The Vandeweghe name is as iconic to the New York Knicks as the names Clyde, Holtzman, McGuire, Reed, Debusschere, Melo, and David Lee. When you hear those names your Knick-loving heart just swells with pride. Well Coco Vandeweghe is a rising tennis player and everyone here should root for her in the US Open. If you need reasons, here's a few:
A) her family is a part of Knicks royalty
B) recently she blasted Melo in the press saying that he has "no heart." That's from a young girl just starting out her sporting career. Good for her. She's got guts. No standard corporate boring jock talk from her.
C) she's a pretty good tennis player
D) she's historic: she's the first tennis player in history to do an "in game" TV interview. Between sets today she talked with Pam Shriver of ESPN.
After last season, Knick fans need a winner to root for. She won her first match today, root for her in her next match.
Call me ignorant but why is Vandeweghe royalty?
to be America’s next tennis star.
That may be a 100% certainty.
She just broke onto the scene last year, and she is already a feared force. Today she beat the holy hell out of highly ranked American Sloan Stephens. Was like a grown up playing a three year old. And guess what Johnny Mac and the rest of the ESPN crew just said? You all may know that Serena is going for the historic Grand Slam in this tournament, right? Well, the ESPN tennis analysts said today that the one player that could give her the most trouble is unranked Coco Vandeweghe. You watch this girl play...she's got game, she's got attitude, she's got Knick royalty in her veins. She can definitely become the world's next big thing in tennis.
Last June when she said that Carmelo "is a bit soft...I think he is soft. I don't think he has a killer instinct," man, I just knew she was unlike most athletes out there. First she's commenting on someone not even in her sport. Second...she's just a kid commenting on a superstar. Guts. That's why she is soon becoming the one to fear in women's tennis. When Serena hangs it up, our Knick royalty will rule the tennis world. Hey, if we can't rule the NBA, I'll be happy with ruling women's tennis.
NYKBocker wrote:EnySpree wrote:Call me ignorant but why is Vandeweghe royalty?
Ernie Vandeweghe
And how exactly is he considered royalty. To me, Ernie Grunfeld should be held to a higher standard and he's not Knicks royalty.
Ernest Maurice "Ernie" Vandeweghe Jr. (September 12, 1928 – November 8, 2014) was an United States Air Force veteran and professional basketball player. He was best known for playing for the New York Knicks of the NBA and for the athletic successes of his family. He and his wife Colleen Kay Hutchins (Miss America for 1952)[1] were the parents of former NBA All-Star (and former New Jersey Nets coach) Kiki Vandeweghe and grandfather of tennis professional Coco Vandeweghe.
In his youth, Vandeweghe played football, basketball and baseball for Oceanside High School on Long Island where he was also a member of the Omega Gamma Delta Fraternity. A 6'3" guard, Vandeweghe played collegiately for the Colgate University Raiders, where he was an All-American. He was drafted by the Knicks in the 1949 BAA Draft, and played in the NBA for six seasons.[citation needed]
After retiring from the NBA in 1956, Vandeweghe served as a physician for the Air Force; while stationed overseas in Germany. Besides Kiki, he had three other children who were world-class athletes: daughter Tauna won a U.S. national swimming championship in the backstroke (and competed in the 1976 Summer Olympics), son Bruk medalled in beach volleyball in the 1994 Goodwill Games, and daughter Heather was captain of the U.S. national women's polo team and followed in her father's footsteps through medical school to become a physician.[citation needed]
Vandeweghe served as chairman of the President's Council on Physical Fitness and Sports, and served on the Olympic Sports Commission under President Gerald Ford, where he assisted with development of two key pieces of sports legislation – Title IX and the 1976 Amateur Athletic Act. He has also been a senior vice president with Focus Partners LLC, a New York-based financial services firm, and a consultant with the United States Golf and Fitness Association. He occasionally provided commentary for several sports publications. He died at the age of 86 on November 8, 2014.[2]
Allanfan20 wrote:NYKBocker wrote:EnySpree wrote:Call me ignorant but why is Vandeweghe royalty?
