Yesterday on the drive home Mike and the Mad Dog interviewed Jim Dolan, New York Knick Owner, for a lengthy period and here are a few of the things they went over.
1) Dolan still is harping on how he will make a decision on Isiah only at the end of the season and he will not define what "progress" means. He wouldn't admit to a certain record, or how far player development needs to improve. He believes Ike deserves the whole season, and for some reason believes that he actually improve the team.
2) Apparently Dolan has an agreement with David Stern to not answer basically any questions on the Larry Brown details. He sidestepped every question, regarding why he said it was a big mistake in the papers, who wanted to get the services of Steve Francis, whether or not there was any chance Larry could have come back this season. The question by Mike Francesa was great, he put it like why wouldn't you keep a coach with a proven track record instead of a GM who has run everything into the ground. The tone was obvious enough though that he feels as if Larry sabotaged the season.
3) Dolan really has no incredible desire to get under the cap. He doesn't want to have hideous seasons, like this or last year, and wants to have people in the seats. He made it a point that Ike won't be bringing on huge contracts this season, but made it seem like no one should expect the Knicks to be under the cap anytime soon.
4) If Isiah shows "progress" don't expect him to only have 1 year remaining on his contract, he is either getting fired or getting an extension, even though as Francesa put it "I would give him a one year deal because no one out there is going to hire him."
5) Apparently the sexual harassment lawsuit against Ike is also somehow against Dolan, though he failed to specify exactly why.
6) Dolan wanted to hype the Rangers up so bad and obviously Mike and the Mad Dog really could care less about them, it's hockey.
7) Dolan has an overstated hold over his announcers. Basically if he hears, "unwatchable", "don't come", "don't be a knick fan" your jobs gonna be in jeopardy. This obviously makes sense.
8) It's obvious that Dolan is loyal to a fault. He talked nicely of Glen Sather who basically ran the Rangers franchise into the ground until he was fired before the strike, and he gave him praise for making deals the final year of his tenure.
9) Apparently unlike Peter Angelos complaining about the Nationals move to DC, Dolan voted in favor of the Nets moving to Brooklyn, an honorable decision from my perspective.
10) In case you didn't know Dolan is not only the owner of the Knicks and Rangers but MSG and Cablevision the major cable company in the NYC area. A big deal in NYC has been the fact that cable companies won't give the NFL Network and thus those 8 thursday night games won't be on. But he brought up a very valid counterpoint, why should he buy a product, the NFL Network, which isn't terribly important to his subscribers when the same company won't let him buy what so many customers would desire, NFL Ticket.
Basically I feel from this talk that Isiah is going to get the benefit of the doubt and if they win somewhere in the mid 30s and Eddy Curry develops into an all star caliber player Knick fans could enjoy atleast a few more Ike flavored seasons.
1) Dolan still is harping on how he will make a decision on Isiah only at the end of the season and he will not define what "progress" means. He wouldn't admit to a certain record, or how far player development needs to improve. He believes Ike deserves the whole season, and for some reason believes that he actually improve the team.2) Apparently Dolan has an agreement with David Stern to not answer basically any questions on the Larry Brown details. He sidestepped every question, regarding why he said it was a big mistake in the papers, who wanted to get the services of Steve Francis, whether or not there was any chance Larry could have come back this season. The question by Mike Francesa was great, he put it like why wouldn't you keep a coach with a proven track record instead of a GM who has run everything into the ground. The tone was obvious enough though that he feels as if Larry sabotaged the season.
3) Dolan really has no incredible desire to get under the cap. He doesn't want to have hideous seasons, like this or last year, and wants to have people in the seats. He made it a point that Ike won't be bringing on huge contracts this season, but made it seem like no one should expect the Knicks to be under the cap anytime soon.
4) If Isiah shows "progress" don't expect him to only have 1 year remaining on his contract, he is either getting fired or getting an extension, even though as Francesa put it "I would give him a one year deal because no one out there is going to hire him."
5) Apparently the sexual harassment lawsuit against Ike is also somehow against Dolan, though he failed to specify exactly why.
6) Dolan wanted to hype the Rangers up so bad and obviously Mike and the Mad Dog really could care less about them, it's hockey.
7) Dolan has an overstated hold over his announcers. Basically if he hears, "unwatchable", "don't come", "don't be a knick fan" your jobs gonna be in jeopardy. This obviously makes sense.
8) It's obvious that Dolan is loyal to a fault. He talked nicely of Glen Sather who basically ran the Rangers franchise into the ground until he was fired before the strike, and he gave him praise for making deals the final year of his tenure.
9) Apparently unlike Peter Angelos complaining about the Nationals move to DC, Dolan voted in favor of the Nets moving to Brooklyn, an honorable decision from my perspective.
10) In case you didn't know Dolan is not only the owner of the Knicks and Rangers but MSG and Cablevision the major cable company in the NYC area. A big deal in NYC has been the fact that cable companies won't give the NFL Network and thus those 8 thursday night games won't be on. But he brought up a very valid counterpoint, why should he buy a product, the NFL Network, which isn't terribly important to his subscribers when the same company won't let him buy what so many customers would desire, NFL Ticket.
Basically I feel from this talk that Isiah is going to get the benefit of the doubt and if they win somewhere in the mid 30s and Eddy Curry develops into an all star caliber player Knick fans could enjoy atleast a few more Ike flavored seasons.
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