SMC Posted April 25, 2016 Author Share Posted April 25, 2016 The benefit is that the Knicks still have their 2017 1st rounder. I'm not too bent out of shape about 2016 because this draft class can't compare with what was in 2015. There's no franchise players this year IMO, unlike 2015 and Knicks (hopefully) got one of them. The Thibs thing is bad. No way around it. Rambis is supposedly the only candidate with the Blatt stuff being a smokescreen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RutgersJetFan Posted April 26, 2016 Share Posted April 26, 2016 I really can't believe this is happening. They called the Knicks. THEY called Phil. Who the **** else wants to coach this mess? He's really this petty of a guy. Jesus. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SMC Posted April 26, 2016 Author Share Posted April 26, 2016 It boggles Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SMC Posted April 26, 2016 Author Share Posted April 26, 2016 Rambis has a .284 career winning percentage, 5th worst in NBA history for any coach who has coached at least 200 games. He's 100 games below .500 before he got to the Knicks and then was 9-19. Also, based on reports, the players not only do not respect him because he's Phil's lacky (they respected Fisher) they also don't like him because he talks down to them. Every head coaching candidate who was a HC before has a better winning percentage than Rambis. But he's going to be the next New York Knicks coach!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SMC Posted April 26, 2016 Author Share Posted April 26, 2016 If Rambis is going to be HC, then Dolan should only sign him to a 1 yr deal so he's on the same timeline as Phil. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrazyCarl40 Posted April 26, 2016 Share Posted April 26, 2016 3 minutes ago, SMC said: If Rambis is going to be HC, then Dolan should only sign him to a 1 yr deal so he's on the same timeline as Phil. Exactly. He needs to be tethered to Phil. What a joke. The players looked genuinely disinterested in playing for Rambis. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt39 Posted April 27, 2016 Share Posted April 27, 2016 21 hours ago, CrazyCarl40 said: Exactly. He needs to be tethered to Phil. What a joke. The players looked genuinely disinterested in playing for Rambis. The Knicks havent looked interested in 15 years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SMC Posted April 27, 2016 Author Share Posted April 27, 2016 Woj reporting that Phil met with Blatt on Monday. I wanted Thibs, of course, but Blatt is a good consolation considering Rambis is the default. Career .284 winning percentage is the frontrunner because he's BFF with team prez. Can't make this up. That said, even though Phil has carried himself as a stubborn old man (his last press conference another example), he's not stupid. That's why he's put out the smear campaign against Thibs. He knows he can't sell Rambis on any level (besides the Phil-sycophants talking about continuity) and is dragging this out. Phil can't hold a press conference and say that Rambis is the best man for the job. Phil gave him a shot and he went 9-19. There's not a single basketball-related metric to justify the hire and Phil has to know that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larz Posted April 27, 2016 Share Posted April 27, 2016 there is a documentary coming out "patrick and zo" the director was on FAN today and said at one point it was discussed if zo should come play with partrick, and patrick told zo to go to miami amazing sh*t right there http://www.si.com/nba/video/2016/04/21/si-films-presents-patrick-zo-ewing-mourning Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drdetroit Posted April 28, 2016 Share Posted April 28, 2016 8 hours ago, SMC said: Woj reporting that Phil met with Blatt on Monday. I wanted Thibs, of course, but Blatt is a good consolation considering Rambis is the default. Career .284 winning percentage is the frontrunner because he's BFF with team prez. Can't make this up. That said, even though Phil has carried himself as a stubborn old man (his last press conference another example), he's not stupid. That's why he's put out the smear campaign against Thibs. He knows he can't sell Rambis on any level (besides the Phil-sycophants talking about continuity) and is dragging this out. Phil can't hold a press conference and say that Rambis is the best man for the job. Phil gave him a shot and he went 9-19. There's not a single basketball-related metric to justify the hire and Phil has to know that. As horrible as Rambis is I would prefer him to Blatt. Even if we have a 1% chance at Lebron this summer you still try. Blatt did not look good coaching the cavs last season in the playoffs. He made a lot of dumb mental mistakes. Yes he is a new nba coach but seriously it's not that hard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drdetroit Posted April 28, 2016 Share Posted April 28, 2016 4 hours ago, Larz said: there is a documentary coming out "patrick and zo" the director was on FAN today and said at one point it was discussed if zo should come play with partrick, and patrick told zo to go to miami amazing sh*t right there http://www.si.com/nba/video/2016/04/21/si-films-presents-patrick-zo-ewing-mourning Ewing was a headcase his ego would not have handled Mourning in Ny -- not that Mourning was that good he was outplayed by a 40 year old Ewing in those playoff series Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SMC Posted April 28, 2016 Author Share Posted April 28, 2016 10 hours ago, drdetroit said: As horrible as Rambis is I would prefer him to Blatt. Even if we have a 1% chance at Lebron this