Comments on Pardon My Fresh: An Open Letter To Jeff Van Gundy

I do agree that the suits have been beyond terribl...

2012-01-18T23:33:22.990-05:00

I do agree that the suits have been beyond terrible. It's amazing that one of the worst run organizations is still as profitable and popular as it is, but I credit that more to New York City than the New York Knicks.

However, I think given the right coaching staff and the right system, this could be a great team that should be able to compete with the best night in and night out. And dominate the weaker teams.

I have to give credit where it's due, however. I do consider Stat to be a Knick because he took the 1st step of openly stating his desire to play here when the rest of the team was still unproven. He was the catalyst for change within the organization. And while I was disappointed to see Gallo, Wilson Chandler and Raymond Felton go, I do appreciate what Melo brings to the table.

They're just playing park ball instead of pro ball. No coach = no good.

Charlie and Chris were SOLID, and stepped up when ...

2012-01-18T08:48:01.127-05:00

Charlie and Chris were SOLID, and stepped up when needed. The old Knicks, and many other classic teams in history all share one thing that you can't coach - heart.

I knew when we traded for Stat we were changing our very identity, fabric and being. Stat is not a Knick. He doesn't bleed blue and orange like Patty, Starks, Latrell, Allan, and LJ used to.

Melo, as offensively skilled as he is, is no better fit here. I've always maintained, he is like a super Glenn Robinson, and, besides scoring, he doesn't bring the intangibles - the very things those same players with heart exhibit. I would have preferred to see Gerald Wallace, a much better fit in NY, than Melo.

And don't get me started on the coach. Why has NY got a run and gun coach? baffles me. It goes to show that Latrell was onto something when he let rip his first game back to the garden in a wolves uniform.

The guys in suits are killing this franchise.