I get that feeling too for some reason. I was happy at first but now i'm skeptical. All he has to do is hire a good coach and then everyone will have someone to rally behind. The problem with the previous regime was that Dolan is terrible, Layden made dumb moves and Chaney is the dumbest moth**fuker with his sub patterns. We don't have a single palyer on the field that shows and promise and there is no glimmer of hope.

The entire chain was corrupt and there was no one to advocate to end the mess. Now the chain is kinda broken and if Isiah brings in a different coach who is good, we can all get behind the coach and that will in itself clean some of the stink out. I hope Chaney is gone soon.

dolan probobly is the source of the problems and it trickles down.

Posted by hDavis:

dolan probobly is the source of the problems and it trickles down.

Not probably, but realistically. That is exactly what the situation is. Dolan called in his marker and jettisoned the fall guy, LayDown. Let's see what happens now that he's played that card.

If Isaiah Thomas has the freedom- which I believe is the case- to make the necessary moves to improve the team, Dolan will actually look good for chopping LayDown. If we win a title with Isaiah at the helm, Dolan would get credit for this move, big time.

[Edited by - HARDCOREKNICKSFAN on 12/22/2003 19:25:31]

I got the impression from that press conference that Isiah wants to run the team and coach him? Thats a recipe for disaster. He already has a lot of work cut out for him. I think we're never going to see the big name coach like a Doc or Karl now. We'll either keep Chaney or hire one of the assistants but again, anything but Chaney. But I really want Doc!

Posted by playa2:

Some of you guys are "NUTZ" you rant about firing Layden and it got done. You can thank James Dolan for that regardless of his reasoning. This move wasn't a band aid move this was "OPEN HEART SURGERY" Zeke will do what they allow him to do in NY. That move alone is making people buy tickets for tommorow nights game when Mewell gets dissed a second time by Mutumbo!

If you believe that Dolan changed GMs just to pumps 2morrow's game, then it is painfully obvious how shortsighted you are. This move was a long time coming. I think Dolan chopped LayDown so LayDown wouldn't have to fire a head coach for the first time in his career as an exec. There were TONS of reasons to get LayDown the hell outta the GM spot.

I doubt that this will have much of an effect on tomorrow's game. If we lose then ya boy Chaney will be on the curb next to ya boy LayDown.

To sum up the whole GM change, it was a good move. Nuff said.