The assumption that anyone else would have done better than phil is an unknown commodity that makes for an illogical argument at any level except for one that is emotional.
Would we prefer that Dolan hired H20 instead, and he kept meddling? No tank, no KP. 2018 pick gone and Kyle lowrey and Melo are running the team. Nice tandem, but No KP. We would have won a few more games and pehaps not been top 4. If we do, then it was a bad trade.
The Tyson trade!!! Rolo is better than Tyson, and Calderone is better than Felton. Ray has the talent but not the body anymore to sustain that level of play he showed in the playoffs. He was taken 5th in the year he was drafted for a reason. On tope of that we got Early. I like Ray, just not starter material. Jose isn't, but once he
For many "We could have done better"!!! Subjective. Maybe, maybe not. Jose is the leader and has been our best guard. Problem is we don't have better to replace them.
"and what about that!! Why did he go top heavy with front line? Is he too old and stupid to not have realized our back court was lacking?". Again, subjective. He could trade the 2018 pick for Teague, who will be 30 by then. I don't like trading picks, we have been burned before. Our tandem of Grant, a mature draft pick and Langston did not progress according to plan.
He hired Fisher!!! On paper it was really a pretty good idea. Take the guy who has been a leader on every team, even championship teams, a guy well respected in the league and let him grow into the job. LIke Pop did after winning 23 games his first season. Or like brad Stevens in Boston who was awful his first year! There are more.
Oh, by the way, Phil hired Steve Kerr first. He was not "Lowballed" as some have said. He in fact agreed in principal but then GSW came and with phils blessing made the decision to go there for all the reasons we have discussed before. Mainly, there were family considerations. GSW I believe matched the knicks offer.
Getting rid of bargnani, JR and Shump were good ideas. It was a good idea to give them a chance to perform, but they did not. They did not execute
Rambis. Not sure why Phil has not just lifted the Interim label, but then we only get what we know from the tainted media who likes to paint him badly now as it sells more. From What I read on Thibs, I don't see him as a good fit logically with Knicks based on his divisive behavior in Chicago and not being a Triangle guy. Fans want that winning cred and I get that, but really that is not tangible to the task. This is subjective because we just don't know, but emotionally I can see how fans want this guy. Media insinuates since fans want this, and Thibs wants to coach here, this is a good idea. Its subjective, Thibs has succeeded, but why is it a good idea? If IM PHil, its not. Why? I can't speak for him but he wants a guy he knicks, realates to, and he trusts. Thibs is not that guy. Not to say he can't be, but he is not that guy.
In fact, we just don't know what phils decision will actually be. So to open letter Dolan to intercede (Take a moment to take that in)is an emotional cry for help.
We are all sick and tired of the losing, but being impatient and make decisions based on Emotions rarely if ever make for the proper process to make decisions.
Appealing to Dolan is comical.