The New York Daily News' Frank Isola reported this morning that the Knicks are preparing to remove Isiah Thomas from his executive role to make space for new Net GM Kiki Vandeweghe. Perhaps owing the sheer numbers of times Isiah's demise has been hotly mouthed, there appears to be some skepticism (in the form of yawns) abroad.For his part, Isola is selling it. He followed up on the arrangement he reported -- Isiah would stick around as coach, Kiki would make future personnel decisions -- a few hours ago.
That arrangement simply won't work. For starters, Vandeweghe deserves the right to hire his coach and by giving up that power he will set a bad precedent. (Who doesn't doubt that, come April 2009, following a 27-55 season, Dolan's fires Kiki and gives Isiah both titles again?) But more importantly, who but Dolan believes that Isiah is the right coach? Really, who has improved as a player?Even when Isiah's demise as shotcaller is complete, expect a lack of cheers. As old friend Shoals notes at The Sporting Blog, the guillotine would have been too late to matter last week. Nothing in MSG will excite until Kiki selects Derrick Rose with the #2 pick in the draft.
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2-28-2008 @ 6:03PM
Ryne Nelson said...
Still, I this would mean Isiah is one step closer to being out of New York for good. Even if Kiki isn't the answer, at least there will be another commanding voice in the front office decision-making processes.
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2-28-2008 @ 11:17PM
HANKENSTEIN01 said...
GETTING RID OF ISIAH,IS THE FIRST STEP IN RIGHTING THIS DISASTER OF A TEAM, THIS TEAM HAS BEEN REBUILDING FOR THE PAST FOUR YEARS IT COULD BE MORE I'CAN'T EVEN REMEMBER THE LAST WINNING SEASON?, YOU HAVE TO IMPLODE THIS TEAM AND START FROM SCRATCH, PROBABLY KEEP CRAWFORD, LEE MAYBE BLACKMAN GET RID OF EVERYONE ELSE...........
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3-02-2008 @ 9:52PM
mark crawley said...
since dolan can't fire isiah,maybe the next gm will.let's face it this franchise need's a major overhaul.bring in colangelo,kiki,west.this team needs change and it starts with the gm and coach.
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