Posted by Rich:

Posted by islesfan:

He should do what any good executive would have done after Layden, except that Isiah has made the situation 10x harder.

Tear it down and start from scratch.

When Dolan hired Isiah, he said that he expected to make the playoffs that year, which the Knicks did.

The inescapble conclusion has to be that Isiah was told not to rebuild. Hence, the trade for Marbury.

Let's say that Isiah was told not to rebuild.

You honestly think that he doesn't deserve to be fired for the job he's done under those conditions?

Not rebuilding doesn't mean that he has to trade away 2 first round picks and take back close wo $200M in contracts.

Not rebuilding doesn't mean that he has to give away 2 unprotected picks in the Curry deal.

Not rebuilding doesn't mean that he has to collect bad contract after bad contract.

Even under the condition that he was forced to take this path, Isiah has done a brutally horrible job.

Posted by Rich:

Colangelo is 67. You might want him to replace Mills, but you need a younger man as GM.

Posted by BlueSeats:

Posted by Rich:

Colangelo is 67. You might want him to replace Mills, but you need a younger man as GM.

That might be a good idea, but why do you need a younger GM? Mills has greater responsibility than Isiah. If you don't think Colangelo has the energy for the job give him an assistant.

Isn't that about the age Auerbach was when as GM he was putting together the Larry Bird championship teams in Boston?

Red was 89. He made those moves from 1978-80, so that would mean that he was about 61-63, which is close.

I guess titles don't matter, but Colangelo is a rich man. He might want equity in the Knicks, as well as complete decision making authority.

I doubt Dolan would do it, but it's worth a shot.

Posted by Elite:

Lets say - Isiah is canned - So is his raptor butt buddy...

Herb obviously takes over for a little while at least....

but Who comes in as a GM?

And realistically - what the hell does he do?

I cant really think of much anyone with any more sense than Isiah could do to fix what is here besides wait it out untill contracts expire and use our draft picks wisely (the ones we have).

I think Dolan should get rid of Zeke like he said he would and let the contracts ride themselves out and do what the Rangers did. Start all over again, with fresh blood and keep the ones who truely have been playing Knick ball, like Curry, Lee and Q. I feel bad for Zeke, but so far things just aren't working, but I still have some' hope. We'll see.

Posted by Caseloads:

has West done a better job in Memphis? No.