summer you still try. Blatt did not look good coaching the cavs last season in the playoffs. He made a lot of dumb mental mistakes. Yes he is a new nba coach but seriously it's not that hard Rambis has a career .284 winning percentage and did an awful job with Knicks going 9-19. There is no rational basis to chose him over Blatt. Blatt had his issues with Cleveland, but he can still coach. Rambis can't. Plus, there's a zero percentage chance LeBron comes to the Knicks with Rambis there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RutgersJetFan Posted April 28, 2016 Share Posted April 28, 2016 3 hours ago, SMC said: Rambis has a career .284 winning percentage and did an awful job with Knicks going 9-19. There is no rational basis to chose him over Blatt. Blatt had his issues with Cleveland, but he can still coach. Rambis can't. Plus, there's a zero percentage chance LeBron comes to the Knicks with Rambis there. I'm cool with Blatt. Guy got totally thrown into a crazy situation that he didn't sign up for. I have no idea if the guy can actually coach or not, but I know that Rambis sure as sh*t can't. Blatt seems like a calm dude with a good knowledge of the game, I just wonder how the passivity that did him in with Lebron is going to hold up under Phil and Dolan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BroadwayJoe12 Posted April 28, 2016 Share Posted April 28, 2016 I can't remember the article from a few years back, but in regards to predicted win values for coaches, there's something like 5 coaches who actually add value to their team, 20 or so who do nothing and then another handful who actual detract from their team. Thibs was one of the coaches who added value... Not to salt the wound, as he's with Minny now, I just don't really care who the coach is, provided it's not Rambis, unless our plan is to tank. Blatt will probably fall somewhere along the lines of guys who don't add much value, but that's already better than what Rambis brings, again, provided our goal is to win basketball games. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SMC Posted April 29, 2016 Author Share Posted April 29, 2016 I understand the cronyism, the stubbornness of Phil, but it's difficult to believe that Phil would put his legacy in the hands of a coach with a career .284 winning percentage who has already failed (9-19) with the players Phil chose. Remember the post Fisher firing press conference. Phil thought Rambis was going to at least push the team close to the playoffs. Rambis talked about playoffs. Instead, he went 9-19 (worse than Fisher did this year). Phil can try to excuse away Rambis's awful job in Minny (KAAAAAHHHHHHNNNN!!!!), but he saw what happened to the Knicks with his own eyes. Make no mistake, if the Knicks are bad next season that will tarnish Phil's legacy and he'll be gone. It's like New Jack City. "I put my trust in you, and you put your trust in a crack head" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larz Posted April 29, 2016 Share Posted April 29, 2016 I remember thinking when dolan had to hit jackson over the head with a gigantic pile of cash for him to take the job, and jackson negotiated in some time to go home during the season that phil was just cashing checks, and this would be a disaster so now it looks like his primary motivation now is to help some of his buddies cash checks ******* shame is what it is Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SMC Posted May 1, 2016 Author Share Posted May 1, 2016 Knicks blogger/reporter Tommy Dee just tweeted that Blatt to the Knicks is "close." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SMC Posted May 2, 2016 Author Share Posted May 2, 2016 Frank Vogel may be out in Indy with his contract expiring. If he's available, Phil has to interview him. In a hypothetical listing, I'd rank Vogel after Thibs and above Jackson and Blatt Also, latest reports is nothing on Blatt yet, who is interviewing with Kings this week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greenwichjetfan Posted May 2, 2016 Share Posted May 2, 2016 58 minutes ago, SMC said: If he's available, Phil has to interview him. In a hypothetical listing, I'd rank Vogel after Thibs and above Jackson and Blatt Vogel has to be the guy if he's done in Indy. Has to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RutgersJetFan Posted May 3, 2016 Share Posted May 3, 2016 Overlooked story of the week is Krackenfragger choosing not to play for Latvia. That actually took some guts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BroadwayJoe12 Posted May 3, 2016 Share Posted May 3, 2016 1 minute ago, RutgersJetFan said: Overlooked story of the week is Krackenfragger choosing not to play for Latvia. That actually took some guts. Yea, that was certainly good news. Speaking of, I wish Yao would have done the same thing, would have been nice to see him in his prime for an extra couple of years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RutgersJetFan Posted May 3, 2016 Share Posted May 3, 2016 34 minutes ago, BroadwayJoe12 said: Yea, that was certainly good news. Speaking of, I wish Yao would have done the same thing, would have been nice to see him in his prime for an extra couple of years. Loved me some Yao. I think he's one of the top 10-15 centers ever. Really just a joy to watch. That was a great team that Houston had. If he doesn't go down they definitely challenge the Lakers and Mavericks for those few years. Probably even win one too with the type of player he was becoming. Guy was 100% turning into a hall of famer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AFCEastFan Posted May 3, 2016 Share Posted May 3, 2016 7 minutes ago, RutgersJetFan said: Loved me some Yao. I think he's one of the top 10-15 centers ever. Really just a joy to watch. That was a great team that Houston had. If he doesn't go down they definitely challenge the Lakers and Mavericks for those few years. Probably even win one too with the type of player he was becoming. Guy was 100% turning into a hall of famer. Agree 100% re Yao. