Of course, Dolan also lied about giving Donnie Walsh full autonomy when he hijacked the Carmelo Anthony trade negotiations from the long-time and respected basketball executive. Although Walsh wanted to acquire Anthony, his advice to Dolan was to wait until the trading deadline to strike a better deal with the Denver Nuggets. Dolan ignored Walsh and eventually gave the Nuggets a promising young center in Timofey Mozgov and the Knicks’ 2014 first-round pick, which is now a lottery pick.

Phil Jackson cleans out the coaching staff

Among the coaches fired on Monday was long-time assistant Herb Williams, who is well-liked in the organization. Within one hour, there was a report that the organization would “encourage” the next head coach to keep Williams. It was an odd story, which read like it was planted by someone other than Jackson, because why would Jackson fire Williams and then encourage the next coach to rehire him?

Was Herb Williams the fixture that Dolan did not want replaced?

Meet The Suits (damn we are top heavy)

Executive Chairman, Madison Square Garden & NBA Governor James L. Dolan - please stay home
President & Chief Executive Officer, Madison Square Garden & NBA Alternate Governor Tad Smith - please stay away
Vice-Chairman, Madison Square Garden Hank J. Ratner - please have a seat
President, New York Knicks Phil Jackson

General Manager Steve Mills - can take a hike
Assistant General Manager/GM, White Plains Varvaros (named after the deli) DLeague Allan Houston - please stay in Hartsdale
Vice President, Player Development, Marketing and Team Operations Chris Bernard, on the bubble
Vice President, Basketball Operations Jamie Mathews, how many people do we need? Sheesh
Basketball Advisor Glen Grunwald why is he still around?

Director, Security John Donohue "just five minutes fellas"
Director, Basketball Operations John Gabriel - he can take a hike
Director, Pro Player Personnel Mark Hughes - see above
Directors, Player Relations Jeannette Kew, Asani Swann, more media gestapo, they can go

Director, Scouting and Administration Kristian Petesic - she can take a hike too
Director, Data Analytics & Pro Scout Mike Smith - see ya, we now have Zen
Director of Operations, MSG Training Center Miguel Vazquez, cool

Director, Player Personnel Mark Warkentien - another holdover from the past, adios Clarence Gaines Jr steps in
Scouts Kevin Wilson, Walker D. Russell, Gary Boyson, Ben Jobe
Manager, Player Security Max Cayard
Manager, Building Operations, MSG Training Center Steven Kaminski

Coordinator, Player Development Damon Jones
Executive Assistant to Executive Vice President & GM and Head Coach Dianela Correia Edwards, see Jeannie Buss
Executive Chauffeur Bill Kalish - maybe
Basketball Operations Coordinator Brett Fuller - tbd

Q. Which suits are Dolan's spies?

martin wrote:Frank Isola report

Perhaps Martin, but please review the NYK employee roster posted above, and tell me if you spot any redundancies?

Vmart wrote:Herb"the snitch" Williams. I never liked Herb even when he was playing. He brings nothing to the table as a coach. As a big man the Knicks had Agguire and he is sf work with the big men in the past. I like Dolan's loyalty it's good that Phil and Dolan threw Isola a bone. It shows loyal concern by Dolan also makes it look like Phil has total control over the organization which he does. If I see Herb in any facet of being a Knick I will be highly disappointed.

Dolan cutting Herb loose would be like Kima cutting Bubbles loose in "The Wire." It takes years to develop a good a snitch.

JS3 wrote:Isola is pretty stupid person, to say the least.

He hates Berman (from the post) and generally he is in sort of dispute with official Knicks PR staff, he will try to bring any kind of dirt that he can.

PS
He is an *******

Well I guess he can sell a story. Honestly wouldnt this type of stuff be talked about before u sign a 60mm $ contact--I have to think yes,

BRIGGS wrote:

JS3 wrote:Isola is pretty stupid person, to say the least.

He hates Berman (from the post) and generally he is in sort of dispute with official Knicks PR staff, he will try to bring any kind of dirt that he can.

PS
He is an *******

Well I guess he can sell a story. Honestly wouldnt this type of stuff be talked about before u sign a 60mm $ contact--I have to think yes,

And I enjoy his pounding of Marc Berman and his interpretations of actual quotes

holfresh wrote:SAS said Phil tried to sack the medical staff and Dolan said no...

this is funny.

I hope that phil does not ask to re-renovate the garden.