Woodson got fired in ATL because he took them as far as he could. Larry Drew did not much better.

Its possible Woodson is a not a championship coach, but I don't think this is a championship caliber roster.

you know he is only going to do isolation plays

you know he is only going to do isolation plays

you know he is only going to do isolation plays

you know he is only going to do isolation plays

You so crazy.

Vmart wrote:Accountability was what Woodson preached and he was the one that should be accountable for inexcusable performances in the playoffs. Continuously throwing JR Smith out there hoping he will get hot. Not holding JR Smith accountable for off court BS. Never calling out his players for poor performances. I recalled Greg Popovich call out his entire starting lineup and benching them.

Calling the same damn isolation plays again and again. Not having the Knicks prepared for playoff basketball. With that said he did have a very good regular season. I want to give Woodson another chance but to tell you guys the truth next year if the Knicks make the playoffs it will be more of the same. Now I know why Atlanta dumped him his team and system had peaked and I believe the same here because he is running Atlanta offense here.

I personally would move on and call Brian Shaw to coach the Knicks to get a new system in.

He doesn't deserve another chance. He has shown over and over in Atlanta that he is slow and stubborn. We are now seeing the exact thing repeat itself. He can't or won't learn. I think we should just can him. He is hopeless. But there are people who would wear "second in the east" as a badge of honor. To me it's about as important as being voted MVP or becoming scoring champ.

Whatever.

misterearl wrote:Hopeless

loweyecue - after one season and a half in New York you are still stuck in Atlanta?

Were the Knicks a superior roster, in health and skill sets, to Indiana?

yes or no?

Did you read my post before you decided to spin it? The problems I have with Woodson are roster independent, well established and have carried over from his time in Atlanta.

You can put up whatever excuse you want - we were badly coached and largely unprepared for the playoffs. Indiana was actually playing w/o their "Star" player.

Woodson was given exactly the type of team he wanted (never happened once for MDA). He had a so called superstar, a returning DPOY, vets with championship experience and JR smith who became 6th man of the year and a host of defensive minded players.

Indiana had 5 good starters no stars and zero championship experience. They played TEAM basketball and they handed out @$$ to us.

Let the spinning begin.

The fact that Indy is taking the defending champs to a game seven also shows that we need to make some moves to give Woodson a more competitive and healthier squad. He still has one more season on his contract, and considering the great success he had in the regular season, success we haven't seen in many years, its only fair that mgmt gives him one more year to prove he can get past the second round.

Besides the only coach I can remember being demoted and later becoming an assistant to the coach who replaced him was Kurt Rambis and Phil Jackson.

In your opinion , were the Knicks a superior roster, in health and skill sets, to Indiana?

If you choose to duck and dodge it's cool. Please do not hide behind a label.

misterearl wrote:loweyecue - no spin. Just a simple question that required a yes or no answer.

In your opinion , were the Knicks a superior roster, in health and skill sets, to Indiana?

If you choose to duck and dodge it's cool. Please do not hide behind a label.

I thought I answered that before. In terms of health Indy was without their best player the entire season we had all our starters.

In terms of skill and experience I think it was about equal but slight edge to the Knicks.

Biggest thing in favor of the Pacers was that their center can dunk and their coach actually calls plays to capitalize on it.