Posted by GoNyGoNyGo:
I like many of you barely watch the games now. I watch to see Ariza, Sweetney, Craw and Marbury. The rresst are a waste of time. To that end, I watch them play hard under Herb. I give him credit for that. I like Herb and I do think he would be a good coach for this team but I put him behind PJ and Saunders as my pick to be the next HC of the Knicks.
As for losing, I want NY to win, but when they lose like last night, I do say that at least the pick will be a good one.
I firmly believe that NY is not as bad as they seem right now. A top pick who contributes, sign an athletic MLE, trade the expiring contracts next year or let them expire and you have the base for a good team by the follwoing season.
I did want to bring up one thing that burns me. Mike Francesa says the Knicks are so horrible that he cannot watch, yet he then says that IT says NY is younger but as MikeF says, the young guys are no good! HOW THE HECK DO YOU KNOW???? YOU ADMIT TO NOT WATCHING! So SMUG. I cannot see how anyone can watch Sweetney and Ariza and say they are no good. Are they superstars? Probably not, but Ariza has a chance to be darn good.
So, to sum up. Lose NO. Upset NO. 2 years YES. Good pick this year YES.
I understand what he is saying. I don't believe that M+theMD are anywhere near qualified to make serious judgements about the Knicks because they clearly don't watch many games, nor do they care. I watch almost EVERY fcn game win or lose + I have done so for, really my entire life.
I'm just being an honest fan when i say it's not good enough to except mediocrity, and accepting mediocrity right now is winning ballgames unfortunately. Im not saying try to tank, because we are doing one heckuva job losing with all of our players TRYING HARD to win. But for goodness sakes, doesnt that Charlotte Bobcat game show ANY fan that we are not as close as we may think we are to anything swell.
I dont care to hear we came back against this team that team, we played this team tough yadayada, we have injuries, we have that excuse, thats the true MEASURE of a losing mentality. Once a season is over, like our season is, Im not saying tank, BUT CLEARLY there is NO reason for Marbury to play more than 32 minutes, that Nazr SHOULDNT even be playing. That we SHOULD be playing Sundov Baker Brewer every game for a solid 10-12 minute stint. Not because they are going to be part of the team[and Isiah hopefully will not make the mistake of just putting anyone at the end of the bench and take a cue from memphis on just what an end of bench should look like}but it will save wear and tear on our core players and it will help the losing process. Every season is a new season. If we lost 70 games this year, it doesnt mean JACK for next season. But the ONLY thing we can count on to help us is leverage in the draft. what guarentee do we have with ending contracts? NOTHING!!! what guarntee do we have with our MLE---nothing! but we DO have leverage with a high draft pick
And let me say, if we do something like trade our pick for Antoine Walker[scks] or Al harrington[Tim Thomas redux], I will find a new hobby, because iM not dealing with the same old sht. If they dont rebuild through the draft OR find a trade that makes ABSOLUTE reason able sense, they literally can fck off from my perspective, Im willing to give all the time it takes to build a team that can stay together for 6-7 years and have a chance to win, thats all anyone can ask. but Im not settling for an attempt just to make the playoffs. Id rather get worse each year then settle for that.
