My educated guess is that that Mills/Dolan would not allow him to clean house and bring in his own staff for the position. Knicks are a joke. How can you expect an established and well respected GM with winning experience to NOT want to bring in his own guys as GM? How many regimes will these guys survive, as the organization continues to be run to the ground? Unbelievable. This franchise just can't get out of its own way.

...it means they want to retain the same MSG guys... Mills, Houston, etc
Its certainly never money

fishmike wrote:exactly

...it means they want to retain the same MSG guys... Mills, Houston, etc
Its certainly never money

All those clueless people calling for Phils head- he was the only one who could defy Dolan. Now we're back to Dolan and his yes men

They just want a figure head
Who will take the heat

Sort of what Phil did all three years

They don't really want change as they have a plan a plan set up by Phil and the current front office

They essentially want someone who has to deal with the media and take the heat

smackeddog wrote:

fishmike wrote:exactly

...it means they want to retain the same MSG guys... Mills, Houston, etc
Its certainly never money

All those clueless people calling for Phils head- he was the only one who could defy Dolan. Now we're back to Dolan and his yes men

Had nothing to do with Dolan. Griffin hasn't even had his meeting with Dolan yet. This is Mills trying to keep control of the team.

SocraticBallin22 wrote:http://basketball.realgm.com/wiretap/246835/David-Griffin-Withdraws-From-Consideration-For-Knicks-GM-Job

My educated guess is that that Mills/Dolan would not allow him to clean house and bring in his own staff for the position. Knicks are a joke. How can you expect an established and well respected GM with winning experience to NOT want to bring in his own guys as GM? How many regimes will these guys survive, as the organization continues to be run to the ground? Unbelievable. This franchise just can't get out of its own way.

Seriously, what did Griffin do that wasn't just acting on behalf of Lebron? Make me GM and give me Lebron. I'll look good too.

smackeddog wrote:

fishmike wrote:exactly

...it means they want to retain the same MSG guys... Mills, Houston, etc
Its certainly never money

All those clueless people calling for Phils head- he was the only one who could defy Dolan. Now we're back to Dolan and his yes men

reub wrote:To those of you who were constantly hating on Phil Jackson without appreciating how he refused to trade #1 draft picks for a quick fixes and drafted KP, Willy, Frank and Dotson are you having any regrets yet? Sure its easy to find fault with a GM/President when the team is in a rebuilding phase and has no draft picks to work with. Phil did a lot for the future of this team and now we have nobody good to replace him.

reub wrote:

Bonn1997 wrote:

reub wrote:To those of you who were constantly hating on Phil Jackson without appreciating how he refused to trade #1 draft picks for a quick fixes and drafted KP, Willy, Frank and Dotson are you having any regrets yet? Sure its easy to find fault with a GM/President when the team is in a rebuilding phase and has no draft picks to work with. Phil did a lot for the future of this team and now we have nobody good to replace him.

Mills already pulled off a signing that was better than any signings Phil did in 3 years. Sorry I don't want 15 mil on 33 year olds or overrated volume scorers. You'll just have to learn to accept that we won't have more Noahs and Melos. I see no indication that Mills is going to change the one thing Phil gets credit for (keeping his own picks). Since he's targeting youth, it seems quiet unlikely he would change this. Time will tell.

Mills signed an average player for well above average money. That's nothing to write home about.