DrAlphaeus wrote:Dude went in about him getting everything from Daddy. I imagine it's enough of a sore spot to trigger a dumb reply.

It is stuff said about him on the internet all of the time. Why suddenly reply to him? The crazy part is that what most of what that fan said was true.

That’s some darn fine customer relations, Jimmy. Tell a total stranger who is also clearly a die-hard that he’s a) a bad person b) a loser and c) a drunk because he’s foolish enough to stick with your product.

Of course, this petty, bile-soaked bit of prose is pretty much par for the course when it comes to Dolan, whose stewardship has been notable for not just the colossal failure(s) on the court (and sexual harassment lawsuits, and thuddingly inept trades, and ill-conceived meddling that’s driven anyone that actually understood basketball as far away from the team as possible) but by the paranoid, cruel and imperious acts of vengeance when it comes to critics and perceived “enemies”.

http://www.theguardian.com/sport/blog/2015/feb/10/knicks-owner-james-dolan-is-an-awful-rude-bully-but-he-cant-lose

Invite Biederman to the garden to watch a game with Dolan. Have him meet Clyde and Phil, etc. Make nice.

Tell the guy he is sorry and is frustrated as well but he is not selling.

Dolan needs to own it and just say he was having a bad day.
All gone. Easy.

Whoa. Now that's a risky move. It's a long shot but I can see it happening . . . I just can't see it ending well.

" . . . some posters work for MSG/Dolan and he wasn't joking . . . "

I remember seeing posters show up, defend Dolan and/or the Knicks--esp. during the Sanders vs. Knicks/Isiah Thomas court hearings--get called on being Dolan employees, kinda half-deny that and get defensive, and then disappear. It seemed likely, yes, that MSG/Dolan was paying a PR firm to say nice things on fan boards but who knows?

NumberTwoPencil wrote:"Invite Biederman to the garden to watch a game with Dolan."

Whoa. Now that's a risky move. It's a long shot but I can see it happening . . . I just can't see it ending well.

" . . . some posters work for MSG/Dolan and he wasn't joking . . . "

I remember seeing posters show up, defend Dolan and/or the Knicks--esp. during the Sanders vs. Knicks/Isiah Thomas court hearings--get called on being Dolan employees, kinda half-deny that and get defensive, and then disappear. It seemed likely, yes, that MSG/Dolan was paying a PR firm to say nice things on fan boards but who knows?

I don't see anyone defending Dolan here. My name is "Dolan" backwards because he does everthing wrong for years.
I have been accused of being a closet Net fan by some because two years ago the team was facinating to me.
I am long on record of blasting Dolan but never a proponent of him selling because thats not certain a new owner brings success. Briggs put it best years ago that " a rotting head infects the rest of the body". For years I discussed the decision making process vs. blaming the individual. Laying blame never matters because the new guy always came in and did the same thing. Guess what, at PHils hiring interview Dolan admitted his input has been there for a long time.

I think Dolan wants to win, why not? Its profitable. He is also scared of losing and when the garden got renovated he was scared.

Thank Sterling for resetting franchise values and gives Jimmy pause and headroom to justify rebuilding the franchise. Phil was a starphuch not just for us, but for JImmy to delegate.
He hired McKinsey consulting and promptly fired Grunwald. My take was Mills was not to be "the basketball guy", so it all worked out.

1. I do believe plan "A" was to include a very healthy Bargnani/Melo tandem with 50 game contribution Stat and if the team did good, he'd sell assets and tank to crack the lottery. Thats just my guess.
2. Plan "B" is rid the non believers out and tank toward a top 3 pick.

Back to the subject: are there any Dolan Moles here? I don't see anyone defending him, the man is an emotional midget who does will to stay away. The Email showed what most of us suspected. As long as he is not making basketball decisions, I don't care how stupid he is as long as he is smart enough to delegate.