My question is simply, does Woodson have Melo's support becuase he gives this team the best chance to win....or is Melo supporting him to protect against any negative coach killing presss as he gets ready to head into the the media spotlight this offseason when he opts out?

Rookie wrote:it would be good to end the season on a positive by winning some games. This coach is winning nothing. Bring in an interim coach, let him make some needed adjustments and win some games.

CrushAlot wrote:Also, Woodson was handed a whole load of crap to deal with this year. His assistants didn't get extensions, his gm got fired, control of his roster was taken him from etc. Not sure how anyone can succeed in that situation. Hard to hold guys accountable when the owner/gm tells you who makes the team, who can play when and how many minutes, keep a spot for chris when you desperately need another healthy big because your team is so frail etc. No way Woodson makes things work this year. I just didn't think it would be this bad.

This is no different than what has happened with other Knicks coaches, just maybe a bit more embarrassing. MDA had to deal with strange management decisions and a lack of support as well. We've seen other coaches also have to deal with Dolan's nonsense. It all comes back to Dolan. He's the one common denominator. No coach can really succeed with Dolan's interference and poor decision making. Stern tried to help by forcing Dolan to hire a real BB man, but eventually Dolan went back to his old ways and there's nothing we can do if he thinks he is the smartest BB man in the room.