Jerry West to NY???

[NY2DR]

Im surprise no one has posted this. I would love to have either or.

From the Lakers board:
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Who wants Knicks GM job?
Posted: Friday January 11, 2008 06:15AM ET



Has the bizarre behavior of Isiah Thomas finally cost him? Jerry West and Jerry Colangelo eagerly await James Dolan's call. FYI: Contrary to inaccurate talk-show babble and an unswerving disregard for doing homework on all fronts by Daily News columnist Mitch Lawrence, both free agent executives would welcome the challenge to re-wire the Garden.

New York Post
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If Dolan gets West or Colangelo and gives them his vote of confidence i would back of Dolan. I think he is the perfect owner to have for an nba team if he had an excellent staff. The only problem is that Dolan is usually to dumb to hire a competent GM. Imagine what Colangelo or West would do with all the money Dolan dishes out.

Scary Good

[cmaff051]

[hoodie©]

I absotudalOOtely welcome this

[EnigmatiC]

if one of these guys comes here i will cry with happiness

[randomhero423]

if one of these guys comes here i will cry with happiness

[Boss_]

pfft I would cry with happyness just for the fact that the Isiah era would be over, and knowing that the next gm stepping in would blow up this roster

[Vdizle]

not going to happen because its NY and we will overpay for someone like Larry Bird.

[drj]

I think the real question is:
Will Dolan give the new GM total control over decisions?

Guys like West and Colangelo are not going to come into a situation where Dolan insists on trying to make the playoffs every year, and will not offer them total control.

[GONYK]

I refuse to get excited about this, because if it falls through, I will spiral into depression

[Vdizle]

I think the real question is:
Will Dolan give the new GM total control over decisions?

Guys like West and Colangelo are not going to come into a situation where Dolan insists on trying to make the playoffs every year, and will not offer them total control.

Playoffs? don't talk about Playoffs? Playoffs? You kidding me?

http://youtube.com/watch?v=jdUr5hF0yGc&feature=related

[NY2DR]

Imagine waking up tomorrow and reading the headline:

Knicks Fire Thomas, Hire West & Carlile

[truth serum]

Bring on that good stuff! I agree with the OP about Dolan. We'd all love em if he hired the right people to spend his money....cause we all know he isn't afraid to spend it. He'd be the Steinbrenner of the NBA. He just has to quit being such a hard ass. Or dumb ass. Preferably both. If he hired one of these guys and gave them the freedom to do what they do and opened his check book like he's done for Zeke....we'd be in a very good place. Why can't he realize this?

[Smoke24]

:rockon:


Bring on that good stuff! I agree with the OP about Dolan. We'd all love em if he hired the right people to spend his money....cause we all know he isn't afraid to spend it. He'd be the Steinbrenner of the NBA. He just has to quit being such a hard ass. Or dumb ass. Preferably both. If he hired one of these guys and gave them the freedom to do what they do and opened his check book like he's done for Zeke....we'd be in a very good place. Why can't he realize this?

Lets see in the comming days how competent our owner truly is

[duetta]

Hire Jerry or Colangelo. Let them clean out the stables.

[truth serum]

Hire Jerry or Colangelo. Let them clean out the stables.

Haha...I forgot Jerry West was in this discussion for a second. At first I was like- whaaa?

[YungNeef]

If this was to happen, I would forget all the bad things I think about Dolan.

[CrazyEyes]

My only concern with West is he really didn't do a great job in Memphis. He didn't have a lot to work with but... still. It's a little concerning.

[blueNorange]

West or Colangelo would be HUGE for the Knicks, and I wouldn't be shocked within in one year everyone but Lee, Robinson, Balkman, and Crawful(hate him but the least of the problem) would be the only ones from this horrid mess.

[Jose7]

please we need some good times.

[JoeT]

I think the real question is:
Will Dolan give the new GM total control over decisions?

Guys like West and Colangelo are not going to come into a situation where Dolan insists on trying to make the playoffs every year, and will not offer them total control.

If Dolan does indeed insist on making the playoffs every season, I don't think the new GM should worry much, considering Isiah's been here four years while the team has been 8 games, 18 games, and 8 games under .500 in the past three seasons respectively. The new GM should have a three or four year window to work with, regardless of what Dolan's expectations are for the team, going by past history.

And there are very few owners in the league who give full control to GM's. Even the best owners like Mark Cuban and Paul Allen like to be involved on some level, and have some needs their GM's have to satisfy. Part of being a good GM is satisfying the owner while still building a winning franchise, and it's not that hard to do. Any halfway competent GM should be able to roll out of bed in the morning and do at the very least a decent job with the assets Dolan affords this team in terms financial flexibility.

When you combine the financial flexibility Dolan affords his GM's, the generous contracts those GM's are awarded, and the ridiculous level of job security these GM's have, regardless of job performance, being the GM of the Knicks is easily one of the best jobs in the league. The problem is we just haven't had anyone competent in that role in the better part of a decade.