Ernie Vandeweghe
And how exactly is he considered royalty. To me, Ernie Grunfeld should be held to a higher standard and he's not Knicks royalty.
I know he used to play for the Knicks in its beginning years but Royalty? I remember it was cool when Kiki got here...but Royalty? Nah
Absolutely. Love people that tell the truth and don't sugarcoat or dik ride.
"I just feel that Carmelo, he is a bit soft," she said. "And now, this is just my own personal opinion, I think he is soft. I don't think he has a killer instinct in his eyes, at least this last year. And I also think he needs people around him that have that killer instinct, because then that brings it out of you. And with him taking such a high salary, I think that kind of handcuffs the Knicks in being able to get those types of players that are getting big contracts. There's no way around that."
EnySpree wrote:Allanfan20 wrote:NYKBocker wrote:EnySpree wrote:Call me ignorant but why is Vandeweghe royalty?
Ernie Vandeweghe
And how exactly is he considered royalty. To me, Ernie Grunfeld should be held to a higher standard and he's not Knicks royalty.
I know he used to play for the Knicks in its beginning years but Royalty? I remember it was cool when Kiki got here...but Royalty? Nah
Local boy becomes all American, plays for knicks in its beginning and goes on to a successful life. Academic and athletic achievement.
CoCo on the big stage at US open with local roots. Maybe the Vandeweghe family is NY royalty with knick roots.
EnySpree wrote:
I'd hit it
I'm in love with the "Coco" 
Nalod wrote:EnySpree wrote:Allanfan20 wrote:NYKBocker wrote:EnySpree wrote:Call me ignorant but why is Vandeweghe royalty?
Ernie Vandeweghe
And how exactly is he considered royalty. To me, Ernie Grunfeld should be held to a higher standard and he's not Knicks royalty.
I know he used to play for the Knicks in its beginning years but Royalty? I remember it was cool when Kiki got here...but Royalty? Nah
Local boy becomes all American, plays for knicks in its beginning and goes on to a successful life. Academic and athletic achievement.
CoCo on the big stage at US open with local roots. Maybe the Vandeweghe family is NY royalty with knick roots.
Royalty though? That's a bit ridiculous.
I think it's cool that 3 people from that family in a span of 60 something years managed to play pro sports other than that nothing much to see.
EnySpree wrote:Nalod wrote:EnySpree wrote:Allanfan20 wrote:NYKBocker wrote:EnySpree wrote:Call me ignorant but why is Vandeweghe royalty?
Ernie Vandeweghe
And how exactly is he considered royalty. To me, Ernie Grunfeld should be held to a higher standard and he's not Knicks royalty.
I know he used to play for the Knicks in its beginning years but Royalty? I remember it was cool when Kiki got here...but Royalty? Nah
Local boy becomes all American, plays for knicks in its beginning and goes on to a successful life. Academic and athletic achievement.
CoCo on the big stage at US open with local roots. Maybe the Vandeweghe family is NY royalty with knick roots.
Royalty though? That's a bit ridiculous.
I think it's cool that 3 people from that family in a span of 60 something years managed to play pro sports other than that nothing much to see.
Or be an Olympian? Damn, Dr Ernie like an original Knick, its all good.
Shitty as this franchise has been for the majority of its existence, dude is royalty compared to a lot of guys that have passed thru.
Nalod wrote:EnySpree wrote:Nalod wrote:EnySpree wrote:Allanfan20 wrote:NYKBocker wrote:EnySpree wrote:Call me ignorant but why is Vandeweghe royalty?
Ernie Vandeweghe
And how exactly is he considered royalty. To me, Ernie Grunfeld should be held to a higher standard and he's not Knicks royalty.
I know he used to play for the Knicks in its beginning years but Royalty? I remember it was cool when Kiki got here...but Royalty? Nah
Local boy becomes all American, plays for knicks in its beginning and goes on to a successful life. Academic and athletic achievement.
