Should Dantoni have adjusted his philosophy to suit Melo or should Melo have bought into SSOL? Neither did anything about it so Dantoni is gone. They will always get rid of the coach before the player. If either scenario happened we'd be a better team today because offensively Dantoni is light years ahead of Woodson.

Dantoni might've won with this roster since they are savy vets who know how to defend. We wouldn't see predictable iso ball.

Right now Woodson is a mess offensively and his strength "Defense" is 15th in the league. His lineups and rotations have no rhythm or reason. We lack an identity. Too many low IQ players mixed with veterans who should not be allowed to free lance. The head honcho "JR Smith" happens to be a favorite of the coach. On second thought we do have an identity, low IQ basketball is our identity

Not a good combination

gunsnewing wrote:

NYDiva wrote:I want Brian Shaw. Woodson is a defensive-oriented coach who can't motivate the team to play defense on a consistent basis and an iso-heavy offensive coach. I've heard nothing but good things about Shaw, let's give him a shot.

Thats the kind of young coaching mind I'm referring to. Someone who is hungry. Not another dinosaur in terms of age and philosophy. Brian Shaw paid his dues under Phil Jackson. Shaw would be a perfect hire. Tell me where to sign

James Dolan only hires yes men.

Call me negative all you want. I've watched every game this year. This trend of coming out flat, lack of effort, poor defense, too much iso, too many bricked 3's has been goin on since Dec. 17th. Knicks never recovered after getting blown off their home court by the Rockets a 2nd time

gunsnewing wrote:That was Woodson's switching scheme last year not Dantoni. Woodson was not just brought here to be Dantoni's assistant. He was brought here to be the defensive coordinator and has been very mediocre with his system. As evident by the Knicks being ranked 15th in defense for over 3months now.

Call me negative all you want. I've watched every game this year. This trend of coming out flat, lack of effort, poor defense, too much iso, too many bricked 3's has been goin on since Dec. 17th. Knicks never recovered after getting blown off their home court by the Rockets a 2nd time

If you remember back before Woody the Knicks already had the same kind of switching defense. We all used to scream about it. It was clearly stated before last season by MDA that Woody would be coaching MDA's defensive system and really it didn't matter since Woody employed the same kind of system. Remember we all thought it would be different with Woody but in the end they still switched almost everything.

MDA's defensive scheme was about not fouling which he hated because it would lead to slowing down the game and the other team getting High % shots, which FT's are shot above 70% by most teams. He never had a strong defensive Center and thus he always employed a switching defense from his days in PHX. What he never had was a Tyson to hold down the middle. Right now Woody isn't getting any better results defensively than MDA used to get in PHX without a Center. That's not good.

nixluva wrote:

holfresh wrote:Woody is 55-28 since taking over...The Knicks have FAR exceeded anyone's expectation on this board from the start of the season...The Knicks have a better record than the other teams whose coaches posters here are drooling for...Did someone mention Mike D,Antonio..The clown of a coach that quit after a losing effort..CLOWN!!!..If Woody was so horrible and took the same freaking team to an 18-6 finish..What does that tell u about the Clown in LA..CLOWN...All he needs is big red boots and a big red nose...

You can place all your hopes on a strong start to the regular season but in the end Woody will be judged by whether he gets to the ECF's or not. You can say all the trash you want about MDA but in the end he's gotten further than Woody has so far in his coaching career. Until he gets this team to the ECF's he hasn't done jack squat IMO.

Right and the clown in LA will be a hero if he just makes the playoffs with 4 future HOF on the roster..Clown!!!

They happen to ask Woodson to coach the team. Woodson , there's a method to his madness he has a lot of players to evaluate before he finds out who's gonna be the most valuable and reliable before the 2nd season comes around.

This roster( as mature as it is in age) is assembled and fashioned to play playoff basketball.

I will hold my Mike Woodson judgement for the playoffs. This reg season test is for younger teams, our roster has years of playoff experience where nerves and intensity are tested.

Some of you act like little women with hot flashes , you can't handle it.

JamesKPolk wrote:

CrushAlot wrote:Absolutely. Knicks were coached by an offensive genius for 4 years. It didn't work. Second place in the east equals job insecurity?

LOL @ this hypocrite.

Such a typical response I saw coming miles away.

Woodson is basically Mike D'Antoni offensively, probably worse offensively, and his defensive coaching is mediocre at best. But of course with a better roster he has nice record (which wont mean anything when he loses us games in the playoffs) and he's automatically a good coach.

You need to support Woodson because you were practically falling over yourself trying to prop him up as some amazing coach so now you'll defend him to the death. Good for you...but nobody's buying it.

Stop baiting. You did it in a thread yesterday as well. Knicks have taken a dramatic turn since Woodson replaced dantoni. I get that you are a big fan of Walsh and I think he made a lot of mistakes. I don't remember you being a dantoni supporter.

JamesKPolk wrote:

gunsnewing wrote:

NYDiva wrote:I want Brian Shaw. Woodson is a defensive-oriented coach who can't motivate the team to play defense on a consistent basis and an iso-heavy offensive coach. I've heard nothing but good things about Shaw, let's give him a shot.

Thats the kind of young coaching mind I'm referring to. Someone who is hungry. Not another dinosaur in terms of age and philosophy. Brian Shaw paid his dues under Phil Jackson. Shaw would be a perfect hire. Tell me where to sign

James Dolan only hires yes men.

+10000000000000000000000000

Really?