franco12 wrote:I think MDA might be mailing it in this year - he maybe knows that without Walsh around, he either isn't going to be here next year, or he doesn't want to, given the garbage that Dolan is.
He mailed it in in 09-10, and the Knicks didn't even use advance scouting until last year. The only problem with mailing it in this year is that this has become Grunwald's team and the move for Tyson was a win now move. Grunwald doesn't have to spend his entire career with the Knicks trying to make the hiring of D'Antoni not look like a mistake.
Strike shortened seasons are weird anyway. I remember the Nets fired Cal and he seemed like he was changing the culture there. I can't remember everyone that left but I believe he lost a couple of his locker room guys, Sherm Douglas and some other vet leaders. I don't know if D'Antoni has the support in the locker that he did last year. A bunch of young guys with a strong vet leader that is behind the coach is much easier to work with then big egos, big expectations, and differing views about the coach.
