Regarding Thibs being on the hot seat, what I will say to that is that I think that at this juncture, going in to his 3rd season, both Thibs and the front office are either going to hang together, or hang seperately. For better or for worse, their fates are linked. I don't think things will spin out of control, but let's say that they do, the history with the franchise has been a complete housecleaning. Dolan is the same as Jerry Jones, he thinks he can run the franchise better than anyone else, and he has shown extrodinary temperance over the last few years where he has let Rose and his guys run the franchise without interference. So if things go wrong, I don't see him just firing Thibs and letting the present regime pick the new coach. Under that circumstance, I think it would just be a complete housecleaning, and Dolan would probably give a blank check to whatever big name there is, and make him President of the organization. Granted, that doesn't mean that I necessarily think that would be the right thing to do under that scenario, but that's what I think would happen.
The only push back I'll give is that it's VERY rare for a lead exec not to get a second coaching hire, especially if the exec has had some success, which Leon has. I can't even fathom the disaster this season would have to be for a housecleaning to occur.
Hence my qualifier that I don’t necessarily think that’s what Dolan SHOUlD do, but it is what I think he WILL do. I say this because we all know that not being in the drivers seat with his hands at the wheel is killing Dolan, and this is the longest he’s gone without being at the controls since he assumed the big chair when his father stepped down. I just hope they get off to a good start because we are 80% into the rebuild and we are only now positioned to reap the rewards of having patience. However, that 7 game stretch after the first 4 is brutal, and if we are something like 3-8, nobody will be safe. If I had to handicap it, I give it no more than a 20% chance things go sideways, but it’s within the realm of possibility.
renaming media day, "content day," because of how much he hates the media is beyond petty, even for dolan.
I have learned to put nothing beyond him
Regarding Thibs being on the hot seat, what I will say to that is that I think that at this juncture, going in to his 3rd season, both Thibs and the front office are either going to hang together, or hang seperately. For better or for worse, their fates are linked. I don't think things will spin out of control, but let's say that they do, the history with the franchise has been a complete housecleaning. Dolan is the same as Jerry Jones, he thinks he can run the franchise better than anyone else, and he has shown extrodinary temperance over the last few years where he has let Rose and his guys run the franchise without interference. So if things go wrong, I don't see him just firing Thibs and letting the present regime pick the new coach. Under that circumstance, I think it would just be a complete housecleaning, and Dolan would probably give a blank check to whatever big name there is, and make him President of the organization. Granted, that doesn't mean that I necessarily think that would be the right thing to do under that scenario, but that's what I think would happen.
The only push back I'll give is that it's VERY rare for a lead exec not to get a second coaching hire, especially if the exec has had some success, which Leon has. I can't even fathom the disaster this season would have to be for a housecleaning to occur.
Hence my qualifier that I don’t necessarily think that’s what Dolan SHOUlD do, but it is what I think he WILL do. I say this because we all know that not being in the drivers seat with his hands at the wheel is killing Dolan, and this is the longest he’s gone without being at the controls since he assumed the big chair when his father stepped down. I just hope they get off to a good start because we are 80% into the rebuild and we are only now positioned to reap the rewards of having patience. However, that 7 game stretch after the first 4 is brutal, and if we are something like 3-8, nobody will be safe. If I had to handicap it, I give it no more than a 20% chance things go sideways, but it’s within the realm of possibility.