What?!? D'Antoni resigns

[JonLP24]

http://espn.go.com/new-york/nba/story/_/id/7686638/new-york-knicks-coach-mike-dantoni-resigns

[RockaFowler]

1. I just saw that and couldn't believe it

[Renew Deal]

2. Wow!

I wonder if Dolan made him do it.

[Renew Deal]

3. How long until Phil Jackson coaches the Knicks?

They have talent.

[madinmaryland]

7. Phil Jackson is not coming back. I think he just turned 70.

[Renew Deal]

8. Not what the radio is saying

NY radio says that Jackson set himself up so he would get to coach the Knicks.

[madinmaryland]

16. Sorry, but the NY media spends a lot of time in mental masturbation.

Mike and the Mad Dog have probably gotten all their viewer all @%^^%*#$)%^)& up!\ about this. Not frothy, though.

[joeybee12]

4. I didn't realize their losing streak was that bad...

My bet...Carmelo wanted him gone and they went with the talent's wishes as opposed to the coach's.

[JonLP24]

5. I didn't think it was all that bad

considering their road streak was against the NBA's toughest teams starting in Boston, with back-to-backs @Dallas and @San Antonio. Their one home game was against the great defensive team Philly flying out to Chicago the very next day. I thought they would be fine once they settled into a stretch of home games. That is why it surprised me.

[joeybee12]

10. I hadn't been paying close attention, but they did lose 6 in a row...

and 7 of 8, which I didn't realize...I wonder if Lin is the next on Carmelo's list!!!

[madinmaryland]

12. Yeah. And then Lin goes to the Lakers and wins a championship.

[joeybee12]

14. Did you hear anything I haven't?

Or just imagining a worst-case scenario????

[madinmaryland]

15. It still pisses me off that the flakers pull off this shit all the time.

[Renew Deal]

6. Carmelo is getting killed on the radio

"Knicks are 2-9 since Carmelo came back. He had no incentive to play for D'Antoni. He might be gone at the end of the year when his contract is up. This is about Carmelo, not D'antoni. Etc."

[joeybee12]

9. Just did a quick search and already finding

a few articles noting that carmelo had won...the media is picking up on this being Carmelo's doing.

[Renew Deal]

11. And I don't see how this gets better

I guess the new coach lets Carmelo shoot more? So what! They were already losing under that setup. The only time the Knicks have played well over the last two years was before Carmelo showed up and while he was out this year.

[joeybee12]

13. Yeah, but they paid a lot for Carmelo...

They're trying to make their invetsment pay off...I don't think it will...but they're still hoping.

[bluedigger]

17. "lost the respect of the team..."

I heard somebody say that on espn today, before this broke...

[ProfessorGAC]

18. Owner's Fault

Made a big splash hiring a coach with a high flying system. Then makes a big splash trading for a guy that absolutely does not fit that system. And btw, that trade made Anthony's old team at least as good, if not better, than they were.

So, now the coach has lost the locker room. Maybe because Carmelo has been doing so much pouting and the whole room has a pall cast over it.

They were winning against bad teams, and getting slapped around by good ones. Sounds like the definition of mediocre, which is pretty much what Denver was when he was there.
GAC