Finestrg wrote:Well said. That's obviously a big concern of his and I guess we went a long way in addressing it.Just to be clear though -- you're not concerned at all that it was reported that the 'methodology' wasn't clear on exactly how that program crunched those numbers and came to those conclusions? Is that fair to say? Man I am..Remember that's the big thing I read that I immediately questioned...I mean if I'm LeBron, that's my first question: How did you arrive at those numbers? Explain it to me...Hopefully they had people onhand to explain it thoroughly, otherwise to me at least, it wouldn't ring true...Now that, together with the Knicks so-so/barren roster and limited avenues & resources to address the problem are a big concern....ALL I'M SAYING...Believe me I fully understand that LeBron basically all by himself makes us a 50-win team -- I've said as much many times before myself. It doesn't win championships though, doesn't even gaurantee you a trip to the finals even--just look at Cleveland the last two years. We also lost out on Steph Curry who would've helped us out big-time right about now (he's a friend of LeBron and a good player---we should made the trade up to get him and didn't), haven't made a trade to improve the outlook so far this off-season, got nothing of any real importance in this year's draft and won't have good drafting positioning the next two years (definitely in 2012 when we don't even have a pick). Plus now, there maybe no gaurantee that we get Lebron the big second piece that he needs...Can you at least see why I'm worried a little bit?
perhaps this is why Walsh expects there to be a follow-up meeting?? your guess is as good as mine. i would be concerned about the methodology if the info was coming from some no-name source, but my guess is that these guys know a little something about doing these studies.
i would have to think that they could explain this stuff to him, however, do we know if an interbrand rep was at the meeting? if not, i don't expect donnie, allan, MDA and especially jim dolan to explain it. maybe lebron did ask "how did they work this out?" and maybe donnie's response was "if you wanna know, we can set up a follow up meeting with a rep from interbrand."
ultimately, i recognize that the little tidbit about the presentation being light on methodology might be cause for concern. they probably left the techno-geek algorithm stuff out and kept it light. however if lebron wants to get his nerd on, i hope they oblige him.
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7/1/2010 11:02 PM