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Monday, April 21, 2014

Woodson Fired

One ex-Knick draft pick has fired another, as Phil Jackson relieved Mike Woodson of his job.   The Knicks had diminishing returns with Woodson, and according to some of them, they didn't buy in to what he had to teach.   No successor has been named, but Steve Kerr seems like the only name in the mix.  In other news, the Knicks have added former Jordan era Bulls scout Clarence Gaines Jr., to an undesignated front office job.    Here we go.

posted by Kalel9 @ 8:04 AM

5 Comments:

At 8:55 AM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

Woodson, like D'Antoni, used the same, inflexible scheme irrespective of the talent, by continuing to employ that inane switching on D. Similarly, D'Antoni insisted on using his PG-centric offense despite not having a good PG, rather than adapting his offense to maximize the strengths of a great isolation scorer. OTOH, Woodson employed the iso way too much.

But the larger problem has obviously been talent acquisition, impatience, and acting as if burning draft picks is a virtue.

For all his personality issues, if Isiah had kept his picks instead of wasting them on Curry, he might still be the coach/GM, and even if his flaws overwhelmed his strengths, the roster would have been much more talented.

Whatever. Go Phil!

 
At 10:44 AM, Blogger Kalel9 said...

Yeah, throwing away the picks went hand in hand with Dolan's belief that the fans won't sit through a rebuild. Yet, every time he brings in a name a virtual rebuild - minus the picks - happens.

 
At 12:58 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

I agree with Isola that the leak to Berman about Herb Williams possibly being rehired by the next head coach is a little troubling. If Williams is so valuable, why hasn't another team ever hired him? The Knicks need a completely clean break from the incompetence and culture of the last decade.

 
At 2:36 PM, Blogger Kalel9 said...

I don't trust Isola any more than I do Dolan.

 
At 8:36 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

To me, this isn't about Isola, it's about about Berman being a willing parrot in the past. Not that anyone is always wrong or always right, because that doesn't happen. Just something to watch, I think.

 

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