I think it depends - do the Knicks want to lose more games and get a high lottery pick? Then they'll keep Chaney around. If they decide they want to try to make the playoffs, they'll replace him.

Vmart uh hum, If Lebron was here that would mean $$$$ for Dolan so you better believe he would PLAY!

Why Chaney should be fired NOW!

http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/story/134428p-119817c.html

In this article, Chaney says he switched to man to man because Milwaukee was shooting so well. I have a question. Didn't they shoot the ball better in the 2nd half when they were able to shoot the ball closer and get more O rebounds? Next he says that Mutombo could not guard the opposing C, Kukoc or TT. First of all, in a ZONE, do you really guard any one player or do you defend your "zone". The reason, Porter could play TT and Kukoc at C, was because Chaney pulled Mutumbo in the first place. Otherwise, Santiago andGadzuric were in there.

Secondly, a ZONE is supposed to make a team keep making JUMP shots all night long. The Bucks were playing the 2nd of a back to back, eventually their legs would have went if they had to keep shooting from 20 feet. Instead, by removing the Zone and Mutombo, the Bucks then had the courage to go inside and shoot layups or 10-15'ers. Plus who was going to keep up with Ford? IN the zone, he was much less effective. It was in the 2nd half that he did most of his damage.

If I can see these things from my living room, what the hell is wrong with Chaney?

Ater 4 games, he is defending himself? and NOT for the first time! KVH said that practices were not hard enough or played hard enough, and Chaney was quick to "disagree"! Now this!

It is obvious that the players think he is a STUNAD!

Good topic, it's just what I have been venting about lately.
I don't think he will get fired because if one them is wrong then all three of them are wrong. That is Chaney, Layden, and Dolan. They just have the wrong business plan for this team with the wrong management. Dolan will not fire Layden and Layden will not fire Chaney. If one is wrong then all of them are wrong.
I can't imagine a desirable NBA head coach wanting to simply replace Chaney and have these two knuckle heads over his shoulder. Who could the Knicks bring in? A college guy maybe.
It is really disheartning to hear the head coach say he got caught up in the came and didn't make necessary adjustments.

It was a 9-4 run Playa get your facts straight. A run like that doesn't warrant a system change. thats part of the ebbs and flow of the game.

Sorry the paper said 9-0 run.

I'm with you gony. He's got to go. Last night's game was embarrasing. I don't think the coach has as much control over W's and L's as most people do, but one thing he must control is effort. After a weak game in Milwaukee they come out with that sad mess last night? In inexcusable.

Interesting to note, also, that when the football giants lay an egg, their players step up and say it's them, not coach. Who has said that on the Knicks?

Well Dyess seems to be coming back soon, so they won't have that vexcuse for long.

Although IMO Dyess could possibly make the critical difference that could change the Knicks fortune, the case right now is this:

"We played like we just didn't want to be there," said Houston, who missed his first six shots. "It's inexcusable. You never come out and just go through the motions and that's what we did. We weren't ready to play. We know how sorry we looked. There was just no pride."

"Yeah, that was about as angry as (Chaney's) ever been," Allan Houston said. "And I would have reacted the same way if I were him. That was one of the worst games I can remember. It's like we just didn't trust each other."

"You can't keep saying it's early," Houston added. "Bill Parcells says you are what your record says you are. Right now, we're not a good team. period."
-Allan Houston

"I never played in an NBA game where guys got so many open shots," Van Horn said. "We have to have more pride than that. It's nothing to do with X's and O's or anything the coaches say. We have to go out and guard guys."
-KVH

"We played scared. We respected their athleticism too much and didn't get into guys. It showed a lack of trust, teamwise. We can't be afraid to get beat off the dribble. We have to get into guys and allow our teammates to cover for us. And we're not getting there."

-"Coach" Chaney

This team as is won't be going anywhere but the Lottery (and someone other than LayDown and Chaney will be making the picks!!). Same if Dyess doesn't make a BIG impact when he returns. Plus, we STILL need a trade to happen.

...It's a horrid situation right now. We gotta be ready to grit our teeth and deal with this madness on a consistent basis. Problems are the only thing that the Knicks have on a cosistent basis, though.

Oh yeah, and we'd better get used to these too...