CoCo on the big stage at US open with local roots. Maybe the Vandeweghe family is NY royalty with knick roots.
Royalty though? That's a bit ridiculous.
I think it's cool that 3 people from that family in a span of 60 something years managed to play pro sports other than that nothing much to see.
Or be an Olympian? Damn, Dr Ernie like an original Knick, its all good.
Shitty as this franchise has been for the majority of its existence, dude is royalty compared to a lot of guys that have passed thru.
Still not a good enough reason to call that family name royalty.
EnySpree wrote:Nalod wrote:EnySpree wrote:Nalod wrote:EnySpree wrote:Allanfan20 wrote:NYKBocker wrote:EnySpree wrote:Call me ignorant but why is Vandeweghe royalty?
Ernie Vandeweghe
And how exactly is he considered royalty. To me, Ernie Grunfeld should be held to a higher standard and he's not Knicks royalty.
I know he used to play for the Knicks in its beginning years but Royalty? I remember it was cool when Kiki got here...but Royalty? Nah
Local boy becomes all American, plays for knicks in its beginning and goes on to a successful life. Academic and athletic achievement.
CoCo on the big stage at US open with local roots. Maybe the Vandeweghe family is NY royalty with knick roots.
Royalty though? That's a bit ridiculous.
I think it's cool that 3 people from that family in a span of 60 something years managed to play pro sports other than that nothing much to see.
Or be an Olympian? Damn, Dr Ernie like an original Knick, its all good.
Shitty as this franchise has been for the majority of its existence, dude is royalty compared to a lot of guys that have passed thru.
Still not a good enough reason to call that family name royalty.
All is relative.
In small pond even lobster is a fish.
EnySpree wrote:Nalod wrote:EnySpree wrote:Nalod wrote:EnySpree wrote:Allanfan20 wrote:NYKBocker wrote:EnySpree wrote:Call me ignorant but why is Vandeweghe royalty?
Ernie Vandeweghe
And how exactly is he considered royalty. To me, Ernie Grunfeld should be held to a higher standard and he's not Knicks royalty.
I know he used to play for the Knicks in its beginning years but Royalty? I remember it was cool when Kiki got here...but Royalty? Nah
Local boy becomes all American, plays for knicks in its beginning and goes on to a successful life. Academic and athletic achievement.
CoCo on the big stage at US open with local roots. Maybe the Vandeweghe family is NY royalty with knick roots.
Royalty though? That's a bit ridiculous.
I think it's cool that 3 people from that family in a span of 60 something years managed to play pro sports other than that nothing much to see.
Or be an Olympian? Damn, Dr Ernie like an original Knick, its all good.
Shitty as this franchise has been for the majority of its existence, dude is royalty compared to a lot of guys that have passed thru.
Still not a good enough reason to call that family name royalty.
All is relative.
In small pond even lobster is a fish.
That's not only an ill-informed opinion of Melo it's an awful one. Melo is soft? Quite an indictment.
So basically any player that doesn't win an NBA title is soft? Because that's pretty much all Melo has yet to accomplish.
Fans can be very dumb. Saying Melo is soft is just lazy and untrue. She should only speak her mind when she doesn't have something stupid to say.
dk7th wrote:doomed wrote:That's not only an ill-informed opinion of Melo it's an awful one. Melo is soft? Quite an indictment. So basically any player that doesn't win an NBA title is soft? Because that's pretty much all Melo has yet to accomplish.
Fans can be very dumb. Saying Melo is soft is just lazy and untrue. She should only speak her mind when she doesn't have something stupid to say.
hear hear!!
She wants to talk soft....
Coco has probably the best perspective and most honest view of Melo as a player. She's watched him since the 1st day he turned pro! Watched his highs and lows during his 13 year career.
Coming from a sports legacy family, you usually identify quickly who's soft who's not. The saying goes "Real recognize real!"
Her father drafted Carmelo Anthony, so she should know out of anybody.