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BroadwayJoe12 Posted May 3, 2016 Share Posted May 3, 2016 5 minutes ago, RutgersJetFan said: Loved me some Yao. I think he's one of the top 10-15 centers ever. Really just a joy to watch. That was a great team that Houston had. If he doesn't go down they definitely challenge the Lakers and Mavericks for those few years. Probably even win one too with the type of player he was becoming. Guy was 100% turning into a hall of famer. Agreed. His loyalty to his country was admirable, but I wish he was a bit selfish in regards to his health. Same way that I wish Shaq took care of his body and kept his BMI below 50. It's fun watching greatness and I could have used a few more years of both. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BroadwayJoe12 Posted May 4, 2016 Share Posted May 4, 2016 What's the deal with Ewing, can't even land the HC gig in Sacramento? Is he really that terrible with x&os? When you see the sh*tstains that keep getting recycled at the NBA level, it's hard to believe that he could be worse than them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RutgersJetFan Posted May 4, 2016 Share Posted May 4, 2016 2 hours ago, BroadwayJoe12 said: What's the deal with Ewing, can't even land the HC gig in Sacramento? Is he really that terrible with x&os? When you see the sh*tstains that keep getting recycled at the NBA level, it's hard to believe that he could be worse than them. He's been relegated to the Kareem treatment and he wasn't even a dick. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drdetroit Posted May 5, 2016 Share Posted May 5, 2016 Ewing will never be an effective head coach, too dumb Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drdetroit Posted May 5, 2016 Share Posted May 5, 2016 Phil, do yourself a favor and hire Vogel if the pacers can him. Enough with the triangle bs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SMC Posted May 5, 2016 Author Share Posted May 5, 2016 My sports optimism boarders (and sometimes surpasses) on delusion, but maybe, just maybe there is a Vogel-related reason for Phil's hiring delay and going on vacation. Vogel actually falls into the category of someone Phil "knows personally" in that Vogel worked for Phil for 1 season with the Lakers. They only spoke briefly, but Vogel was under his employment so to speak. Jackson speaks to Shaw, as he speaks to all the coaches in his rotten tree. Perhaps Shaw told Phil that Vogel was on the outs with the Pacers. The timeline fits because Phil spoke to his chosen candidate in Walton, who said get lost, then he met with Blatt, but then nothing has happened since. That Blatt interview was during the Pacers series and that's now over. Let's see what Larry Legend says in his 11 am press conference. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larz Posted May 5, 2016 Share Posted May 5, 2016 so phil is on vacation ? lol he knows which one of his "friends of phil" that is getting the job Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SMC Posted May 9, 2016 Author Share Posted May 9, 2016 Phil went on vacation 6 weeks after his prior vacation. Also, RC Buford of Spurs won Executive of the Year. Sam Hinkie even received 1 vote as did John Hammond of Bucks. Phil didn't receive any. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drdetroit Posted May 9, 2016 Share Posted May 9, 2016 It won't happen but if we hired Vogel and signed Mike Conley that would be a hell of an offseason. Too bad Phil wants to go play with his girlfriend in LA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SMC Posted May 9, 2016 Author Share Posted May 9, 2016 At least the Knicks have their 2017 1st rounder Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larz Posted May 10, 2016 Share Posted May 10, 2016 did phil wake up from his nap yet ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RutgersJetFan Posted May 14, 2016 Share Posted May 14, 2016 The season is done. The Knicks need a coach, draft picks, and a plan for bidding on free agents. And the ******* guy in charge goes on vacation. And I love how this idiot is leaking that the job is still wide open. Right, that's why you're a ghost when candidates are interviewing for other jobs. The Knicks are still scouting because they're looking to buy back into the first or second and he hasn't been present at one workout. Not one. Also, Ewing is interviewing with Sacramento and Memphis. You're telling me Phil, with all his blustering jizz spewing words about Knick traditions and sh*t doesn't even want to bring Patrick f'ing Ewing in to hear what he has to say? Maybe his thoughts on the center we're building this franchise around? Not even an interview? Seriously? There is just no hope for anything. Ever. This was a cash grab by him. Plain and simple. The guy just doesn't want to work and played Dolan like a fiddle because Dolan's a gullible jagaloon. Shameful sh*t. This franchise. Been saying it for years but I think I'm on the verge of finally giving up and just jumping on someone else. We're headed west within the next year, maybe the Clippers. I dunno. Pretty clear this franchise is doing itself in yet again for at least the next half decade and probably longer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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