TMS wrote:loweyecue wrote:Exactly what is "all star" calibre? Is AI all star caliber player now? KG based on his performance this year?Why does everybody attach so much value to this completely illogical selection perpetuated by mass voting from the mindless masses? Why is it even considered a "level" of its own to achieve "all star" status when all you are doing is winning a rigged popularity contest? You guys keep talking about All stars like they mean something. I don't get it. 
Allstar calibre means players who are deserving of consideration for Allstar status... Joe Johnson was a 20 ppg scorer on a 54 win team in Phoenix... that to me is an Allstar calibre player... MDA had Amare, JJ, Nash & Marion all in their primes when those teams were winning... are we supposed to wait til we get 4 Allstar calibre guys in NY before we can fairly judge MDA? there's nothing wrong w/being patient on a team lacking in talent, but the way this team has played this season & the body language you can see in these players is very telling... it's not the W-L record as much as it's the way they've been losing these games that's more telling... none of them give a crap about this season... everyone's out to get their own cuz there is no sense of team or chemistry... for a team that's basically been playing together for the past 3 years don't u think there should be at least some improvement in continuity while working the offense? in many ways i think this team has regressed, & i didn't even think that was possible.
No you can judge MDA all you want. But what other coaches have succeeded in doing what you describe? LB in Charlotte and Adelman withe Rockets would be the only two this season? We already saw how one of those same coaches fared here. It is OK to discuss them in general terms but when put in context of the Knicks I don't see how you can say they would do better. The evidence that we do have points in the opposite direction. They would have developed the youth etc may be valid arguments but LB didn't get any better chemistry from this team than MDA has, if anything he totally botched it. You were vocal against Hughes continued benching, do you think T-Mac's benching in Houston was justified? Why are they so different? I am sure there are case to case differences but wasn't the larger picture the same? Selfish players playing badly got benched. So they have winning record and we don't. If Houston was losing would that justify putting T-Mac back on?
Anyway just trying to raise some questions here and point out that things are not always what they seem to be. There aren't any coaches that were available then with a proven track record that would have done any better here. Personally I am glad we didn't get Mark Jackson as coach. There will always be another what-if scenario (just ask Briggs) but sooner or later you gotta realize we can't change the past and at any given time we should focus on the best step forward given what we DO have.If we make good decisions sooner or later they will pay off. To me MDA over MJax was and still is a good decision. Many will disagree. Not all decisions pay off, but you always take he highest percentage move and you take your losses on the chin.
TKF on Melo ::....he is a punk, a jerk, a self absorbed out of shape, self aggrandizing, unprofessional, volume chucking coach killing playoff loser!!
