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The organization is supportive of Brown while also showing signs of growing weary with him for airing its dirty laundry, a pet peeve of Garden chairman James Dolan. According to a source, the front office was disappointed that Brown informed the media on Wednesday that Thomas had told him that morning to devise a wish list of players. The next day, Brown revealed that he gave Thomas the list months ago.

Even when Brown is joking, the organization isn't laughing. On Tuesday, Brown made a flippant comment about Marbury attending Georgia Tech for only one year. Brown admitted a team official cautioned him about making such remarks because the media could twist his words. Brown then blamed the press for "blowing it out of proportion" even though it was made clear that Brown was in fact joking.

LB doesnt care---how can anyone trust LB? Besides being a great coach-hes a proven snake and liar. This guy has the organization by the cahones, thats the position he is in. HE owns the Knicks

Posted by crzymdups:

LB has done a horrible job.

People want to say Zeke is starphucker and has made bad decisions - Brown may be his worst and probably the one that will cost him his job. I hope people are happy when Lee is starting on some other team and we have the ghost of Theo Ratliff..

crz the truth is, this whole gig with LB was planned by isiah behind the scenes months before it happened. like any personell decision, it was isiah who brought him in. i know why he did, and its the same reason why he didnt protect the picks--he thought he had a big time winner here NOW. think about it, we added james curry q-rich a lottery pick to a 30+ something win team--he thought lB was going to move them to 45 wins. Its a mixture of everything, the owner the players the gM the coach EVERYONE, but in ANY organization, whether it be IBM Enron pro sprt teams etc.. there is a decision-maker somewhere who is ultimately responsible for the actions of the company--and that guy is Isiah.

Posted by BRIGGS:

Posted by crzymdups:

LB has done a horrible job.

People want to say Zeke is starphucker and has made bad decisions - Brown may be his worst and probably the one that will cost him his job. I hope people are happy when Lee is starting on some other team and we have the ghost of Theo Ratliff..

crz the truth is, this whole gig with LB was planned by isiah behind the scenes months before it happened. like any personell decision, it was isiah who brought him in. i know why he did, and its the same reason why he didnt protect the picks--he thought he had a big time winner here NOW. think about it, we added james curry q-rich a lottery pick to a 30+ something win team--he thought lB was going to move them to 45 wins. Its a mixture of everything, the owner the players the gM the coach EVERYONE, but in ANY organization, whether it be IBM Enron pro sprt teams etc.. there is a decision-maker somewhere who is ultimately responsible for the actions of the company--and that guy is Isiah.

oh, I agree. I'm just saying that LB has been the wrong coach for this team since day one. with a coach like Lenny Wilkens, this team, before the Marbury injury probably would have been over .500. how many close games have we pissed away with Malik Rose at the end, missing short jumpers? Lenny would let the best players play and make mistakes and there wouldn't be this awful attitude on team as much.

I don't forgive Zeke for some of the moves he's made, I'm just saying Brown will go down as the move that cost him his job. Rule 1a in sports, especially in New York, don't hire someone who can do your job who you don't see eye to eye with.

I think Zeke had a decent plan to have a run and gun team loaded with young talent. why then, add a coach like Brown to that mix? it's like he's trying to recreate his Detroit teams still: they were a very good run and gun team, but Daly turned them into a superior defensive team.

Brown doesn't trust young players though and he's proven he CANNOT live with the mistakes they make even if they are doing good things elsewhere. Q never got into a rhythm partly because of his injuries, but also because Brown yanked him anytime he missed a three early in the season, despite the fact that he was playing hard on D. Brown has destroyed Craw, Lee and Nate who should be productive players for us. Hes gotten in Frye's head, too. This is a disaster but I don't think it would be without Brown. Marbury being healthy would help a lot. What other coach would be allowed to be 14-35 with this level of talent?


[Edited by - crzymdups on 02-12-2006 10:31 AM]

Posted by BRIGGS:

Posted by crzymdups:

LB has done a horrible job.

People want to say Zeke is starphucker and has made bad decisions - Brown may be his worst and probably the one that will cost him his job. I hope people are happy when Lee is starting on some other team and we have the ghost of Theo Ratliff..

crz the truth is, this whole gig with LB was planned by isiah behind the scenes months before it happened. like any personell decision, it was isiah who brought him in. i know why he did, and its the same reason why he didnt protect the picks--he thought he had a big time winner here NOW. think about it, we added james curry q-rich a lottery pick to a 30+ something win team--he thought lB was going to move them to 45 wins. Its a mixture of everything, the owner the players the gM the coach EVERYONE, but in ANY organization, whether it be IBM Enron pro sprt teams etc.. there is a decision-maker somewhere who is ultimately responsible for the actions of the company--and that guy is Isiah.

ultimate responsibility lies with zeke, but lb has accountability too. does anybody believe zeke would hire a good coach just to produce these kind of results ? the fact that lb is a native new yorker, he should know new yorkers do not take kindly to these kind of performances. this is outright humiliating.

marek fuchs new york times article "knicks youth movement is moved into semiretirement" puts brown in the know.

brown apparently came aboard last summer with his own ideas. never known for relying on rookies. he had said he took the knicks job assuming that veterans like tim thomas and mike sweetney, both subsequently traded, would play significant roles

some sharpshooter trying to make brownie points will say mike sweetney is not a veteran and will dismiss the article....read on

i hope the portland trade does not materialize