Dolan replaced an experienced GM who has a good working relationship with other GMs out there, and who might have been able to remove some of the team's obstacles. Instead he was replaced with a former executive who left in disgrace, no experience on the basketball side of operations, and overstated connections.
Woodson did a great job of keeping things together last season with the help of some vets, but there are some problems too big for a coach to handle on his own and this is one of them IMO. Better to let the next coach start at 0-0 instead of subjecting him to having to keep this pile of caca afloat.
Yes, Melo is history, no doubt, Tyson and Stat will be shopped as well, with mixed results. If not now in the offseason. This franchise can keep applying band aids or it can use this confluence of events, bad team and big contracts coming off the books, to build a real contender from the ground up. Get rid of the big contracts, trade for some picks when its doable and leave a blank slate in a couple of years for a real GM (please no Allan Houston) and a real coach.
Nice dream I guess.