Posted by PresIke:
What I find it interesting how those who can't seem to enjoy any wins under Isiah or the players that are also apparently disliked find any possible way to spin things in a negative light and can predict with a level of certainty that only Nostradamus could envy what the outcome of the team will be and claim to be "objective."
I mean you really can't take yourself seriously as an objective observer when you clearly have no faith in Isiah or many of his players, even when they play better. The team has won 6 of their last 10 games, and has played over .500 ball since the Denver brawl, after a bad start, especially at home. If you're a critic it's because of "luck," other teams struggles, or how they are missing bad players...aka ZERO willingness to give Isiah or the team any credit, or at least an obvious attempt to show how they don't deserve any. Are those sometimes factors? Yes, and should be recognized as so, but they aren't necessarily THE ONLY factors, and can and have gone against the Knicks as well. Yet, if a fan suggests that the Knicks have injuries...it's then "every team in the NBA has them." See the pattern?
I will admit that I am one who wants to see the team succeed, and that makes me lack some objectivity, sure, but the sad attempt to demean anyone who or any point that supports the team as some kind of "objective" analysis is so laughable that it's almost become a parody of itself at this point. I will say that if it becomes clear that the team's future looks very bleak then I would be more than willing to suggest that the team should go in a different direction.
None of us know if the team is doomed to mediocrity for years to come at this point. That's fact. Some of us may be of the opinion that the team might play better or worse, depending upon your point of view. But the joy in loosing and expressing doubt that comes out after wins strikes me as part of why New York fans get a bad rep. When we were winning 50 games under Ewing it was still about how "we can't win a championship with Ewing" blah blah blah.
Some of us, I suspect, will NEVER be satisfied.
[Edited by - PresIke on 03-11-2007 3:01 PM]
[Edited by - PresIke on 03-11-2007 3:03 PM]
Good points. This team has holes, but if you cannot acknowledge that IT has brought in some good young players that can be winners, then I don't think you can seriously say your opinion about the team is objective. This team has improved every month this year and is still winning over 50% of its games without 3 of its top 6 players. Exactly how many teams in the league could lose 3 of their top 6 and still play better than .500 ball. A few could but not many, but this team is doing it and has now made it to the eight seed. Is there still work to be done? Yes, but there is hope now and we have players that we can build upon.
3/11/2007 1:38 PM
