HofstraBBall wrote:Too soon? We spent a long time arguing about how the Triangle and Phil were a terrible choice to begin a successful rebuild. Now the king of stupidity is admiting that it was a problem and claimed Phil was out of touch and did not relate to tadays players? Claimed that JH's problem was that he was like Phil, in that he was stuck in the past? (My Gripe from day one of the Phil/Triangle era) Yet he does not take any of the blame for being the guy that put antiquated Phil/Triangle in charge. This guy cannot lead or take responsibility. No respect for him. He should sell the team and move on to some crappy jazz club and call it a day. Yeah right. That will happen. Where are the guys that argued the Triangle/Phil was the right plan to build a long term future? As their excuse was always "Wait and see". Well its now completely over and we have not heard from the Phil/Triangle supporters. Some of us saw how short sighted it was to trust a Prez/System that was "Stuck in the past" and out of touch with Todays NBA. Although Dolan did not take the blame he did finnaly admit it was the reason it did not work . Anyone else have the Bballs?
http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/basketball/knicks/james-dolan-reminding-knicks-remain-dysfunctional-article-1.3944169
I know this is going to sound like I'm defending Dolan but to be fair,
You have to look at how phil presented himself to an Owner who admitted to not knowing much about building a winning culture(brain wash). Phil Hired Fisher for 2 reasons 1)he could relate to today's player 2)he can mold a young coach into himself.
JH (we now realize) had the same thought process as phil, that's why he came out of the blue and nailed the job. They spent an entire day together and had a 6 hr diner discussing their IDEAS.
Mills has already interviewed 5 coaches in less than a week, and phil interviewed just 3 in almost a month. What Dolan is saying now is something that has clearly becoming super obvious.
It's easy to hire a person who talks a good game during the interviewing process but when he gets on the job your like WTF.
What make dolan STILL an Idiot (IMO) is that he promoted MILLs, a guy who was part of phils disaster, A guy who couldn't bring in a single all star(since he's been here) despite having major cap space, a guy who couldn't help phil facilitate better trades, A guy who signed JR smiths brother, A guy who has been every part of the losing culture from the DAY he started