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joec32033 wrote:....and the huge story of the day that no media outlet will cover....for some reason we wouldn't let David Griffin pick his own front office but we let Perry do it. Real reason Griffin didn't come here: He wanted full autonomy and didn't want to answer to anyone.

Glad Gaines is staying. he is listed as a Vice president/Director of player personal.
Titles can be misleading. Bottom line is you got a rep, got a contract, and want to stay with team.
Levels of contribution are fed to us via media so its hard to really know who gets all the cred.
I think Gaines was tight with PHil for many years. When you read his bio you might get the sense this guy not a corp. type.
http://www.nba.com/knicks/clarence-gaines-jr
He has been based in California the whole time, invests for himself, and likley does this seasonally. I think phil trusted him to really get into watching a few guys and had "simpatico" with him.
Its not like the guy is a "scout savant gun for hire type". We no doubt have built him up. His resume does not mention working for any other team but bulls and Knicks. I thought he would have had some role with the Lakers.
Knicks usually honor contracts but I would not expect him to stay on long term given his field of interests and perhaps disinterest. Im just guessing. Personally I hope he can be "Star scout" for us but seems asif he was lured back to NBA because of Phil. Maybe even Money???

GustavBahler wrote:

joec32033 wrote:....and the huge story of the day that no media outlet will cover....for some reason we wouldn't let David Griffin pick his own front office but we let Perry do it. Real reason Griffin didn't come here: He wanted full autonomy and didn't want to answer to anyone.

I believe that Mills didn't want to have himself surgically removed from any credit for roster moves should the Knicks do well. Wants to be known as more than a pencil pusher. So far it looks like Mills is rubber stamping Perry's decisions, as he would have if Griffin was hired.

wasn't mills part of the hiring process, he's going to hire a guy to do the job is be wanting prior to phil

knicks1248 wrote:

CrushAlot wrote:

joec32033 wrote:....and the huge story of the day that no media outlet will cover....for some reason we wouldn't let David Griffin pick his own front office but we let Perry do it. Real reason Griffin didn't come here: He wanted full autonomy and didn't want to answer to anyone.

Perry has brought in his own team but no one has been let go from past administrations. Knicks might have front office positions like coffee club president with so many execs.

when does rambis join phil

He either isnt viewed as the problem he has been made out to be by the coaching staff. Or they are taking their time as to not be disrespectful making him a scapegoat.

And it should be up to Jeff to make that call. Which is what you proclaimed when bashing Phil for meddling. What if Jeff actually liked Rambis? What if he wasn't just forced on him by Phil and underminded him at every turn?

Mind blown! This would probably make Jeff an idiot if the case I bet.

knicks1248 wrote:

CrushAlot wrote:

joec32033 wrote:....and the huge story of the day that no media outlet will cover....for some reason we wouldn't let David Griffin pick his own front office but we let Perry do it. Real reason Griffin didn't come here: He wanted full autonomy and didn't want to answer to anyone.

Perry has brought in his own team but no one has been let go from past administrations. Knicks might have front office positions like coffee club president with so many execs.

when does rambis join phil

We need Rambis for triangle schemes

The Rambis thing is really up to Jeff. If he feels Rambis helps him do his job then that's all we need to know. KP is happy again and that means only Melo has any real beef with Rambis that we know of.