JustForFun Posted April 17, 2008 Share Posted April 17, 2008 All the New York papers are reporting Isiah Thomas will be fired today, but so far no good news. Anyone care to bet whether this is actually going to happen? Dolan has already said that his preference would be to keep him, for crying out loud, but that just may be a way of saving his own fat face for hiring him in the first place. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starchild Posted April 17, 2008 Share Posted April 17, 2008 SSSSSSSHHHHH. Don't jinx it!!! "The true New Yorker secretly believes that anyone living anywhere else has got to be, in some sense, kidding." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BCBoy Posted April 17, 2008 Share Posted April 17, 2008 I'm not a Knicks fan...or a Knicks hater...so I REALLY want to see him fired. I really do feel sorry for any fanbase that has to deal with this guy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TFoA Posted April 17, 2008 Share Posted April 17, 2008 I just hope for the sake of the Knicks that he gets fired.I'm guessing that getting swept by the Hawks for the first time in franchise history would be the last straw. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coast2CoastAM2006 Posted April 17, 2008 Share Posted April 17, 2008 maybe there is hope after all. its really a shame he has turned this franchise in to a running gag. Granted i have very little interest in the team but i almost have pity for the fans that have to deal with basketball's village idiot. Spoilers! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustForFun Posted April 18, 2008 Author Share Posted April 18, 2008 Nothing yesterday. Word is that Donnie is looking for a place for him somewhere in basketball operations, where he wouldn't have any responsibility. I think that's a terrible idea, and he should be fired outright, but Blowhard Dolan obviously wants to keep his chief butt-kisser somewhere in the organization. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BBTV Posted April 18, 2008 Share Posted April 18, 2008 Do people think that his total bafoonery as a coach / executive tarnish his reputation that he earned as a player? "The views expressed here are mine and do not reflect the official opinion of my employer or the organization through which the Internet was accessed." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coast2CoastAM2006 Posted April 18, 2008 Share Posted April 18, 2008 Do people think that his total bafoonery as a coach / executive tarnish his reputation that he earned as a player?yes it does, because all people will remember is how he turned the knicks in to a joke and forget what he did as a player. Alot of it has to do with the fact that he won't realize that he has failed and do what is respectable and resign instead he continues to drag this team in to the outhouse. If the Knicks owners had any respect for the franchise, its players and its fans they would do whats right and realize that he has failed and should fire his ass and bring in somebody that knows what they are doing. Spoilers! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gothamite Posted April 18, 2008 Share Posted April 18, 2008 If the Knicks owners had any respect for the franchise, its players and its fans they would do whats right and realize that he has failed and should fire his ass and bring in somebody that knows what they are doing.The Dolans have shown that they harbor little more than contempt for the people in this city.So don't count on it. The Green Bay Packers Uniform Database! Now in a handy blog. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coast2CoastAM2006 Posted April 23, 2008 Share Posted April 23, 2008 If the Knicks owners had any respect for the franchise, its players and its fans they would do whats right and realize that he has failed and should fire his ass and bring in somebody that knows what they are doing.The Dolans have shown that they harbor little more than contempt for the people in this city.So don't count on it.i sometimes wonder if they are trying to lose money for the franchise just to piss everone here off. Because honestly i don't know how they are profiting from the way they do business. I guess their plan of action is to put out a crap product, just for fun and assume the fans will continue to buy knicks gear and pack out the arena. Spoilers! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starchild Posted April 23, 2008 Share Posted April 23, 2008 They're profitting solely on the market. Celebs, tourists and casual fans will always flock to MSG because its The Garden.The bulk of it is coming from season ticket subscribers, which on the surface, is ridiculous that people would be willing to get season tickets to this crap. However, as many people will remember, prior to the Layden/Isiah era, it was a miracle to get tickets to Knicks games - let alone season tickets. The subscribers continually shell out tons of money while the team sucks to keep their spot in the hopes that eventually the team will become good again, tickets will be harder to come by and thus they'll be the lucky s.o.b's that have tickets to various/all Knicks home games.This is why there needs to be, but never will be, a mass boycott by season ticket holders to perhaps force Dolan to sell the team. Although, even then, he probably wouldn't since MSG earnings only make up about 1% or something like that (I remember seeing the actual figure, it's certainly in the single digits) of his total income - which the majority comes from Cablevision profits. "The true New Yorker secretly believes that anyone living anywhere else has got to be, in some sense, kidding." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
averyj Posted April 24, 2008 Share Posted April 24, 2008 So pretty much, when the Pope came near NY, Isiah was fired?Yay Benedict! You know, I rarely visit ccslsc anymore. I really should fix that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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