Ha. Jackson will sign and the Knicks are going to end the season on an incredible 21 game winning streak and lock down the division and #4 seed. I wish. Hey we're only 3.5 games out of the playoffs now. Not so bad with 18 games to play. It's doable.
Knicks need to win 7 of the next 8 games. All are winnable (obviously), but teams like 76ers, Cavaliers, Lakers, Celtics, Bucks, you CANNOT lose to. They should be able to beat all these teams
This would be an unmitigated disaster. Anything that keeps Woodson as coach is fatal for the Knicks, they absolutely must miss the playoffs
You think finishing as the 7th or 8th seed in a season where the owner declared a championship, not to mention the possibility of bringing in Phil Jackson to run the show, means Woodson would somehow have job security because of it?
Rescuing the season at the 11th hour will make it hard to get rid of him. And Jax was a coach, he's never been in the position of having to fire a fellow coach before. If the Knicks end up on the outside looking in, it's a done deal. If they manage to get in, it becomes harder for Dolan to allow him to go after he publicly backed him
I'll take the playoffs over not getting in. There's absolutely no benefit to missing. If the Knicks get hot, healthy and start peaking, you never know. Maybe they are just really really late bloomers.
No, you do know - first round exit Then say hello to Mike Woodson in training camp and burn another year
no, because making the playoffs in the East this season does not reflect a quality basketball team. the East is horrid and somebody has to make it. anyone looking at the season objectively wouldn't ignore the below .500 record (or at best if they go undefeated the rest of the way a 42-40 record) and say because they made the playoffs with such a horrible record that it means Woodson did a good job and should be retained. no finish to the season, other than winning the championship or maybe making the ECF, could justify keeping Woodson.
Agreed. They'd have to almost make the finals to keep Woodson. As much as you'd have to credit him if he did it, you also have to look at how horribly they played early in the season, in particular against bad teams and failing to close out close games down the stretch. I feel his offense is too simplistic and teams see it coming. But yeah, ECF or better should be where this team is expected to go with the money they have spent. 2 max deals should get you to around that level. Anything less is a disappointment, even a first or 2nd round exit. He does make a good point, though that Dolan is an idiot. Hopefully Phil Jackson does join us and get control over the team. I don't want Dolan making any more decisions.
You guys are making too much sense, this doesn't fly in Dolan world. 99% of other teams would have fired Woodson by now
I absolutely agree that Dolan is an idiot. but Dolan has been absolutely embarrassed in declaring this season a Championship season, and not just coming up slightly short but being 16 games under .500 with 18 to go. do I respect his basketball decisions? of course not, but Woodson is getting fired, at the least, for making Dolan look like an absolute idiot. that's a privilege reserved only for Dolan himself.
Marc Stein at ESPN floated a theory Dolan kept Woodson so end of they ear the Knicks could fire Woodson and show Melo Woodson was the problem. If they fired him midseason and the Knicks still stunk, they thought Melo would be influenced by that and leave. Woodson is gone. If Phil takes over though, I think that changes things. But right now if Phil doesn't show up, Dolan is firing Woodson this offseason even if the Knicks go 1 and done in the playoffs.
We have to keep beating the bad teams. No Chandler, JR, Stat. Melo played big. Knicks playing with some urgency and life. I like this, but am not going to get sucked right back in just yet. Ill enjoy this 4 game streak though.
http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/b...bradley-broker-jackson-deal-article-1.1718455 Phil Jackson basically wants everything but full ownership. If he pulls it off, he fleeced Dolan but it would be worth it if Dolan doesn't fight Phil and we get some consistent success outta it
http://nypost.com/2014/03/11/phil-jackson-knicks-have-agreement-in-principle/ They've supposedly agreed. The post posted this article earlier this evening then took it down and reposted it. So yeah. Woj, Stein, and national media has no reports on this, only Isola and Berman, the local guys, have stuff currently
