Donnie Walsh named Knicks President, Basketball Operations
Posted by jroxx on March 24, 2008
Announced March 24th:
Indiana Pacers chief executive Donnie Walsh will leave the team after this season and a source told ESPN late Monday that he will land with the New York Knicks.
Walsh is expected to sign a three-year, $15 million contract with New York at the end of this season to oversee their basketball operations division. The source did not know what would become of current Knicks president of basketball operations and head coach Isiah Thomas once Walsh joined the Knicks.
I know what will happen to Isiah Thomas:
He will be out of a job & Knicks fans can & will be proud of THEIR team once again
We will have a Basketball Legend running the Knicks.
Good riddance Isiah and please take all of your over the salary cap problems, bad draft picks, trades and contract buyouts with you.
Let me know if you need me to write you a letter of reference.
Remaining Games in the Isiah Thomas Era…..
March
(12 Isiah Games Left) Wed 26 vs Miami (Won 103-96, oh wait Miami is worse than we are)
(11 Isiah Games Left) Fri 28 @ Toronto (Lost 103-95, that’s more what we are used to)
(10 Isiah Games Left) Sun 30 @ Atlanta (Lost 114-10, Jamal Crawford had 39 pts, 8 asst, 3 stl & 0 rbds, what a waste)
April
(9 Isiah Games Left) Tue 01 @ Milwaukee (Lost 119-115 OT, All Q-Rich had to do was hit 3 FT to win it, he didn’t)
(8 Isiah Games Left) Wed 02 @ Memphis (Lost 130-114, we haven’t beaten anyone but Miami since March 1st!)
(7 Isiah Games Left) Fri 04 @ New Orleans (Lost 118-110, Zach Randolph 22/10, J. Craw 29, but MVP Chris Paul 33 pts 15 Asst WOW)
(6 Isiah Games Left) Sun 06 vs Orlando
(5 Isiah Games Left) Tue 08 @ Detroit
(4 Isiah Games Left) Wed 09 vs Charlotte
(3 Isiah Games Left) Fri 11 vs Atlanta
(2 Isiah Games Left) Mon 14 vs Boston
(Final Isiah Game Ever!) Wed 16 @ Indiana
Open request to anyone attending the final home game this year on April 14th vs the Celtics:
Please start a “Goodbye Isiah” chant during the game and when there is less than 5 minutes left in the game start a “Nah Nah Nah Nah , Nah Nah Nah Nah, Hey Hey Hey Goodbye” chant to send Isiah off in true Knicks fan fashion.
Thx…JRoxx
khandor said
Given Donnie’s Walsh’s history with Isiah Thomas, as a former coach with the Indiana Pacers, is there not at least a small chance Zeke will be retained as the head coach-only for this team next season?
jroxx said
Dolan needs to let Walsh clean house at the Knicks and I am sorry but the first thing that has to go is Isaih. He drove a once proud franchise into the ground. I am sorry but I was at the last championship game in 1973 as a kid and we need that kind of excitement back in the Garden and the first step is to kick Isiah out the door.
Jools said
This is all well and good, but let’s all remember who really drove this proud franchise into the ground – Cablevision and the Dolan Family. Yes, former MSG President Dave Checketts deserves some blame, and Isiah is certainly the dumbest person ever to be given control of a premiere sports franchise, but I will continue to stay away until the team is sold. Don’t hate the player, the game, or even the coach, HATE THE OWNER. Oh, and thanks for taking away all my Voom HD channels since I have the audacity to use an HD Tivo instead of ‘renting’ one of your cablevision DVRs. And also thanks for not carrying the NFL Network, and that year of the YES Network we missed, and for bringing Eric Lindros to the Garden as well. Someday soon, Verizon trucks will appear in my neighborhood running fiber optic cables under my street and change my life forever, but until that day, my blood will continue to boil with hate for the Knicks, Rangers, and my own television.
khandor said
Jools,
Classic stuff … and a perfectly understandable perspective.
Without proper ownership in place a ‘pro sports’ franchise is doomed to fail.
Fight the Power!