nyshakespeare wrote:@alanhahn Alan Hahn
Spoke with an NBA source who said contract extension talks included $3M reduction in salary, from $5M to $2M.
WTF
dolan you douche
If true, then Dolan wanted him out. Walsh easily put more than $3M to the bottom line.
Yeah I saw this on the crawl during lunch. I was watching the Open, but a couple of the tVs were airing Shaq's retirement press conference and I that's when I took the hit. My friend isn't much of an NBA fan so he didn't care, but I think this sucks is a hugely HUGE way.
Now Ima go back and read y'all's posts on the subject. If Zeke shows back up I'm out.
matt wrote:This is not good
Yup. Folks are happy because they think 
will also leave, but losing Walsh is not good.
eViL wrote:WojYahooNBA Adrian Wojnarowski Walsh will never blast an employer on the way out. Just never. His DNA is different, admirable. He'll never tell-all on Dolan relationship.ChrisMannixSI Chris Mannix Execs that have talked to Walsh recently aren't buying his claims of lack of energy. "He's got more energy than me," says West exec.
WojYahooNBA Adrian Wojnarowski Friends of Donnie Walsh don't believe him saying he's out of energy or didn't want to stay past a season. "He's taking high road," one says.
pretty much the distinct impression i am getting. Donnie couldn't get what he wanted in a deal at what he considered a reasonable price, and he is out.
Juice wrote:GustavBahler wrote:I'm real sorry to see Donnie go but I am glad that it means that D'Antoni is probably gone. Adelman might be a good fit but I wouldn't rule out Mark Jackson getting the job. Its Dolan's call. Maybe Donnie wasn't going to get the freedom to run the team the way he wanted, again. Thanks for making the Knicks relevant again Donnie.
For now I'm happy to hear Allan Houston didn't slide into that interim role. If so then I would be panicking. But in all honesty we need a fresher/newer/more innovative/quick thinking/offensive individual to man this position..... sans Dolan interferring
The problem is Dolan. Has been since dad gave him the team. He will ALWAYS interfere and is not likely to hire anyone as strong willed as Walsh again...because Zeke will tell him not to.
i'm not sure what the Knicks can do to recover my faith in any way. i feel like i've lost all faith in the organization. it might be an irrational, emotional, knee-jerk reaction -- but it's the way i feel right now.
who can they hire to restore my faith? and even if they hire a top GM replacement, how are you going to convince the fan-base that this new guy is here to win titles and not just collect a check while sitting in a high-profile job?
sad times for the Knicks fan in me. great news is that i just inherited a lot of free time in the fall, winter and spring.
sad day for knick fans....
out with respectabily and I won't be suprised to see bafoonry set in...
Donnie is gonna f*** the knicks, sign with miami, trade bosh for a ton of picks and guys, and we'll be screwed for yrs to come.
Not the news I wanted to come home to today. Donnie was the first true professional we had for the better part of a decade, sucks to see him go.
Thank you for everything Donnie. Not only did you do an excellent job in restoring this franchise, you did it all with class from day 1.
So now what - is Warkentien still with the club? I remember all the speculation that he was to be a potential Donnie replacement.
Juice wrote:THANK GOODNESS
BEST NEWS EVER IF TRUE
I knew something was up because negotiations were taking too long to finalize.
HOO-RAY
HOO-RAY
HOO-RAY
HOO-RAY
You need to get superkicked in the face.
AnubisADL wrote:Knick fans in uproar over the GM leaving when we have Melo and Amare. 
great point if there is full confidence in these two as players to get things done especially when supposedly 1 of them was brought in without clear endorsement from the GM that's leaving.
martin wrote:eViL wrote:WojYahooNBA Adrian Wojnarowski Walsh will never blast an employer on the way out. Just never. His DNA is different, admirable. He'll never tell-all on Dolan relationship.ChrisMannixSI Chris Mannix Execs that have talked to Walsh recently aren't buying his claims of lack of energy. "He's got more energy than me," says West exec.
WojYahooNBA Adrian Wojnarowski Friends of Donnie Walsh don't believe him saying he's out of energy or didn't want to stay past a season. "He's taking high road," one says.
pretty much the distinct impression i am getting. Donnie couldn't get what he wanted in a deal at what he considered a reasonable price, and he is out.
Probably the main one being AUTONOMY...which he absolutely never had since day 1. The McGrady/Melo deals did this relationship in on top of....the Free Agency hoopla and him not being able to hire his boy Mullin. And Dolan all of a sudden wants to start penny pinching with him...lol
Papabear Says
Zeke is coming Zeke is coming back. Weeee Weeee Ha Ha. Jump for joy Jump for joy.
LOL Now if you believe that I have $2.00 bathing suits for you to swim in the sunny hot North Pole.
Forget I.T. he ain't coming back
Papabear wrote:Papabear SaysZeke is coming Zeke is coming back. Weeee Weeee Ha Ha. Jump for joy Jump for joy.
LOL Now if you believe that I have $2.00 bathing suits for you to swim in the sunny hot North Pole.
Forget I.T. he ain't coming back
You'd love for him to come back. So would Anubis. The Isiah Thomas Fan Club.
Isiah Thomas is unofficially back. He succeeded in removing his #1 nemesis from the organization. Now he can run it from afar with a puppet GM like Glen Grunwald running the show. You guys don't remember but Isiah hired Glen Grunwald and they're good friends. Ahh, good'ol Zeke finding new ways to destroy the team after all these years.
Sad...sad....day....freaking ridiculous
The Knicks are like the US economy - just when you think its coming out of the woods, it slips back into a recession.
This is a blow for sure.
Childs2Dudley wrote:Juice wrote:THANK GOODNESS
BEST NEWS EVER IF TRUE
I knew something was up because negotiations were taking too long to finalize.
HOO-RAY
HOO-RAY
HOO-RAY
HOO-RAY
You need to get superkicked in the face.
No I don't. I realize there are other qualified and well respected execs out there to replace the very average one leaving. Don's a good dude and I hope he does well wherever he goes but sorry he wasn't as good as advertised. And quite frankly not sure how much decision making was completely his while here. Yes he brought a ton of respect here but he's not the only exec in the NBA who brings this quality to a franchise.
Juice wrote:Childs2Dudley wrote:Juice wrote:THANK GOODNESS
BEST NEWS EVER IF TRUE
I knew something was up because negotiations were taking too long to finalize.
HOO-RAY
HOO-RAY
HOO-RAY
HOO-RAY
You need to get superkicked in the face.
No I don't I realize there are other qualified and well respected execs out there to replace the very average one leaving. Don's a good dude and I hope he does well wherever he goes but sorry he wasn't as good as advertised. And quite frankly not sure how much decision making was completely his while here. Yes he brought a ton of respect here but he's not the only exec in the NBA who brings this quality to a franchise.
Sorry, your basketball opinion is not respected. Actually, you yourself are not respected. Stick to making nicknames like Walshed Up. You sucked at those but it was all you were good for.
To celebrate the firing of a man who helped change this team from awful, pathetic joke to respectable franchise is a slap in the face to real Knick fans. Maybe it's the fact that you were a Bulls fan not too long ago but we Knick fans love and respect Donnie Walsh for what he did here. No GM's record is spotless but his positives far outweighed the negatives.
you will learn to appreciate the man when we're back to having Isiah and/or his cronies run the show. These guys will never be more than puppet General Managers under this owner. If you're happy with that than there is nothing else I can say.
