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James Dolan--you have a responsibility to the fans
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BRIGGS
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12/24/2007  11:17 AM
If the Knicks are a miniscule portion of Cablevision--money should not be an issue in terms of cleaning the house. You have to own up and admit mistake--you have to do it for the fan. You are not a fan or you would've cleaned house already. Every other owner in any sport would've said enough. It's not about you my man--it's not about the gate--the newspaper tv ratings etc... it's about the fan experience and right now the NY Knick fan is APPUALED at what is going on here. You are trumping millions of people and I don't think you have the right to do that just because you run the team. It's like having a family problem and one member refuses to do what is right for the family. It's called selfishness and arrogance. You want to be proven right about IT but that is not happening no matter how many times IT changes a plan he never had. You've thrown all the bad money you could've at this team and it's in the gutter and not coming out until changes are made. The fans/players/NBA management all dislike what IT has done here--how he has run the ship. You have to have some pride and responsibility in ownership. Do the right thing.
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12/24/2007  11:21 AM
as da mayor says, "mookie, just do the right thing!"

dolan has shown that he just doesn't know how to do that though, very very sad. theres just no justifiying isiah anymore at this point, the frye pick blew up in his face w/ bynum showing SO MUCH promise as a 20-year-old, the Z-BO AND CURRY trades blew up in his face, EVERY FA signing hasn't worked out, there is simply nothing to smile about other than getting lee at 30 a few years ago. and that is NOT ENOUGH! GET ZEKE OUTTA HERE!
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Panos
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12/24/2007  11:33 AM
I refuse to believe that Dolan doesn't care. He's so involved with this team.
He is at most of the games. He cares, he's just completely incompetent.
franco12
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12/24/2007  8:02 PM
Briggs- you are right on. Owning a sports team is different than owning a company that makes a product or movies.

If your favorite actor makes a horrible movie, don't watch it. Or, enjoy it all the same, knowing you like the actor.

If Kleenex started to make horrible tissues, easy, you change brands.

But for sports fans, their favorite team is part of their lives like no other product, service or anything that corporate america can own and deliver.

This needs to be a two way street. No, I don't think you can expect your team to go steinbrenner with the money- but likewise, when a team is so bad, so obviously bad that you'd have to be dumb or blind not to know how bad it is, then change must be made.

I honestly think that the NBA, and all organizations, ought to have some power to punish an owner that is abusing the fans. And right now, watching this season unfold, is torture. Its like being forced to watch road kill that isn't dead, squirm in the street.

Think Clockwork Orange, and knick fans are Alex strapped into the chair, eyes forced open, forced to watch vulgar acts.

Only this isn't violence in the traditional sense.

And Dolan is slowly turning Knick Fans into anything but knick fans.

I never thought I would say this- but please, David Stern, save us, do something.
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12/24/2007  10:58 PM
Posted by franco12:

Briggs- you are right on. Owning a sports team is different than owning a company that makes a product or movies.

If your favorite actor makes a horrible movie, don't watch it. Or, enjoy it all the same, knowing you like the actor.

If Kleenex started to make horrible tissues, easy, you change brands.

But for sports fans, their favorite team is part of their lives like no other product, service or anything that corporate america can own and deliver.

This needs to be a two way street. No, I don't think you can expect your team to go steinbrenner with the money- but likewise, when a team is so bad, so obviously bad that you'd have to be dumb or blind not to know how bad it is, then change must be made.

I honestly think that the NBA, and all organizations, ought to have some power to punish an owner that is abusing the fans. And right now, watching this season unfold, is torture. Its like being forced to watch road kill that isn't dead, squirm in the street.

Think Clockwork Orange, and knick fans are Alex strapped into the chair, eyes forced open, forced to watch vulgar acts.

Only this isn't violence in the traditional sense.

And Dolan is slowly turning Knick Fans into anything but knick fans.

I never thought I would say this- but please, David Stern, save us, do something.

I think like Alex NY Knicks fans deserve this treatment.
The people are coming to the Garden to watch the circus not to watch The Game.
I cannot understand why fans who claim they love Knicks will come to watch this "Product"?
Celebs, Spike, all the "season ticket holders"... Why the hell they are coming?

Knicks funs MUST be forced to sit with their eyes open until they will stop filling the pocket of little Jimmy, until current MSG bbal Product will became irrelevant.
Then the change will come...








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tkf
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12/24/2007  11:12 PM
great post briggs.. As fans of a team, we are almost held hostage by the owners, and right now, that is what dolan is doing. People who have been knicks fans for years, just don't jump up and root for another team, they want to root for their team. dolan seems to be intentionally letting this thing go, just because he can.. that is not right, I really wish NBA owners can vote and force him to sell the franchise, as a fan, I feel held hosted and cheated..
Anyone who sits around and waits for the lottery to better themselves, either in real life or in sports, Is a Loser............... TKF
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12/24/2007  11:27 PM
Do you think he's actually reading this?
JesseDark
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12/25/2007  8:41 AM
I think that the protest outside of the Garden and fans chanting "Fire Isiah" is akin to when Giants fans had a banner flying of Giant stadium saying they were fed up with this lousy football. The banner incident was in the mid 70s. The difference between the Giants organization and the Knicks is that ownerships cares.
Dolan just doesn't get it.















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TMS
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12/25/2007  9:31 AM
Posted by Panos:

I refuse to believe that Dolan doesn't care. He's so involved with this team.
He is at most of the games. He cares, he's just completely incompetent.

i don't think he cares about the fans nearly as much as he cares about being proven right first & foremost... he wants to show daddy Warbucks & all of NY that little Jimmy knew what he was doing all along.
After 7 years & 40K+ posts, banned by martin for calling Nalod a 'moron'. Awesome.
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