CrushAlot wrote:nixluva wrote:CrushAlot wrote:I think you ride this out and see what happens. There have been a lot of f'ups on D'Antoni's watch. The Knicks have looked great for 6 games but D'Antoni has been here for four years. I am hoping that the streak continues and they get back to .500.
We had two rebuilding years where the team was looking to clear cap. Last year we had a winning record, despite another huge turnover. Think about this. There was a huge turnover to start the year after they cleared cap to make room for STAT and then another big shift when they made the deal for Melo. We have new players this year too. Lin, Tyson, Shump, Jorts, Novak, Bibby, Jordan & Davis are all new. This team needs continuity and for a change that could happen if we keep everyone together for a while.
I think we disagree about how the first two years were handled. I also think we disagree about him being a roster specific coach as Warkentien calls him. I also would not undervalue the impact managements decision to bring in Woodson, Chandler, Shumpert and re-sign Jeffries when looking at the improvement in defense. D'Antoni left his last job and turned down another because he was being asked to emphasize defense more. Has the defense improved absolutely. Has D'Antoni had an epiphany in regards to defense? I don't think so. I do think management set this team up to be able to be a good defensive team regardless of whether D'Antoni was successful in his final year or if the franchise went in a different direction. I think the jury is out in regards to an extension and I personally think the Knicks would be wise to wait and make a decision at the end of the season.
If you hire a coach like MDA, you should care to give him players that fit his style of play. They were going to rebuild the team so why not try to build one based on a system that works? Otherwise why not just hire Mark Jackson? The Knicks wanted what MDA brings to the table.
MDA made the final decision to take Shump!!!
MDA is the guy that has been big in bringing Jared back!!! Jared is his guy.
MDA was the guy that liked Lin and wanted to get him along with Glen. It wasn't a case of Glen just making a decision on a player without asking Mike. Glen simple gave Mike what he needed and wanted in a PG that he had liked and had interest in before the draft.
MDA has never be a coach that didn't care about D. This is a lie that has been told cuz it just suited the bias of people that don't like Mike and his style. His teams were never bad defensively until he got here. Only biased fans actually believe that MDA won't play defensive players. He clearly hasn't played Jared for his offense and he picked Shump who was known as a DEFENSIVE player.
MDA isn't Thibs, but he does care about both ends of the court.