WrongIslander
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THE SSOL aint nothing new... SHOWTIME Lakers ran a variation of it in the 80s. Notice how qucikly Riley altered his approach when he arrived in NY? Instantly went to a grind-it-out defensive-minded system. Would we have given Riley 3 years to work out the kinks?
This is what I'm getting at. WHO CARES ABOUT PHO? We're close to 3 seasons removed. We can't fire the players. Fair or not, MD is on the hot seat.
Let's say you're right, all I'm asking you to do is look at it fairly.
Say MDA fails at NY, there are more reasons to fail than just perceived poor defence and personally I think that my biggest worry my he and his approach may fail is everyone being on the same page.
Division doesn't work regardless of the sport. If MDA, Dolan and Walsh arn't on the same page then it's curtains regardless. Whatever the sport you must not only present but also have a united front.
Forget the names, if the coach is brought in to play a style then the man charged with getting him those players should be asking him what players fit his style not just buying them or trading for them. If the money man just wants to sell seats and shirts and isn't interested in chemistry? Well welcome to failure 101.
I'm not in anyway saying you may not be proved right about MDA being the wrong man but what I am saying is that there will be more than one reason that being the case and that more than one person will be to blame. I'm also saying he deserves a fair chance to fail.
It's easy to point out how poor the Knicks have been for 3 years, but it's also easy to miss out that MDA has worked under the kind of pressure and circumstances outside of his control in regards to his players that most coaches simply would never agree to.