Please I don't buy it. This is the same daily news that predicted Isiah would have been fired after 6 games. The way Isiah was speaking in the press conference before the Bucks game did not sound like a man that was about to get fired. Isiah kept on saying before the Bucks game, "If we win would have won 3 out of 4 games." You can bet that is the same nonsense he told Dolan.

Posted by Papabear:

Papabear Says

Zeke ain't going anywhere if they lost the next 10 games in a row. Nothing can be done until this appeal in court is settled.Zeke and Dolan are joined to the hip. Plus they would have to pay Zeke 24 million dollars and this team might be lottery bound any way. If they are going to loose then let Zeke run out the season and get a franchise player. We need that. You guys keep talking about James , Kobe, and other superstars and guess what!!! They ain't coming to NewYork yet you keep putting these dream trades together. For what I don't know. Maybe it's to make you feel good. The lottery #1 or 2 pick. is the only way.

Papabear

I think people post trade ideas and other stuff as a way to dream of better things, and also just to stimulate conversation on the forum. The forum serves a social function as well as being a place to talk about the Knicks. All the talk isn't necessarily practical. Sometimes it is speculative and fantastical. Sometimes it's just venting.

After the sexual harrassment case this summer, (dragging the organization through the mud)
The whole Marbury being sent home fiasco, (another hit on the organization)
Inserting Marb into the game after ignoring a team vote he asked for
The 45 point slaughtering on national TV (another blow)
The constant booing/ and calling for his firing at home
Local and National publications calling for his head
The punchline to most late night talk show host jokes.....

and still this guy has a job. If he can survive all of the above mentioned (which all occured basically in one month, never mind all the embarrassments that have happened since his tenure has began) I dont buy the idea that he woud have lost his job after losing to the Bucks. For somenone like Dolan who is ultra concerned about the image of this team, it just doesn't make much sense on the surface as to why Isiah still has a job.



[Edited by - bigbeast on 02-12-2007 1:46 PM]

Posted by Papabear:

Papabear Says

Zeke ain't going anywhere if they lost the next 10 games in a row. Nothing can be done until this appeal in court is settled.Zeke and Dolan are joined to the hip. Plus they would have to pay Zeke 24 million dollars and this team might be lottery bound any way. If they are going to loose then let Zeke run out the season and get a franchise player. We need that. You guys keep talking about James , Kobe, and other superstars and guess what!!! They ain't coming to NewYork yet you keep putting these dream trades together. For what I don't know. Maybe it's to make you feel good. The lottery #1 or 2 pick. is the only way.

Papabear

I haven't followed the case too closely, but I think it is unlikely that Dolan would need to keep Isiah around for the appeal. I am not sure exactly what the grounds for the appeal are, but I think it is an excessive verdict. The appeal would not require any more testimony, so I think the only thing that would hurt the knicks is if Isiah came out publicly and said something extremely stupid like "Yeah, I harrassed that black bit*h."

Of course, the judge could order a retrial, in which case Isiah would have to testify again. This is extremely unlikely. However, if there was any case for that(likely there is not), the garden lawyers would know. Since, I don't think that is the case, I think it is unlikely that Dolan is keeping Isiah around because of the lawsuit.

Posted by TMS:

Posted by Papabear:

Papabear Says

Zeke ain't going anywhere if they lost the next 10 games in a row. Nothing can be done until this appeal in court is settled.Zeke and Dolan are joined to the hip. Plus they would have to pay Zeke 24 million dollars and this team might be lottery bound any way. If they are going to loose then let Zeke run out the season and get a franchise player. We need that. You guys keep talking about James , Kobe, and other superstars and guess what!!! They ain't coming to NewYork yet you keep putting these dream trades together. For what I don't know. Maybe it's to make you feel good. The lottery #1 or 2 pick. is the only way.

Papabear

wow, almost sounds to me like you're almost looking forward to losing games & landing ourselves a top lottery pick... gave up on sipping the Kool-aid have you?

Bears are more into honey... you know...

Posted by bigbeast:

After the sexual harrassment case this summer, (dragging the organization through the mud)
The whole Marbury being sent home fiasco, (another hit on the organization)
Inserting Marb into the game after ignoring a team vote he asked for
The 45 point slaughtering on national TV (another blow)
The constant booing/ and calling for his firing at home
Local and National publications calling for his head
The punchline to most late night talk show host jokes.....

and still this guy has a job. If he can survive all of the above mentioned (which all occured basically in one month, never mind all the embarrassments that have happened since his tenure has began) I dont buy the idea that he woud have lost his job after losing to the Bucks. For somenone like Dolan who is ultra concerned about the image of this team, it just doesn't make much sense on the surface as to why Isiah still has a job.
[Edited by - bigbeast on 02-12-2007 1:46 PM]

Its funny that after all of what you mentioned, theres still this concept about James Dolan caring about the teams image. Hes like Dick Cheney in caring about the image of the administration. Doesnt matter whats done, as long as you still believe you can spin the media to what you want. And in their deluded spoiled minds they feel lying and media blackouts are the best way out.