Posted by fishmike:

Larry Brown love? Please... I just want some guys that play hard. I dont give a fart who coaches, but LB is coach #4 for Isiah and we are seeing the same crap. Its not the coach. Isiah can hire 4 more coaches and you LB haters can throw a parade when we finish with 40 wins and the 8th seed while Statbury, Fat Eddie and Francis are "comfortable."

that's why i go balls to wall for lb. he's not the problem with this franchise. is he a yenta? hell yeah. but he's not the problem. the problem is the gm (and of course dolan) and the mental makeup of the players he brought here. and lb has a very very credible resume. the blame is totally misplaced here.



[Edited by - djsunyc on 05-04-2006 4:34 PM]

Let me explain the GM/coach relationship.

1.)GM hires coach that fits his vision of how he wants a team to function

2.) Coach and GM agree on the type of players that will fit best on the team.

3.) Coach makes SUGGESTIONS as to who he wants

4.) GM makes final decision on who will be brought here. Keeping finances and team fit when doing so.

5.) If GM and coach can't get on the same page it is the GM's responsibility to get on the same page or fire and hire a coach that fits his vision

6.) It is never the coach's job to change his vision. He was hired because of his vision it is up to the GM to adjust

7.) When you constantly have a GM that hires a coach and then battles with him to determine who is at fault everytime there is a trade, then you have the NY KNicks.

Who makes the decisions interests me less than the quality of the decisions.

Were the trades for Jalen Rose and Steve Francis part of a longer term strategy, or desperation moves to try to save the season? If they are part of a longer term strategy, we can't judge the trades until that strategy plays out (whoever's strategy that is.)

As moves to save the season, or build a better team, these trades sucked. I didn't mind the Jalen Rose trade. I thought he could help the team. I guess we got a pick out of that trade - depends what we do with that pick. What will the Knicks then do with Jalen's expiring contract? Trade for another has-been?

I never did undestand the Francis trade. Pair him with Marbury? Talk about desperate gambles...

Brown is only guilty of accpting the job offer for $10 mil.

The team was really clicking along just swell until Rose and Franchise got here. Then the chemistry went to hell. IT stunk long before.


One thing Knick fans are at fault is always extrapolate the past into the future.

K-Mart won't heal. That is a medical question.

Steph won't have microfracture brain implant. That is a medical imposibilty. HE is the seasonist. He takes a crap in food to make it "smellier".


Couldn't find a good deal and traded one expiring contract for another plus a pick. Jailin was not a bad trade. Was not a good one, but it don't hurt a thing. Franchise makes no sense unless PhuchenBury is traded or Francissy himself is packaged. This Denver thing has been cooking since february. Why? Cuz he gonna heal. Kmart wants to play and is not a nice person. Curses out reporters infront of children. At least he is not dropping his pants to the Baby sitter and asking for a blow job like Uncle Rueben. Don't bug on KMart quite yet. Dr Lisa will check him out. Its one basket case for another. Denver needs a shooting guard, and we need to shoot one our guards. Why not swap the berka brothers?

Don't sweat the reports, What ever goes down will be fine. Maybe Isiah can find a way to keep steph and still get KMart and Darry Ass Miles!

Imagine:

Curry
Kmart
Miles
Francis
Marbury

4 pricks and heart patient. We need only Danny Fortson to complete the mood.

The team was really clicking along just swell until Rose and Franchise got here. Then the chemistry went to hell.

Nalod, the team had no chemistry at any point in the season outside of "The Streak" and the record reflected it throughout. The team was no better or worse with Rose and Francis.

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