Its time for the new weekly award. This award is giving to the athlete, coach, team, management, or some bonehead each week for their ability to not use the brain God gave them. There were many candidates for the honor of being the first moron chosen, but some how I have narrowed it down to one.
This man makes me smack myself in the head, just yesterday I was praising him for his coaching style. Now he goes and pulls off a stupid stunt like this. tsk..tsk. He was surrounded by talent at his recent coaching assignment. But one cannot blame him for leaving that team though, management recently added an aging big man which completely slowed down the movement of the team. A philosophical issue led to our winner's recent decision to move on to a new challenge.
But what makes this man stand out is his eyes for the ole' mighty dollar. The dollar signs got so big in his eyes that it blinded him to the talent levels (or lack their of) on his new team. What makes his decision even more disturbing is there was another young team looking for his coaching leadership, a team that had players that would fit his style of play. Instead of being smart, this individual decided to take the way of misery.
the winner is...
Goodluck Mike D'Antoni, I believe you have found the challenge you wanted. When Donnie Walsh is shaking his head in shame, Stephon Marbury is being his self, and Eddie Curry is huffing and puffing up the floor after the first two minutes, you will think back to the moment you chose money over brains.
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Mike D'Antoni did something ballsy, and it's either going to explode in his face like a ton of TNT or turn out to be the best decision of his career. Let's look at how both scenarios could unfold:
The TNT Scenario:
Mike D'Antoni, as you've mentioned, coaches a woeful Knicks team that refuses to listen to him. As a result Long Island sinks into the sea and Coach D has to spend the rest of his life marketing his own brand of elbow macaroni. Donnie Walsh dies from ODing on his patented Donnie Walsh Vodka (distilled from the blood of Ron Artest!), and James Dolan gets assassinated by the mafia for his ludicrously inept ability to manage a corporation.
But, now, let's look at the more realistic, GOOD scenario:
Mike D'Antoni, bringing his famed offensive pedigree from the painted desert of Phoenix, turns the once haggard Knicks into a team on the run, both literally and metaphorically. David Lee and Renaldo Balkman, among anyone else who dons a Knickerbocker jersey and isn't afraid to play his guts out, becomes a firm believer in the new run 'n gun system. Donnie Walsh, who hadn't paid attention to the Pacers personnel affairs in years, suddenly finds new inspiration in NYC to get rid of every single bum on the Knicks squad (Eddie Curry, Jamal Crawford, Starbury, etc.). Whether or not he gets fair market value for the deals is of no consequence. This is New York, and you must be a competitive cutthroat to earn a spot on the team. Even though Coach D's Knicks will struggle to win 30 games in the upcoming 2008-2009 season, things will improve dramatically the subsequent year and only continue to get better as the 'defeatist' attitude that thrived during Isaiah Thomas' reign gets erased with Mike D'Antoni's and Donnie Walsh' irreproachable charisma and ability. The Knicks will bring in good, competitive players through trades and free agency. Spike Lee will return to his court side seat and a new Pacers/Knicks rivalry will ensue.
James Dolan will still get assassinated by the mafia.
And even though that will bring about rapturous hurrahs all across Long Island and even into New Jersey, his death won't really mean much in the grand scheme of things.
Donnie Walsh is running the show and Mike D'Antoni is fighting in the trenches. Expect the Knicks to make a COLOSSAL turnaround within 2 years. And for the possibility of King James to make Madison Square Garden his new palace come '10.
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