Sports Guy on Dolan

And I like it. Would it be bad for you to tell us what exactly was impressive about the proposal since it relevancy has basically passed? Questioning his intelligence and business acumen might not be entirely fair, but from an outsider’s POV he’s not done much to change it. Part of that may be his reclusiveness, part of it may be his ultimate self-confidence in following his own lead, and part of it may be that he actually goes on tour with his band(???).

Those social issues you talked about are what largely contributes to some of the bafflingly head-strong decisions he makes both in regards to the teams he owns and the business he runs, but he obviously wants this team to succeed. I just don’t want to have to wait til he gets as old and infirm as Steinbrenner before he acquiesces to his basketball people and not whatever personal friends(improbably Isiah) is whispering in his ear while attached remora-like to his hip in the Hamptons.

during which time actual baseball people ran the club, and built a pretty good product. What I give Steinbrenner credit for is when he came back he had the sense to tone down his act, let the baseball people run the show and just sign the checks. When he calmed his act down more and the Yankees started having success he went from being a buffoon to a great owner. Dolan’s problem is just when it appears he could rehabilitate his image he does something unwise like try to rehire Isaiah. The Knicks had a pretty good off season and may even have the makings of a competitive team, which would go a long way to changing the perception of Dolan in this town. To be honest, I think David Stern put the brakes on that deal not because Isaiah is a college coach, because something tells me if Dolan wanted to hire say Jim Boeheim as a consultant the deal would have gone through, I think Stern was trying to save Dolan from himself with that move.