Donnie Walsh Gone! Panic?!

With the Walsh’s failure to acquire Lebron last summer and his subsequent reluctance to propose a desirable trade to the Nuggets for Carmelo Anthony,

There’s entirely too much wrong with this statement, and that fact basically makes the whole schpiel you got there bunk.

Donnie didn’t fail to get Leballs. Fact is, Leballs was going wherever his two buddies went. The Knicks couldn’t do that cuz we still had Eddy Curry, Isiah’s boy, on the books and no one in their right mind was taking him off our hands. So no, he didn’t fail to get him. We didn’t have to cap room to sign the three tits that led Miami to the finals. Got it? Good.

As for the Carmelo trade….you’re gonna fault the guy for not wanting to give up an arm and a leg, like we did and hindered ourselves as a team going forward? Donnie should’ve been allowed to operate that trade as he saw fit. Not Dolan ass fucking the whole situation.

Please. Donnie should’ve saw this whole thing through. Whoever comes here will have to deal with Dolan and most likely, if he isn’t already a lap dog, will get fed up with this bullshit and leave.

What has he done since his playing days that would indicate that he’s a good coach? Or a good GM?

I have no issue with people questioning the job that Donnie has done, but as many rumors abound as there have been, the lines you use to “connect the dots” are reaches at best.

Dolan became fed up with Walsh’s conservatism and took matters into his own hands.

This is the first I have heard of that. Where has Dolan ever spoken disappointment with Donnie Walsh? The Knicks went as hard after Lebron as anyone else. Many of the brass was disappointed he went to Miami instead, but it wasn’t from a lack of trying in NY. Some have tried to circulate that Lebron was bored at the Knicks presentation since it felt very similar to NJs (who had an earlier meeting). How is that the Knicks fault? Did we know what NJ was going to present?? Who knows what LeBron felt at that meeting. Who cares? Many of us seem glad to not have LeBron and the drama he brings with him.

I DO agree that Dolan meddled with Melo trade, but he didn’t contsruct it. he jumped the gun on Walsh. Dolan is a business man, he sees $$ signs everywhere. Melo is a major $$$. I believe Walsh knew he could get melo and that he would, but Dolan apparently decided “right now” in his short-sighted-ness. It WAS desperation like you said.

Walsh’s demise was not an act of desperation by Dolan. Dolan knew exactly what he was doing over the last month and I have believed that the changing of the guard that we will be seeing over the coming months was imminent all along.

Desperation is the wrong word. Short-sighted is better. IF the rumors of a 40% salary dip and multi-year contract and lack of control tun out to be true, then Dolan lowballed Donnie in a major way. His offer would scream of something impossible to accept but from a sleazy business negotiation tactic. If Walsh signed, Dolan wins because he saves money. If he walked, Dolan gets to say “We offered him a contract and he chose not to take it.” Yeah, he knew what he was doing. He was sweeping Donnie Walsh’s legs. Dolan has a need to always feel in control. Most every Team President (remember a GM answers to a Team President) makes the decisions. Owners are certainly in the loop, but rarely are they ever ‘experts’. They trust their team Presidents and just allow final approval. That it was too much for Dolan to agree to NOT question Donnie Walsh’s team decisions is ridiculous. Especially after turning this team into a playoff team on the rise. Walsh wasn’t looking to become a tyrant. He simply and obviously wanted to prevent decisions about the Knicks team to be made behind his back! Is that so unreasonable for a Team President to ask???

There is a responsibility that the owner of the New York Knicks has, which is to create and maintain a winner that will not only satisfy fans in the Big Apple, but also challenge the Yankees for popularity amongst fans.

Sorry, there is definitely NOT a responsbility. First off, aside from the fact that the Yankees are the winningest professional sports franchise in American History, they are ALWAYS going to rule NY. Another NY sport is NOT in competition with another NY franchise of a different sport. If anything they compliment each other. Baseball ends when basketball begins and basketball ends when baseball begins. There is no competition for superiority across different sports. Your statement is out of thin air with no backing. When one team does well, it becomes a selling point for the city. NY looks great when it can boast the World Series champion and the NBA Champion in the same year. But no decisions about the Knicks are made with the agenda of “Will this help make us better than the Yankees?”

Lastly, after admitting that NY is a fast paced town that remains impatient, you suggest Mark Jackson foro ur next coach. He is a sexy name because he played here, but how about looking past a recognizable name for a second. Mark Jackson has never been a head coach. In the NBA, nor the NBDL. He has never been an assistant coach in the NBA or NBDL. So what justification do you have for an impatient city to hire a total rookie coach?? I like Mark Jackson but I’m not about to hand over the reins to him with zero experience! He may be more defensive oriented, but how many championships do the Knicks have to show for all the “traditional defensive oriented teams” we have fielded in the past?
The 90s Knicks were known for hard defense. Good for them. Zero championship rings though. Now that the rules of the league have made defensive contact nearly obsolete, strategies need to adjust. The same defensive tactics, literally won’t work anymore. So time for a change to an offensive based system. Shit, D’Antoni had multiple years of 60 wins and deep playoff runs. How about we stop acting like defnese is what works in NY. It’s helped, but we haven’t won with defense either. Our new offense has yet to play a full year together so it’s hard to judge whether it works or not.

for Jerome Jordan?

It appears Jerry West (One of the most respected GMs in the biz) and the rest of the Warrior’s front office feels like Mark Jackson can be a good coach as they hire him to a 3-year 6 million dollar contract.