franco12 wrote:BRIGGS wrote:Everything and everyone associated with the Knicks since that time is a train wreck. Worst owner in sports who got fcjd hiring his friends and delegating his own orders. Whoever screwed pat riley was the idiot. We would’ve won chips here— instead we will continue to wallow in sht.
Shocking how clear a break it is - Riley goes to the Heat- and I would love to know what their collective record is - I tried googling it - I'd have to manually add the seasons up.
But stark, and it is Dolan. And I've said this before - if I were Dolan, I'd call Pop & Buford and offer them 5-10% ownership if they came and turned my franchise around.
I am moderately hopeful that Leon Rose can help change the direction of the franchise. For us much as will criticize the contracts of Kemba et al, it's really just Fournier signed long term, and he is not a horrible player.
It might be comforting if Rose or Dolan came out said what we all see and hope: 'hey guys, we fucked it up this off season. We thought we were building on something from last year. But we're further away from being the kind of team we want and NY Fans deserve. We have more work in front of us and it's not going to happen over night. We will work tirelessly to continuously improve the team.'
What would that do, what would that accomplish.
It's just easier to focus on doing their job and ignore the nuts in the peanut gallery.
This front office has been brutal this season.
Philc1 wrote:sidsanders wrote:Philc1 wrote:Losing Riley was the start but it really got screwed up after Ernie Grunfeld got fired during the 1999 season
Grunfeld took the fall for the Knicks getting the 8th seed(the horror!) and was ultimately totally vindicated by the Knicks going to the Finals. The Grunfeld firing led to Checketts assuming the GM role which he couldn’t handle which then led to the back to back worst GM hires ever Layden and Isiah
ernie turned into a bum or was one already. bullets/wizards let that goof hang around for too long and he buried them
I don’t think Ernie does the Ewing and McDyess trades. Those 2 trades set us back 5 years and led to Isiah getting hired in 2003
If we let Ewing’s contract expire and keep the 8th pick and Camby the last 20 years is totally different
ernie was not good with draft picks for most of his career. the 96 draft was awful.
