Official Knicks Coaching Search Thread

eagle54 · Post #1281 » by **eagle54** » Wed Jun 11, 2025 8:01 pm

Request and insist for Spo please.

Post #1282 » by **Capn'O** » Wed Jun 11, 2025 8:01 pm

god shammgod wrote:
Jeff Van Gully wrote:
god shammgod wrote:They were clearly trying to hire Kidd right now. So don’t tell me now they were always planning on taking their time.

not necessarily. the only thing somewhat clear is they wanted permission to talk to him. just like some other coaches currently in roles that we have similar reports on (udoka, finch).

Letting him talk to us is letting him go. You don’t get to interview for another head coaching job and then come back to coach the team you were willing to leave.

By that token Udoka and Finch were our 1 and 2 choices.

MrDollarBills · Post #1283 » by **MrDollarBills** » Wed Jun 11, 2025 8:02 pm

GONYK wrote:The Knicks reportedly only interviewed the main core players. It's not like Huk, Kolek and Precious got asked how they feel.

It's easy to figure out who they spoke to. Just look at the payroll and MPG.

Hart
Bridges
OG
Deuce
KAT
Mitch

And then the ultimate question is who was the 7th person....but it doesn't matter. If 7 of your main players are out on a coach, that's the end of it.

Zenzibar · Post #1284 » by **Zenzibar** » Wed Jun 11, 2025 8:02 pm

HerSports85 wrote:

Read on Twitter

I know right.

Folk's panties get ruffled when Leon Rose and the Knicks drag this out. lol.

The Knicks already had their guy prior to the firing. Udoka, Jenkins, Kidd etc, were just news clicks, IMO.

Guano · Post #1285 » by **Guano** » Wed Jun 11, 2025 8:02 pm

Capn'O wrote:
thebuzzardman wrote:
MrDollarBills wrote:

Hahn also just said that, shockingly, this was building up for the last 3 years starting with when Tom refused to play Fournier and it wasn't Dolan just going George Steinbrenner 1987 mode.

Damn. I'm back on Team Thibs.

he was absolutely right about that.

no

Spoiler:

god shammgod · Post #1286 » by **god shammgod** » Wed Jun 11, 2025 8:03 pm

Read on Twitter

NYKat · Post #1287 » by **NYKat** » Wed Jun 11, 2025 8:03 pm

Pretty clear this coaching transition is a cluster fu*k

MrDollarBills · Post #1288 » by **MrDollarBills** » Wed Jun 11, 2025 8:03 pm

eagle54 wrote:Request and insist for Spo please.

I would love to hear how that conversation would go with Riley. It would probably be brief :lol:

god shammgod · Post #1289 » by **god shammgod** » Wed Jun 11, 2025 8:04 pm

Capn'O wrote:
god shammgod wrote:
Jeff Van Gully wrote:
not necessarily. the only thing somewhat clear is they wanted permission to talk to him. just like some other coaches currently in roles that we have similar reports on (udoka, finch).

Letting him talk to us is letting him go. You don’t get to interview for another head coaching job and then come back to coach the team you were willing to leave.

By that token Udoka and Finch were our 1 and 2 choices.

udoka should be the 1st choice. that makes sense.

Post #1290 » by **Capn'O** » Wed Jun 11, 2025 8:04 pm

Guano wrote:
Capn'O wrote:
thebuzzardman wrote:
Damn. I'm back on Team Thibs.

he was absolutely right about that.

no
Spoiler:

Dude was basketball valium.

Guano · Post #1291 » by **Guano** » Wed Jun 11, 2025 8:05 pm

NoDopeOnSundays wrote:
Guano wrote:Mikal reading mike brown's resume realizing he isnt going to hold him accountable for defense

As much as "they" try they will never kill the quality of this board.

I was just thinking of hitting up eve for a fidel bridges avy.

MrDollarBills · Post #1292 » by **MrDollarBills** » Wed Jun 11, 2025 8:05 pm

god shammgod wrote:

Read on Twitter

I would too because I would get fired and be stinking rich :lol:

NoDopeOnSundays · Post #1293 » by **NoDopeOnSundays** » Wed Jun 11, 2025 8:05 pm

MrDollarBills wrote:
GONYK wrote:The Knicks reportedly only interviewed the main core players. It's not like Huk, Kolek and Precious got asked how they feel.

It's easy to figure out who they spoke to. Just look at the payroll and MPG.

