Best Knicks Head Coach of all time - Number 3
Posted: Fri Jun 20, 2025 6:06 am
Red went #1 with 27 out of 45 votes. Riley #2 with 8 out of 16 votes.
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Who's #3???
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_New_York_Knicks_head_coaches
Notes:
Dantoni was added, following a conversation in the first thread. Woodson got votes in the first contest, which I'm not sure I understand, but I might be wrong. Woody did have a wining record and a lot of these coaches didn't.
Van Gundy was fun and had some success. Thibs had some success. Nobody remembers Joe Lapchick, who brought NY to the finals a few times (never won). Rick Pitino, for those who remember him, was also fun.
Not everyone remembers Hubie Brown, but he was the coach during the Bernard King playoff run and Ewing's first year and a bit. Ewing & Hubie had a bit of a public feud and Hubie didn't last long after that.
If anyone saw the movie Sweetwater (and I haven't, but I heard about it here I think), Joe Lapchick was the coach in that film, played by Jeremy Piven
Blast from the past article about Ewing. I didn't realize he was dealing with knee problems so early in his career.
https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1986-11-23-sp-12424-story.html
Feel free to debate and change other people's minds . . . if such a thing is possible. I'm not sure it is.
viewtopic.php?f=24&t=2462130
viewtopic.php?f=24&t=2462334
Who's #3???
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_New_York_Knicks_head_coaches
Notes:
Dantoni was added, following a conversation in the first thread. Woodson got votes in the first contest, which I'm not sure I understand, but I might be wrong. Woody did have a wining record and a lot of these coaches didn't.
Van Gundy was fun and had some success. Thibs had some success. Nobody remembers Joe Lapchick, who brought NY to the finals a few times (never won). Rick Pitino, for those who remember him, was also fun.
Not everyone remembers Hubie Brown, but he was the coach during the Bernard King playoff run and Ewing's first year and a bit. Ewing & Hubie had a bit of a public feud and Hubie didn't last long after that.
If anyone saw the movie Sweetwater (and I haven't, but I heard about it here I think), Joe Lapchick was the coach in that film, played by Jeremy Piven
Blast from the past article about Ewing. I didn't realize he was dealing with knee problems so early in his career.
https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1986-11-23-sp-12424-story.html
Feel free to debate and change other people's minds . . . if such a thing is possible. I'm not sure it is.
