come to think of it, a while ago king1 said something about the knicks ditching brown, and hiring billy donovan as coach. ah well, I guess we may have to see just how many wins starbury can get us.

Posted by fishmike:

so fire LB before he can destroy the young roster. Lets see how many wins Isiah gets out of the roster that he single handedly created.

I'll predict 34 if they start next season with this same roster. Of course, if LB got this roster next year to win 34 it would be viewed as a "beautiful 11 game improvement."
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Posted by fishmike:

so fire LB before he can destroy the young roster. Lets see how many wins Isiah gets out of the roster that he single handedly created.

yup. if he fails, you all get your wish.

its not like Brown is in this for the long haul anyway, and if he has short term success, Isiah will benefit. if Isiah is as bad as you say he is, this is the quickest way to get him out.

the team cannot possibly exist with the differing agendas of Brown and Isiah. and frankly, I prefer isiah's agenda.

Posted by Rich:

A side benefit is that the draft would be interesting again, because if Larry stays they would likely trade their picks.

and Isiah wouldn't?

I don't trust Isiah in any fashion.

besides a good teams has a mix of both. Theo Ratliff would've helped a ton more than Jerome James.

The noble thing to do for Brown would be to re-sign. He's gonna look like a money whore if he thinks he's entitled to $40 mil from the Knicks just to leave. If he goes to the Kings, how many NBA team's payrolls will he be on next season? At least 3 I think.

Posted by Bonn1997:

The noble thing to do for Brown would be to re-sign. He's gonna look like a money whore if he thinks he's entitled to $40 mil from the Knicks just to leave. If he goes to the Kings, how many NBA team's payrolls will he be on next season? At least 3 I think.

noble?

first, this could be a total fabrication. we'll have to hear from the knicks tomorrow, whether they confirm or deny this rumor. secondly, if this is true, it looks like dolan and isiah want him gone. why in the hell would he fork over $40 mil? that's why they're guaranteed contracts. players get their money no matter what. so should the coach.

btw, how many coaches are the knicks currently paying? lenny, herb, and lb. is chaney still on the payroll too?

maybe isiah should do the noble thing and go back to chicago and coach some junior high school team. it's the only place he won't get booed.

[Edited by - djsunyc on 05-14-2006 8:49 PM]

Once again Bonn and Holfresh struggle to see the forest through the trees. This isn't about LB any more than it was about Don Chaney, or Lenny or Herb. I will not shed one tear for Larry just like I didn't shed a tear for the others. You will also hear me defend Isiah as coach as vigorusly as you heard me defend LB and Don and Lenny and Herb. Why?

IT's simple. By firing each cooach every year it just shows as an organization that we don't have a plan. This has never been abot LB, it's been about a horrible, horrible organization that does the saem things over and over again and fools the fans every year. Guess what LB will be gone, Isiah will be our new savior(with a deadline) and we will be predicting win totals in October yet again because of the promise of a new savior.

This organization needs a plan. Which means at least 3-5 years. Which means hire a GM with a vision. Have that GM hire a coach that fits that vision. Then make moves for players that fit that coach's style. Then wait the necessary 3-5 years to turn it around. We refuse to do this. Instead we fire coach's every year because we don't want to build we want luck. We want a savior to come in and make it all better instead of earning our stripes.

The good news is if Isiah coach's we all know that we got the first step out of the way. WE know we at least have a coach and a GM on the same page. The sad news is that Isiah would be at the players mercy as well. He would be another coach without power coaching against an ultimatum. The players would once again be running the show. If they don't like the way Zeke is running things they can just lay down and stop playing until he gets fired for losing the players. The cycle continues. Impotent coach after impotent coach.

Once again, I don't care who the coach is. The name means nothing to me. But I do know that in order to win we have to have a coach with power. Until we as an organization decides this is important it will just be another name replacing "John Doe" during another offseason