. In June and July guys are calling me a Net fan for my point of view. Then in November and December they are echoing exactly what I said in June and July and using that opinion as their own. Kind of like what Earl did in one of his other posts today. This is the most sincere form of flattery. I do notice this, and I do appreciate the compliment despite the tough guy stance in June and July.

I dont' think we necessarily have to trade Frye but I don't think we take him off the board either. I think what we need to do is something we haven't done since Ewing left, and that is decide on a direction. And by direction I don't mean "add young players". What I mean is figure out who we are building around. Don't build around one core, then trade it away and then build around another core and then trade it away and then build around another. I mean do what we thought LB was going to do last year. Decide on who our key players are. Decide which players on the roster compliment those key players. Decide who is serious about winning basketball. Anyone that does not fit this core whether we like them, or they are great players or not should be on the table if we can find players that can make our team more balanced. Our problem is not talent, it is balance. We should not fear trading talent to create balance. This feeling that we must keep players on a roster that is struggling to reach .500 needs to be eradicated.

That being said. I like Frye. Despite his slow start I am still a big fan. I want the guy to grow with us, but if we can balance this team he should be considered in a trade.

allanfan: I'm on board with you. I think Francis has been a breath of fresh air this year. I think Marbs is struggling mentally but I think he can be salvaged(by Isiah only). I like the effort from Craw and Nate and would hate to see either of them go. But our backcourt all has the same strengths and weaknesses. So we need to jettison at least one, most likely 2 of these guys to gain some sort of balance in the backcourt. It is the quickest way to getting this team to the playoffs. I just think as an organization we are afraid to make a mistake.

Amen brother. I have nothing to add.