While I agree with you, there was obviously higher expectations for the team than what we've seen so far. If you asked anyone if the Knicks would start out 3-14 I think most people would have said no. I never felt this was a playoff team but I did believe they were more competitive than what they are now.
I knew this season was going to pan out bad, but not this bad. You know why? Very few basketball players these days have respect and passion for the game that we saw in years past. It's probably a generational thing mixed in with a lot of greed and selfishness.
Theres about 1 or 2 people on this current team that gives a damn about the Knicks and what the team stands for. Actually, many of them are probably a little bit offended that the 2010 talk goes on as much as it does because it basically makes them seem insignificant. How would you feel if you worked in an office and your clients kept saying you stink and there just waiting around until there's going to be new employees soon who are going to get paid way more than you? You would be bitter and mail it in like this team is doing.
All of the expiring contracts and cloud of uncertainty that surrounds this team can yield no other logical and accurate result than what we are seeing. They DO NOT GIVE A RAT'S ASS ABOUT FANS AND THE ORGANIZATION. They have no idea where their careers are going and the only concern they have is getting paid by trying to fill their stat sheet as much as possible.
The reason Knick fans expected more?
Because we are all rabid fans and pretty much have nothing to root or cheer for than our own delusional expectations. These expectations exists through us and us alone.
This is just the cold truth, but it's important to come to terms with it. Once you do, you will look at this season in an entirely different light.
(This is my probably my most favorite response to a thread I've done in months by the way. Didn't mean to get too sociological with this though)