Comments on: D’Antoni Right Fit? http://njsportstalk.wordpress.com/2008/05/09/dantoni-right-fit/ We know sports Sun, 03 Aug 2008 03:09:44 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: njsportstalk http://njsportstalk.wordpress.com/2008/05/09/dantoni-right-fit/#comment-36 njsportstalk Sat, 10 May 2008 05:57:06 +0000 http://njsportstalk.wordpress.com/?p=31#comment-36 I agree that Marc Jackson would be an excellent choice as well. I just dont think they can go wrong either way. It cant get any worse. I agree that Marc Jackson would be an excellent choice as well. I just dont think they can go wrong either way. It cant get any worse.

]]> By: Andrew http://njsportstalk.wordpress.com/2008/05/09/dantoni-right-fit/#comment-35 Andrew Sat, 10 May 2008 03:00:56 +0000 http://njsportstalk.wordpress.com/?p=31#comment-35 I don't believe D'Antoni will be a good fit with the current Knicks situation. They are admittedly still a few years away from being a quality team because of the mess Isiah has left the franchise in. They need to completely rebuild through the draft and wait for some contracts to expire. Don't get me wrong, I enjoy watching the Knicks lose but I honestly don't feel D'Antoni is the right choice. I think hiring a young coach like Mark Jackson would be a better fit. This way he can grow with the organization and help build it from scratch. D'Antoni teaches a "European" style of basketball which is exciting to watch and has made him a very successful REGULAR season coach. This particular style needs specific players and to try and rebuild the franchise and try to cater to his style at the same time will be too tall of a task. Instead of overpaying for a coach, they should hire Mark Jackson, allow him 3 years to help build a winning team again then go from there. Mach I don’t believe D’Antoni will be a good fit with the current Knicks situation. They are admittedly still a few years away from being a quality team because of the mess Isiah has left the franchise in. They need to completely rebuild through the draft and wait for some contracts to expire. Don’t get me wrong, I enjoy watching the Knicks lose but I honestly don’t feel D’Antoni is the right choice. I think hiring a young coach like Mark Jackson would be a better fit. This way he can grow with the organization and help build it from scratch. D’Antoni teaches a “European” style of basketball which is exciting to watch and has made him a very successful REGULAR season coach. This particular style needs specific players and to try and rebuild the franchise and try to cater to his style at the same time will be too tall of a task. Instead of overpaying for a coach, they should hire Mark Jackson, allow him 3 years to help build a winning team again then go from there.

Mach

]]> By: Kyle http://njsportstalk.wordpress.com/2008/05/09/dantoni-right-fit/#comment-34 Kyle Sat, 10 May 2008 02:37:24 +0000 http://njsportstalk.wordpress.com/?p=31#comment-34 Dan the question here isn't if D'Antoni is willing to be bad for a few years the question is are the Knicks and NYC willing to let the team be bad for a few more years. The Knicks have been bad for so long that you would think the fans would be used to it. But either way the fan base and the upper management have to be patient and let D'Antoni build his team and this may take a couple years to get the right people in place because as it stands now this whole team has to be shipped out. They can't run him out of town after one losing season like they did with Larry Brown. Or maybe if the Knicks really want to win again they should draft Ewing 2.0 and hire Van Gundy's little brother to maybe restore some magic back on to that team Dan the question here isn’t if D’Antoni is willing to be bad for a few years the question is are the Knicks and NYC willing to let the team be bad for a few more years. The Knicks have been bad for so long that you would think the fans would be used to it. But either way the fan base and the upper management have to be patient and let D’Antoni build his team and this may take a couple years to get the right people in place because as it stands now this whole team has to be shipped out. They can’t run him out of town after one losing season like they did with Larry Brown. Or maybe if the Knicks really want to win again they should draft Ewing 2.0 and hire Van Gundy’s little brother to maybe restore some magic back on to that team

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