Posted by martin:

Posted by BlueSeats:

Martin, if you're asking me if I think the new President of Basketball Operations should have fired Isiah promptly rather than letting the situation fester, my answer is yes, he should have fired him promptly.

Isiah's input into the draft is not that valuable, Suhr's opinion is more than enough, plus what Walsh already knows from his own research for Indiana. The real info will come from the workouts, which I'd like to think will be run by the new coach and GM, not the semi-fired guy who's twisting in the wind.

[Edited by - blueseats on 04-24-2008 01:19 AM]

why is the situation festering? Cause the fans and media keep asking when Isiah is going to get fired? Isiah is in a room by himself, talking to no one, waiting for Walsh to finish the rest of his business of getting and a coach and GM, and until that time, Isiah can't do nothin'. So what's the big deal? I think the only big deal left is to calm the over anxious knicks fans who are calling for immediate action (without forethought to prudence).

Plus, who is Donnie gonna call when he needs a good cup of coffee or a bowl of popcorn?

Isiah's fate has been a prime topic of concern for three years now. Three disastrous seasons starting with the Larry Brown hiring. He has managed to survive every disaster only to do additional damage.

You say he's in a room by himself, but we have no idea how he might be angling to survive. Anyone remotely associated with this team, and here I even include fans and beat writers, knows Isiah should have been gone long ago, the sooner the better. It's simply a bad sign that the obvious inevitability is taking far longer than it should. No good can come of this.

Posted by martin:

Posted by BlueSeats:

Martin, if you're asking me if I think the new President of Basketball Operations should have fired Isiah promptly rather than letting the situation fester, my answer is yes, he should have fired him promptly.

Isiah's input into the draft is not that valuable, Suhr's opinion is more than enough, plus what Walsh already knows from his own research for Indiana. The real info will come from the workouts, which I'd like to think will be run by the new coach and GM, not the semi-fired guy who's twisting in the wind.

[Edited by - blueseats on 04-24-2008 01:19 AM]

why is the situation festering? Cause the fans and media keep asking when Isiah is going to get fired? Isiah is in a room by himself, talking to no one, waiting for Walsh to finish the rest of his business of getting and a coach and GM, and until that time, Isiah can't do nothin'. So what's the big deal? I think the only big deal left is to calm the over anxious knicks fans who are calling for immediate action (without forethought to prudence).

Plus, who is Donnie gonna call when he needs a good cup of coffee or a bowl of popcorn?

I don't care who Donnie is going to call, I care about who Isiah is going to call when he's in that room all by himself and with James Dolan's private number on speed dial.

If Walsh has already found it prudent to fire Isiah as head coach, after agreeing to take his job as Team President before the job was officially available, then I'm pretty sure he's done his due diligence. Keeping Isiah within the organization is pointless and only hurts the organizations and Walsh's credibility.