Posted by BlueSeats:
Posted by tkf:
Posted by BlueSeats:
Wally and Flip give you more hope than Balkman, Lee, Morris and Chandler?
Giving up on those guys to go "all in" on Eddy, Zach and Crawford is desperate and dangerous.
I suggest a moratorium on trades until we have a real GM and coach in place to make sensible evaluations once the toxins are removed.
yea, the virus is starting to kick in around here with some posters, some of the post around here.. LOL...... I mean really, why get rid of the only guys who seem to play hard every night for other teams trash... geez, when enron was exposed, they didn't go after middle managers, they went right to the top..... why can't we do the same?
[Edited by - tkf on 12-12-2007 6:52 PM]
I gotta figure Dolan was hoping that Isiah's job security was a dark cloud over the team, and that if he gave assurances and settled the harassment suit the cloud would be lifted and the team would unify. I can understand it, management has invested a lot in Isiah and his players, Dolan has to give it every chance to work. But the irony is that the early extension backfired last year, and the assurances have done little so far this year.
I suspect as much as the players love the ice cream parties and all the ways Isiah coddles them, deep down they don't respect him enough. They've seen how he's never gotten a handle on Marbury, who few if any even like. They've seen him never get a handle on a coach, or offer better solutions of his own. They've seen him make trade after trade that only crowds the roster, confuses their roles, and fills none of the voids. At a certain point I think the players want someone who's going to lead or get out of the way, and more and more they may see Isiah as in the way.
But having said all that, it's still inexcusable. Isiah is just the next in a long line of coaches they've checked out on. They realize that winning would require things of themselves that they're just not willing to give, so they wait and wait for someone who can make it easy for them - and we know that person will never come.
[Edited by - blueseats on 12-12-2007 7:38 PM]
Blue, that is so well put, I mentioned this before, that the knicks players, most of them are "check collectors" We all have them at work, they will show up every day, they will actually do enough work to get by, but if ever asked to do their job to the full, they will revolt. That is what these knicks are doing. For some time now, they have been allowed to do what they want, and they collected their checks, now that the shyt has hit the fan and they have to acutally perform, no longer is showing up just enough, these guys have mailed it in..... This has been the case with these guys for a while now....
Anyone who sits around and waits for the lottery to better themselves, either in real life or in sports, Is a Loser...............
TKF
