A bunch of issues to rip on this morning...
1. The New York Knicks should absolutely NOT even consider hiring PJ Carlesimo as their next head coach. The guy was a complete failure in 6 seasons at Portland and Golden State (183-222 in the regular season, 3-9 in the playoffs). I also think the incident with Sprewell back in 1998 is a good enough reason to disqualify him for life from being a head coach. I know most people out there think Sprewell is a sociopath and that Carlesimo was just the poor guy caught up in that mess but I am pretty certain that PJ was pressing buttons that day. Do I believe in a head coach using any and every method at his disposal to teach and motivate his players? Yes I do. But I'm sure PJ crossed the line and probably said something that African-Americans across the country would deem offensive. We don't need a guy that brings negative baggage to a team and a city that thrives on negative press. Here's a novel idea -- why not just keep Herb Williams and take the interim tag off his title? He's been with the franchise since 1993, he's got the respect of his players and the fans all love him. Instead of bringing in a re-tread or trying to get a high-profile guy, let's try and do things the right way. This team isn't winning in the next 4 years. Let's let Herb make his bones here.
1. The New York Knicks should absolutely NOT even consider hiring PJ Carlesimo as their next head coach. The guy was a complete failure in 6 seasons at Portland and Golden State (183-222 in the regular season, 3-9 in the playoffs). I also think the incident with Sprewell back in 1998 is a good enough reason to disqualify him for life from being a head coach. I know most people out there think Sprewell is a sociopath and that Carlesimo was just the poor guy caught up in that mess but I am pretty certain that PJ was pressing buttons that day. Do I believe in a head coach using any and every method at his disposal to teach and motivate his players? Yes I do. But I'm sure PJ crossed the line and probably said something that African-Americans across the country would deem offensive. We don't need a guy that brings negative baggage to a team and a city that thrives on negative press. Here's a novel idea -- why not just keep Herb Williams and take the interim tag off his title? He's been with the franchise since 1993, he's got the respect of his players and the fans all love him. Instead of bringing in a re-tread or trying to get a high-profile guy, let's try and do things the right way. This team isn't winning in the next 4 years. Let's let Herb make his bones here.
2. George Steinbrenner should get on the phone and call the team's lawyer and CFO. Find out what it costs to fire Torre and Cashman and then write the check to do it. The Yanks are no longer responding to the kindly old man (Torre) and it's clear as day that Cashman is a shitty talent evaluator (Wright? Womack? Quantrill? Karsay? Felix Rodriguez? Mike Stanton, part deux?). As much as I love Jeter and Tino, they're among the few on the team that truly want to win (Rivera, Posada, Bernie, Sheff and Matsui are the only others) and I don't think they command the clubhouse respect to get through to losers like Mussina and Giambi. Those two douchebags are happy to show up to work sucking ass. What do they care? They're rich enough and they prefer the tee-times on the west coast in early October.
2a. For those of you who actually believe that firing Torre would be unfair because a) he's a good manager, b) it's not his fault the team is playing like shit or c) some combination of the first two...get real. Any team that doesn't fire its head coach and GM in the face of the biggest playoff collapse in sports history (and to its biggest rival) is completely f-ing up its priorities. What do you suppose would happen if Coke's share price, market share and earnings all went in the shitter in the same year that Pepsi's share price, market share and earnings all went up? Coke's shareholders would raise holy hell at the annual meeting. That's what SHOULD'VE happened last November. Throw in the fact that Torre grossly mismanaged Games 4-5 in the ALCS (pop quiz Joe, there's a knuckleballer on the mound and he's throwing wild pitches, what do you do? RUN ON HIM, you f-ing moron!) and that he doesn't ever light a fire under the asses of underperforming players and you have a recipe for a team called "Complacency and Boredom -- Exhibit A"
3. While we're busy firing people, Giants GM Ernie Accorsi should be sent packing too. The Giants are like your grandpa -- solid, dependable, well-respected in the community but too goddamn old-fashioned to be taken seriously anymore. This goes back about 15 years to when George Young was in charge. Do you remember George Young? He wore Kennedy-era glasses (the kind with the black frame on top like Michael Douglas wore in "Falling Down"). He personally hired Accorsi from the Browns to be his successor. Between the two of them, we have more botched drafts, bad signings, poor coaching hires, salary cap problems and free agent defections than anyone but the Chicago Bears. When they signed Jim Miller to be Eli's backup, it might have been a good idea to ask something like, "So, Jim, planning any major surgery in the near future?" Miller's done for the year with hip surgery this week. Nice backup QB guys.
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