Hart
Bridges
OG
Deuce
KAT
Mitch

And then the ultimate question is who was the 7th person....but it doesn't matter. If 7 of your main players are out on a coach, that's the end of it.

Read on Twitter

Post #1294 » by **Capn'O** » Wed Jun 11, 2025 8:05 pm

god shammgod wrote:
Capn'O wrote:
god shammgod wrote:
Letting him talk to us is letting him go. You don’t get to interview for another head coaching job and then come back to coach the team you were willing to leave.

By that token Udoka and Finch were our 1 and 2 choices.

udoka should be the 1st choice. that makes sense.

That would be my order of those three guys.

Guano · Post #1295 » by **Guano** » Wed Jun 11, 2025 8:09 pm

NoDopeOnSundays wrote:
MrDollarBills wrote:
GONYK wrote:The Knicks reportedly only interviewed the main core players. It's not like Huk, Kolek and Precious got asked how they feel.

It's easy to figure out who they spoke to. Just look at the payroll and MPG.

Hart
Bridges
OG
Deuce
KAT
Mitch

And then the ultimate question is who was the 7th person....but it doesn't matter. If 7 of your main players are out on a coach, that's the end of it.

Read on Twitter

Future is bright! 8-)

HEZI · Post #1296 » by **HEZI** » Wed Jun 11, 2025 8:09 pm

MrDollarBills wrote:
HEZI wrote:
MrDollarBills wrote:
I know. I'm just dismissive of the idea that Mikal has so much leverage he can get a coach fired.

This was a collective decision. Multiple players were out on the guy.

Only one guy was chief complainer though. And it’s not like they would really care about the opinion of Precious Achiuwa or Deuce McBride. Not enough to fire the coach. The only guy from the core group who openly complained all year was Mikal.

You think they would fire the coach if the main core showed support but a few guys off the bench weren’t happy? That wouldn’t happen

How do you know this though? Just because Mikal publicly said that the bench needed to play doesn't mean that he was the only not happy behind the scenes.

Allegedly 7 players told the brass that this wasn't working. This isn't just one guy

Where did you get that from?

Iron Mantis · Post #1297 » by **Iron Mantis** » Wed Jun 11, 2025 8:14 pm

eagle54 wrote:Request and insist for Spo please.

Yaaaaaasssssssss

NoDopeOnSundays · Post #1298 » by **NoDopeOnSundays** » Wed Jun 11, 2025 8:18 pm

Guano wrote:
NoDopeOnSundays wrote:
Guano wrote:Mikal reading mike brown's resume realizing he isnt going to hold him accountable for defense

As much as "they" try they will never kill the quality of this board.

I was just thinking of hitting up eve for a fidel bridges avy.

"A coaching change is not a bed of roses. A coaching change is a struggle between the future and the past," and "History will absolve me." - Miguel Castbridge

"If the players were in possession of his own means of minutes, and was satisfied to live as a role player, he need not work beyond the time necessary for the reproduction of his minutes of subsistence, say 35 minutes per game." - Mikarl Marx

3toheadmelo · Post #1299 » by **3toheadmelo** » Wed Jun 11, 2025 8:20 pm

god shammgod wrote:
Capn'O wrote:
god shammgod wrote:
Letting him talk to us is letting him go. You don’t get to interview for another head coaching job and then come back to coach the team you were willing to leave.

By that token Udoka and Finch were our 1 and 2 choices.

udoka should be the 1st choice. that makes sense.

It’s pretty clear that Udoka, finch and Kidd were our priorities by far. So I’m not sure why people think they are taking our sweet time doing a big search with candidates from everywhere. If they could hire any of those 3 coaches today they would absolutely do it.

Guano · Post #1300 » by **Guano** » Wed Jun 11, 2025 8:32 pm

NoDopeOnSundays wrote:
Guano wrote:
NoDopeOnSundays wrote:

As much as "they" try they will never kill the quality of this board.

I was just thinking of hitting up eve for a fidel bridges avy.

"A coaching change is not a bed of roses. A coaching change is a struggle between the future and the past," and "History will absolve me." - Miguel Castbridge

"If the players were in possession of his own means of minutes, and was satisfied to live as a role player, he need not work beyond the time necessary for the reproduction of his minutes of subsistence, say 35 minutes per game." - Mikarl Marx

Mikalmilien Robespierre,
"The coach must die so that the team can live"

"Liberté, égalité, fraternité"