BasketballJones wrote:

Bippity10 wrote:

gunsnewing wrote:I have no sympathy for a coach making millions of dollars and not producing a winning record. All I care about is the Knicks winning. Been far too long

You don't have to have sympathy for the coach. No one is asking that. What we are talking about is the organization that you love, that you want to see win, continues to do the same thing over and over again.

JVG-Defensive coach. Forced him to play Spree and Camby. Got good results. Got rid of Patrick and tried to go youth and running. Team started to lose. JVG left because he was smart and new it was only going to get worse. We drove him out by not listening.

Chaney-Guy screamed for a real PG. Refused to get him one. Got rid of all his centers and replaced them with undersized Power forwards. Finally got him the PG he needed and wanted and then fired him and replaced him with a coach that would fix everything

Lenny Wilkens-Had his team gelling and playing well. Many were afraid to play against us. The national media was talking about how well Van Horn and Marbs were playing together. Just when he got the roster going we ripped it apart and brought in new players. Then we told him to shut up and win with the new roster

Isiah-The only guy that had a GM that actually supported him(because it was him). Too bad he didn't know how to build a team

Mike-Mike and Donnie were on the same page. Donnie had final say in personal decisions but he consulted with D'Antoni regularly. Funny how this is also the time the national laughter stopped. We became an exciting young team that was growing and improving. We gutted that team and replaced it with guys that don't fit Mike and are telling him to shut up and win with whatever he has

Next Coach Woodson?--Are we going to get him players he wants? Are we going to tell him to go f himself and win with whatever players we give him? Are we going to tell him to shut up and adjust your style because that's what Pat Riley did???When are we going to stop this cycle of lunacy and actually get a coach that we support, is the unquestioned leader and can grow with the organization???? Why doesn't anyone think this is important. Players can't win with this constant shuffling. Coaches can't win. We can't win. Why don't the fans demand this cycle ends??? Why do we keep thinking the next guys is the guy that will make it all better???????????????????????

There is no shortcut to winning. You win as an organization. If our coach and GM are not on the same page we are never going to win. Hiring and gutting and firing has never lead to winning. EVER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Much as I hate to say this, I think you are on a roll with your verbose screeds and that you are largely correct. This is basically a crappy organization, and we're foolish to expect good results from it.

I really don't know why people think Phil Jackson would come here. I'm 99% sure he won't.

Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.
Albert Einstein

You did not just call me a verbose screed. I have beaten men to the ground for calling me nicer things than this

Bippity10 wrote:You did not just call me a verbose screed. I have beaten women to the ground for calling me nicer things than this

Corrected.

nixluva wrote:You bring next to nothing and are basically the guys in suits at the end of the bench.

so basically what you are saying is that D'Antoni should be playing Panos and Islesfan instead of the you and some of the other posters?

Kenyon Martin signs with Clippers, Knicks look to acquire J.R. Smith:

http://www.thewindyapple.com/2012/02/03/kenyon-martin-signs-with-clippers-knicks-look-to-acquire-j-r-smith/

mack23quick wrote:

Kenyon Martin signs with Clippers, Knicks look to acquire J.R. Smith:

http://www.thewindyapple.com/2012/02/03/kenyon-martin-signs-with-clippers-knicks-look-to-acquire-j-r-smith/

JrZyHuStLa wrote:Can all the Dantoni supporters please chime in and tell us everything will be fine?

Let me help:

You're just an ignoramus who wants change for change sake.
MDA is a great coach therefore if the the players don't win its all on them because we know MDA is awesome and hasn't forgotten how to coach.
ONce Baron Davis comes back we will be on the road to sucess, but only if MDA stays. There is no other coach around that could possibly do anything good with scrubs like Melo, Stat and CHandler.

There, I summarized anything you would hear from nixluva, Nalod and MarburyCross.

loweyecue wrote:This would be the worst possible time to fire him. Just when the team is finally starting to play like a tem, let's make another of our usual dumb@$$ decisions to fire the coach and get some flavor of the week wannabe to come and make things even worse. - So chances are pretty high this will happen.

As much as I want him gone, I agree. Although we havent been winning we have been playing well and just coming up short. Now is not the time to get rid of him.

All I know is that last week they couldn't sniff a win. Now they just had 3 games where they looked like a competitive team. We just got a taste of Lin and i'd like to see him continue to build on his fairly decent game. Also we still have things we can do to add to this team and make a late run.