Mike D Antoni resigns as Head coach of the Knicks!

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ESPN is a national and international broadcasting company - obviously making claims like this is different to you or I thinking this in our heads. They would only make comments like this if they were really sure, or they had some invested interest to oust Melo.

everything they said was true
they can't just show us the good things all the time

[Yanch856]

everything they said was true
they can't just show us the good things all the time

How old are you??

[Sarcastic]

Wow I can't believe ESPN just went on record and made this video:

http://search.espn.go.com/hold-that-thought/video/6

I hope Melo isn't going to come back and bite them in the back.

Jemele Hill is the worst reporter at BSPN, after Ian O'Connor.
That is all.

[Scoooter]

Unfortunately she's absolutely right. It's not Melo's fault though, it's James Dolan's.

[Yanch856]

Jemele Hill is the worst reporter at BSPN, after Ian O'Connor.
That is all.

How can ESPN go on record to make a video based on rumours and form their own conclusions like, Melo hasn't been the leader NY needs, that Dwight did the right thing (at least for the short term), ra ra ra. It's terrible! What if Orlando goes on to lose the next 10 games? And to be frank they screwed Lin over too with their hyperbolic over-reporting and LINdex, and the "***** in the armor" stupidity. ESPN sucks sh*t.

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How old are you??

tv channels do this all the time
i dont see whats wrong with they said

[pegasus]

to whoever changed the thread title. I thought it said "D Antoni re-signs", and I was like, WTF?!

[MightyWhitey]

The absolute bias in the media against the NYK is astounding. One second everyone is calling for D'Antoni's head, the next they're calling Melo coach killer. This is bias.

I can appreciate what this article said 5 days ago - http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/news?slug=ycn-11088244

That's where D'Antoni comes in. A good coach makes sure all the attributes the players have mesh together so the team can be successful. He doesn't allow one player's ego to overwhelm the gameplan. A good coach would not fear the return of his ego-driven superstar when the team is winning without him. Instead, he would look forward to that day so he could devise a way for all players to compete as a unit and the team could play even better.

That's what makes the Knicks' 5-game losing streak so difficult to accept. In their 106-94 loss to the Philadelphia 76ers at home March 11, the Knicks were beaten by a less-talented team that works hard and functions well together. D'Antoni said before the game that all coaches want a team like the Sixers that sacrifices for each other and does not have big-ego stars.


"I think that's the way to go," D'Antoni told the New York Daily News. "Every coach wants to play that way. They're doing a great job and Doug (Collins) does a great job. It should always be a team game. I think Denver made that case, a lot of people are making that case. Every coach aspires to everybody sharing the ball and stats don't matter."


That's nothing but first-class whining by a coach who is in over his head. Ask Phil Jackson if he didn't want Michael Jordan, Kobe Bryant or Shaquille O'Neal. D'Antoni is not a good coach. He should be some team's assistant, not the head coach of the Knicks. He lacks the skill to get his players to function effectively and he needs to be replaced.


The sooner the better.

[Scoooter]

Phil Jackson wrote a book shitting on Kobe. I hope D'antoni shares some good dirt.

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Phil Jackson wrote a book shitting on Kobe. I hope D'antoni shares some good dirt.

Phil Jackson has rings. No one cares about D'Antoni's opinion.

[knickscity]

Phil Jackson has rings. No one cares about D'Antoni's opinion.

So true.

[franchize]

Ditto. Phil has rings. He can talk. Whats Antoni gonna say? Melo is the reason why the Knicks arent champions? Ok well what about the last three years lol? What about PHX? btw, theres already a book made in Dantoni's honor. The fact that no1 knows that proves Sarcastics point lol. Its called seven seconds or less i believe.

Must be about the length of time it took me to get over him quitting.