Posted by holfresh:
So the answer is yes you will ignore the Dolan mandate...
Posted by holfresh:
The mandate was stated in an early press conference where Isiah said we would rebuild, Dolan interrupted and said we would make the playoffs...Dolan wanted a team that would make the playoffs at all cost...Isiah, being an employee of Dolan has to acquiesce to the owner demands...So here we are trying to rebuild with young players, Isiah job is in jeopardy because we don't have a playoff team on the floor...Funny thing is everyone is happy with the young players...Give him time to develop these players, never, but we want to rebuild...
Posted by holfresh:
One question Blue, honestly...Do you think Isiah could have rebuilt and kept his job?
Do you really think he could have done all you want including trying to get under the cap, not taking on salary( not showing he's trying to make the playoffs), and build through the draft and kept his job?
So you tell us not to ignore the mandate to make the playoffs at all costs, and you tell us that if Isiah ignored the mandate he'd be fired. Or if he rebuilt thru the draft he would be fired.
Yet he's failed on the mandate and he's not been fired.
He has failed on the mandate.
A few years back, I think in Isiah's first season here. Magic was interviewed on TNT about isiah and the Knicks and his comments were that the first thing isiah needed to do was bring down payroll. This is what came from the mouth of the man who was offered the job and turned it down. So Am I convinced Dolan could not have been reasoned with in respect to the proposed cost and timeframe of the endeavor? No, not at all.
If Isiah didn't believe that he could, with the unlimited resources allowed, fulfill on the mandate he should have either turned the job down,l or suggested an alternative approach. But I think he he salivated at the opportunity to spend lavishly and quickly, to make a big splash and put his imprint on the franchise, not only on the court but through every facet of marketing, training, coaching and broadcasting. I tnot only think he didn't try to dissuade Dolan from a foolhardy approach, I think he sold himself as the one guy who's bold, gifted and charismatic enough to pull it off.
But he has failed.
And what have we learned over his tenure here? That we probably could be better and further along in our progress now if he had chosen a slower and less costly route from the get go. We'd have less cancers, higher drafted kids, and a sooner opportunity for a premium free agent. And it's our cheapest/youngest players who give us our best opportunity to succeed in the here and now, and long term.
