Posted by oohah:
No offense taken (anymore)
But I hope you understand that doing things differently on his part would have been a capitulation to pressure, or allowing himself to be held hostage by the situation.
I agree. Here is the thing. He is damned either way now. If he brings back Marbury he is still screwed.
My mistake, but I was trying to find a relevance for your nitpick over D's statement. It was just a line to let them know the situation has been decided and it's not going to change in the foreseeable future. Do you really think the scenario would be significantly different if he said it in a different way? I don't.
I think in his head D'Antoni believes he can tell the media to basically shut up and there is no story because the situation has been decided as you point out.
I really don't think he understands the nature of this town's press. It's rough even when things are good and it is the toughest place to be bad, which we are. I observed a lack of skin thickness from him last season in Phoenix with a much easier press situation. Even Parcells had a tough time here with the Jets. And Parcells knows this town like few coaches, and he has one of the biggest juice cards in all of coaching.
oohah
[Edited by - oohah on 07-11-2008 7:12 PM]
I don't know if he's thick or thin skinned, but I don't think he cares. As much as any other coach in this league, he knows what he wants and he believes in his approach. IMO, he's obsessing about basketball and not the media, and that's the way I like it.
Meanwhile, I for one think he's great with the media.
11/7/2008 7:24 PM
