I wanted Mark Jackson or Avery Johnson.

Nobody knows hoe good a coach he will be. With the Knicks in the state that they are, I wouldn’t have turned over the keys to a rookie coach either. Signing D’Antoni was a good move. He is a knowledgeable coach, but he really does have the characteristics of an egomaniac. He ha a very pompous expression on his face a lot too, especially when answering questions about things he doesn’t like. I’m not a fan of this. Its frustrating when it feels like he is intent on proving to everyone he is the smartest in the room. By now, wen Nate make it into a game, its going to be a huge deal no matter what happens. People will cheer, and questions will be asked from every angle an D’Antoni will hate having to answer to them. This is New York though. We don’t let things slide and we don’t let vague answer be the end all. We want our details and if Mike D’Antoni can’t give us those, he will only make his job harder and focus will be lost.
Joe Girardi is a good example of this… his first year as a coach, he was very quit and unhelpful to the press and they just dug, dug, dug, and it seemed to get to him. This year he opened up much more and you could see he had an easier time and the press rewarded him. Chewing your gum and saying “I like Nate, I think he’s a great guy” behind a smirk and keeping him on the bench, even when your team has no legs and their leads evaporate isn’t hold for long.
Someone said it before on here… there is a trend forming with how we treat our players. And its not so conducive to bringing in a big star this summer.

Leitch is most likely right. D’Antoni is probably the Knicks’ best asset (save Gallo) and, at the time, was the only one on the team who rightfully could’ve had a “do you know who I am?” moment. I’m interpreting it as an ego trip, but more of a “you guys are playing like cocky assholes and not doing what I’m saying. I have something to be cocky about, not any of you losers, so maybe you should do what I fucking tell you.” In the heat of a painful losing streak in a must win season, do whatever works to light the fie I guess.

         That said, this underscores a lot of D’Antoni’s more unsavory qualities, his ego, stubbornness, selfishness and car-salesman-like fakeness (especially when addressing the media). That shit doesn’t really fly in NY, espciallially without results. Look no further than Eric Mangini, a guy with whom Coach Dant shares a few traits. Unwavering confidence in a system that has only proved to work with top-notch players, unequivocal disgust for the New York media, an heir of smug self-satisfaction. Blech.

start shit now that the Knicks are winning.

What a fool. Make a column that if another idiot reads it..will only see the top and jump to conclusions.

I’ve ‘hated’ the Bulls ever since they had better luck in the Derrick Rose draft. Well…I’ve hated the Bulls since IT decided to send them every draft pick in the 2000s for Eddy Curry and Mal Crawford.

I hope the Bulls ROT under Reisdorf’s watch…just for you Adrian.

If you are very good at basketball and come to New York City, you are going to be showered with money. LeBron, Dwyane Wade, Chris Paul, Joe Johnson, Amare Stoudemire, Chris Bosh, it doesn’t matter.

Someone is going to come(!).
And fuck the Chicago Bulls.

is a Chicago guy. Sour grapes. They got a crappy coach. But the article is also deeply insulting to the Knicks players. Chicago’s players are so much better that D’antoni would have such easier success? Bullshit. The Knicks have an unconventional roster, but they have guys like Lee and Gallo and Duhon that at least seem to have an idea of how to develop chemistry with their teammates. And they have guys that value defense (Gallo, Chandler, Hughes, Douglas). It seems to have taken some time to figure it out, but I think D’antoni is not regretting coming to NY right now. I think Woj is regretting that Chicago didn’t offer D’antoni enough money. Because he ABSOLUTELY is and asset in attracting LeBron or Wade. And I wonder what D’antoni would have thought about the Bulls deciding not to re-sign Ben Gordon.

Walsh may have erred by taking Hill in this draft. But I think the Bulls management in the past two seasons is just as incompetent.

Woj has knowledge and connections in the NBA, but he’s clearly anti-Knick and pro-Chicago and bitter about it.

I support dantoni, he’s got this team back on its knees we used to be flat on our face, the players love him and now their buying into his play style, I swear these writers don’t know shit they are saying sometimes, even if we don’t get a big free agent next year we will have a young player in gallo and hopefully we get hill to develop strength so he can put lee back at pf, wanjoranski or wateva the fuck his name is is a piece of shit just upset kuz NY got that paper and we make it rain lol man money talks so he came to ny but we also have one of the deepest histories in the u.s if not the deepest

Dantoni never expected to come and be a truly contending team until 2010. Donnie Walsh made it very clear that everything was going towards that summer so i can guarantee you dantoni is not disappointed (especially since the bulls have gone no where and their future looks much worse.) There are countless more flaws with woj’s argument but the simple fact that its no secret that all of our efforts have been going towards 2010 makes it unbelievable that dantoni is all of a sudden regretting his decision to come here half a season before the plan comes too fruition.

I h8 the bulls. Mostly cuz my brother can’t get Jordan’s cock outta his mouth and it’s been at least a decade since he retired. It also sounds like Adrian Worchorjowhorwskihas got alot of h8 in him too…for Dantoni, maybe even for the Knicks.

But the dude is right…Our head coach is a douche, He’s our douche for the moment but a douche no less.

Does that mean we should call for his job or demand explanation apology, or response based on this article? Nope.

Say what you want about pringles he’s a decent coach….not great, decent. Certainly much better than the last few we’ve had. I expected him to be a douche from go tho, and was confirmed when he obscenely cursed the crowd out in what I think I remember was his very first home opener at MSG, when the crowd chanted for Marbury.

Whatevs…Marbury is gone, as he should be, might not have been handled great, but still you don’t take it out on fans who payed hard earned money to come see their favorite team under perform.

Pringles is an ass but he’ll figure out how to get us to win some games if only because he’s afraid of his “legacy” being tarnished. We made our bed now we gotta lay in it and ride out with the dude at least until 2011 after we’re suppose to get these “stars” if only for him to prove he’s as good as advertised.

Seth, any word on Bender’s injury?

than pointing out the obvious.

would D’Antoni have been in a better situation to succeed right away in Chicago? i don’t think there’s any question about that. but, what’s done is done. he’s here now and this team is starting to show signs of life.

Knicks get Bosh and Wade. Bron goes to NJ………Mark it down