FistOfOakley wrote:fisher is already a young unproven coach who's trying to find his way... shaw's name was already floated around with the knicks job... it really just signals to everyone involved how much confidence management has in the current head coach...

every successful long tenured head coach... they have the full backing of ownership/management etc.... that is the only way a head coach can succeed for any length of time.. jr smith put it best.. he was going to do whatever he wanted because he was going to be on the team longer than the coach.. and HE WAS RIGHT.... the reason why head coaches keep moving around is because ownership/management dgaf about coaches...

if you want fisher to succeed... you give him the job and make him the unquestioned leader... you should not do anything that jeopardizes that until you know he is no longer that guy...

when is that? What if we win 30 games next year? His leash is not long, this is NY. Part of it is luck and he better get damn lucky. So far, not so lucky.

I think that if shaw was not already in denver then this job was his.

Letter grades are still two seasons away.

dolan probably gives him until his first 5 game losing streak next year... i would say he def needs something longer than that to prove that he can't handle the job...

i'm actually fairly optimistic with fisher.. he says all the right things and i like where his head is at during the post game and at news conferences... something as simple as offense/defense subs late in close games he understands... something mda or woodson never got... and i like his staff also with the exception of rambis... he's put in some nice wrinkles into the offense...

head coaches are so tough to judge sometimes but if you are spending all this money on someone to lead your team you should give him every opportunity to succeed which includes not undermining his status within the organization...

Knicks1969 wrote:

FistOfOakley wrote:there really is no way to tell for sure... doc rivers was considered a horrible coach until ray allen and kg came aboard..

dolan probably gives him until his first 5 game losing streak next year... i would say he def needs something longer than that to prove that he can't handle the job...

i'm actually fairly optimistic with fisher.. he says all the right things and i like where his head is at during the post game and at news conferences... something as simple as offense/defense subs late in close games he understands... something mda or woodson never got... and i like his staff also with the exception of rambis... he's put in some nice wrinkles into the offense...

head coaches are so tough to judge sometimes but if you are spending all this money on someone to lead your team you should give him every opportunity to succeed which includes not undermining his status within the organization...

When your best player is a passive player like Carmelo, your head coach can't be as soft as Fisher. You need a strong coach who has the guts to publicly criticize him to get him to play at all level. Shaw is that guy. Fisher try to be politically correct while dealing with a dude who doesn't know how to lead from the front. We need an Alfa male on this squad; one who will not be afraid to criticize others when they are not giving it all during the game

LOL, when has shaw EVER done that. examples? and don't give me this bs about how he was an asst on the lakers. phil jackson coached that team, not fisher.