Posted by VDesai:

Very insightful post. Which paper do you write for?

Posted by nysportsfan11:

Mills runs the place the way Dolan wants him to. That's why he was hired. He operates the sports wing and Garden of Dreams not the entire Garden. He was very good at every job he had when he worked in the NBA office. It's the same with almost everyone in the Knicks organization. If Supranowitz were elsewhere, he would be a great pr exec as opposed to the "male secretary" and keeper of the sacred media policy that Dolan has him operating as now. It's why Vince Jackson left, why Van Gundy left, why Maureen Coyle (one of the best PR execs in the game) left the Liberty and why other people in the organization left.

Dolan only knows one way. If you're good at your job, you'll basically either leave, get fired or become a shill. Unlike Thomas, as soon as Mills leaves, he'll have tons of other offers because he built up a reputation around the league. He was the golden boy and I doubt he's going to let Thomas and Dolan ruin that for him.

The Knicks execs aren't incompetent, they've just been brow-beaten into doing whatever it takes to keep their jobs instead of doing their jobs. They stick around because the money and the benefits are some of the best in the league, plus it's still the World's Most Famous. Dolan manages like Isiah coaches - you never know what his mood is going to be. Most of them land on their feet because other people around the league know this.

Barry Watkins, VP of Communications, has been scheming on Mills' job for the longest, making power moves. He's the "high ranking official" leaking everything to the media. I sincerely doubt Mills is the one leaking his unhappiness with Isiah to the media. It sounds more like Watkins playing both sides against the middle as usual. So for all the talk of Walsh or Colangelo or whoever, he's probably who you're going to end up with if Mills leaves, which would be horrible for the Knicks, Rangers and Liberty. It'd be like going from Layden to Thomas only in the board room this time.

Posted by BlueSeats:

Posted by nysportsfan11:

Mills runs the place the way Dolan wants him to. That's why he was hired. He operates the sports wing and Garden of Dreams not the entire Garden. He was very good at every job he had when he worked in the NBA office. It's the same with almost everyone in the Knicks organization. If Supranowitz were elsewhere, he would be a great pr exec as opposed to the "male secretary" and keeper of the sacred media policy that Dolan has him operating as now. It's why Vince Jackson left, why Van Gundy left, why Maureen Coyle (one of the best PR execs in the game) left the Liberty and why other people in the organization left.

Dolan only knows one way. If you're good at your job, you'll basically either leave, get fired or become a shill. Unlike Thomas, as soon as Mills leaves, he'll have tons of other offers because he built up a reputation around the league. He was the golden boy and I doubt he's going to let Thomas and Dolan ruin that for him.

The Knicks execs aren't incompetent, they've just been brow-beaten into doing whatever it takes to keep their jobs instead of doing their jobs. They stick around because the money and the benefits are some of the best in the league, plus it's still the World's Most Famous. Dolan manages like Isiah coaches - you never know what his mood is going to be. Most of them land on their feet because other people around the league know this.

Barry Watkins, VP of Communications, has been scheming on Mills' job for the longest, making power moves. He's the "high ranking official" leaking everything to the media. I sincerely doubt Mills is the one leaking his unhappiness with Isiah to the media. It sounds more like Watkins playing both sides against the middle as usual. So for all the talk of Walsh or Colangelo or whoever, he's probably who you're going to end up with if Mills leaves, which would be horrible for the Knicks, Rangers and Liberty. It'd be like going from Layden to Thomas only in the board room this time.

Welcome, quality poster.

What I'd be interested to know is, what was Mills' position on Isiah at the time of his extension last year. How did he advise Dolan at the time?

and what was Mills' position on Isiah before he got hired?

Thomas reportedly is owed $24 million, and if Garden chairman James Dolan wants to make a coaching change, the Knicks boss would have to pay a hefty price.