Posted by diderotn:
BRIGG! the thing about N.Y. is that a black man will not get that long of a time to show what he really can do. In areas where a white GM would get 4 to 5 years, as a black man, you only get 2 years...If Isiah doesn't have a strong start and a strong finish next season and make the playoffs, he will be history...
Maybe thats the problem, we have Mills, a black man, Isiah, a black man, Chaney, Herb, and Wilkens, all black men! Maybe we should not hire "the black man"!
Thats a joke obviously!
Dido, are you freakin out of your mind! This has nothing to do with race or lenght of contract! Isiah is and was a charasmatic hire! Everybody was enamerred with him and the "messiah" was performing miricles with the marbury trade!
His biggest sin was not blowing it up and its likely to be the pressures to keep revenue flowing. His second sin is trying to rebuild and remain viable. YOu must lose in order to evenutally win!
I for one have remained critical to the job he is doing because he is doing the wrong thing. For what he is actually trying to accomplish he is doing a decent job. He creates a buzz, and is getting younger and more athletic. But we are not addding blue chip quality guys, and I think this will take years, which I am not sure Isiah has or even wants!
Dolan and NY gives any man a chance. I thought Layden was abused totally and he did the same thing Isiah is doing, a bad job with little chance to succeed. Layden was doomed for many many reasons, and I am being consistant to say Isiah will follow the same fate unless the direction changes.
I root for Isiah to succeed as I did for Layden! The Marbury trade was very obvious in its intent and it worked great for PHX as they overpaid for Nash, but got their man! Colangelo had huge balls to do what he did. The team did a huge salary dump and got sold at the same time!
The thing with the garden for the last 20 years is its run like an entertainment company. Ewing was the centerpiece but we never built anything around him, we just kept adding pieces. The same thing exists today, trading for Dice was similar, as was Marbury! He is a great talent, but not a cornerstone to build around.
I have very little faith, but am a fan out of interest. I love the chess game of personel moves, and the strategy applied.
Problem is it takes YEARS to build a winner, and in NY there is much competition for the sports dollar.
Dido, shame on you for pulling the race card. Thus far, Isiah has not bailed, but his biggest problem is bloating the payroll. He has blundered the wilkens hire, and shandons contract. Taking on Penny is killing him. That is almost 20mil right there, big damm money!
