Juice wrote:

Childs2Dudley wrote:

Juice wrote:

Childs2Dudley wrote:

Juice wrote:THANK GOODNESS

BEST NEWS EVER IF TRUE

I knew something was up because negotiations were taking too long to finalize.

HOO-RAY

HOO-RAY

HOO-RAY

HOO-RAY

You need to get superkicked in the face.

No I don't I realize there are other qualified and well respected execs out there to replace the very average one leaving. Don's a good dude and I hope he does well wherever he goes but sorry he wasn't as good as advertised. And quite frankly not sure how much decision making was completely his while here. Yes he brought a ton of respect here but he's not the only exec in the NBA who brings this quality to a franchise.

Sorry, your basketball opinion is not respected. Actually, you yourself are not respected. Stick to making nicknames like Walshed Up. You sucked at those but it was all you were good for.

To celebrate the firing of a man who helped change this team from awful, pathetic joke to respectable franchise is a slap in the face to real Knick fans. Maybe it's the fact that you were a Bulls fan not too long ago but we Knick fans love and respect Donnie Walsh for what he did here. No GM's record is spotless but his positives far outweighed the negatives.

you will learn to appreciate the man when we're back to having Isiah and/or his cronies run the show. These guys will never be more than puppet General Managers under this owner. If you're happy with that than there is nothing else I can say.

Do you know this for a fact this will happen so be quiet until the dust settles. There are capable professionals out there once again FACT not OPINION. He wasn't going to stick around forever and therefore we were looking at replacing him sooner than later anyway FACT not OPINION. He wanted to hire Mullin a GM some Knick fans didn't respect FACT not OPINION.

While there are capable professionals out there, few of us are confidant that Dolan will be capable/willing to pick one of them.

holfresh wrote:

CrushAlot wrote:Walsh was hired because Stern pushed very hard for Dolan to find an experienced nba exec to take Isiah's place. Dolan is on his own now and resumes, results, and credentials don't seem to matter as much to him as charm, charisma, a great smile and the ability of his employee to make him feel involved, important and popular.

What results are you referring to?

CrushAlot wrote:

holfresh wrote:

CrushAlot wrote:Walsh was hired because Stern pushed very hard for Dolan to find an experienced nba exec to take Isiah's place. Dolan is on his own now and resumes, results, and credentials don't seem to matter as much to him as charm, charisma, a great smile and the ability of his employee to make him feel involved, important and popular.

What results are you referring to?

I am referring to Isiah's resume and record during his time before and with the Knicks.

I thought he too was fired....

CrushAlot wrote:

holfresh wrote:

CrushAlot wrote:

holfresh wrote:

CrushAlot wrote:Walsh was hired because Stern pushed very hard for Dolan to find an experienced nba exec to take Isiah's place. Dolan is on his own now and resumes, results, and credentials don't seem to matter as much to him as charm, charisma, a great smile and the ability of his employee to make him feel involved, important and popular.

What results are you referring to?

I am referring to Isiah's resume and record during his time before and with the Knicks.

I thought he too was fired....

He was a 'consultant' until he took the FIU job. I don't believe he was ever officially canned, just reassigned.

If you think consultants have that much input, you should be happy Donnie is now a consultant...Donnie wanted total autonomy...That's nuts...Donnie wanted Mullin in here as GM...More insanity...

CrushAlot wrote:

holfresh wrote:

CrushAlot wrote:

holfresh wrote:

CrushAlot wrote:

holfresh wrote:

CrushAlot wrote:Walsh was hired because Stern pushed very hard for Dolan to find an experienced nba exec to take Isiah's place. Dolan is on his own now and resumes, results, and credentials don't seem to matter as much to him as charm, charisma, a great smile and the ability of his employee to make him feel involved, important and popular.

What results are you referring to?

I am referring to Isiah's resume and record during his time before and with the Knicks.

I thought he too was fired....

He was a 'consultant' until he took the FIU job. I don't believe he was ever officially canned, just reassigned.

If you think consultants have that much input, you should be happy Donnie is now a consultant...Donnie wanted total autonomy...That's nuts...Donnie wanted Mullin in here as GM...More insanity...

The point is Dolan would not fire him despite all of the embarassment and damage that he did. Stern forced Thomas's departure and Dolan still kept him around. My guess is that Isiah had Dolan's ear as a consultant more than Walsh will.

If that's the case then I'm happy, Mullin isn't running the Knicks...

K22 wrote:

nyshakespeare wrote:http://ken-berger.blogs.cbssports.com/mcc/blogs/entry/11838893/29763416

“They were a joke for six years,” a rival team executive said Friday. “What Donnie has done for that organization, you’ve got to be kidding me. Come on. The whole world has paid attention to basketball in New York because of the guy – in a positive way.”

That predicament, viewed through the prism of Walsh's departure, only fuels speculation that Dolan hijacked the Anthony trade talks and ordered Walsh to make a trade he didn't want to make -- not at that price, anyway. Walsh again deflected that notion Friday, but a person with knowledge of the trade talks between New York and Denver said Dolan played a prominent role in the deal.

"Donnie had a good hold of it, but I think Dolan had the intentions," the person said. "Dolan wanted Melo at all costs. It was 100 percent Dolan who was the one with an all-costs Melo type thing. And Donnie was saying, 'This would be a good trade, but let’s do it the right way."

"A person with knowledge of the trade" - How novel!.

Paladin55 wrote:

holfresh wrote:

CrushAlot wrote:Walsh was hired because Stern pushed very hard for Dolan to find an experienced nba exec to take Isiah's place. Dolan is on his own now and resumes, results, and credentials don't seem to matter as much to him as charm, charisma, a great smile and the ability of his employee to make him feel involved, important and popular.

What results are you referring to?

Of course we'll never really know what the "results" you refer to mockingly might have been because Walsh had the chair taken out from under him during the Anthony deal and was, in essence, unable to build the roster he hoped to build.

Actually I thought he might have been referring to Donnie's results...20+ years as an NBA exec...Zero rings...

holfresh wrote:

Paladin55 wrote:

holfresh wrote:

CrushAlot wrote:Walsh was hired because Stern pushed very hard for Dolan to find an experienced nba exec to take Isiah's place. Dolan is on his own now and resumes, results, and credentials don't seem to matter as much to him as charm, charisma, a great smile and the ability of his employee to make him feel involved, important and popular.

What results are you referring to?

Of course we'll never really know what the "results" you refer to mockingly might have been because Walsh had the chair taken out from under him during the Anthony deal and was, in essence, unable to build the roster he hoped to build.

Actually I thought he might have been referring to Donnie's results...20+ years as an NBA exec...Zero rings...