A response to Report: Knicks may buy out Brown:

If  the  rumored  reports  in  The  New York Daily News  are to  be  believed.  Where does that  leave  The Knicks  as an  NBA  franchise ?    Since  the hiring of    Isaiah Thomas  and   Larry  Brown, what   credibility the  team had as a once proud  franchise  has all but  dissipated  into a team that's struggling  to find  its way  and  its identity. Through wreckless  maneuvering  on   Thomas'   part  by  way  of   ill  concieved    trades,   this team has sufferred.  And  it has shown no  signs  of  abating.   Added  to this ,  that  Brown  was brought in  to coach   the  team   and   yet  nothing  has really changed.   Throuhgout the season   The  Knicks played undisciplined basketball,  and at  times   appeared to be no better  than   a  poor   girls'    varsity  team.  To  many  this  may seem  to  be  a slight   to  girls'   varsity   basketball   everywhere.  In   no way  is this  meant  to  be,   but  I  can't  find any  other  comparison  to  make  about  their  present  predicament.   The  Dolan family  has money  to   burn  with  their   hirings and  firings,  but  in the real   sense  of the   matter  what  they  ought   to  do   is to get  rid  of  Isaiah  Thomas  and  Larry  Brown,  altogehter.  They  need  to  bring  in someone with an  astute  knowledge  of  NBA  basketball  to  run  the front  office  and  then  hire  a young  coach    who  is  like minded   and  a tough  disciplinarian.  At   present  the candidates  out  there are thin,  but  this  is  the time  that  it should  be done.  Larry  Brown    lacked  the  intensity   to  turn this  franchise  around,  albeit    that  he was given  a   5 year  contract   he was  an abject  failure  from the  beginning.  And  in  Thomas  you  had  a  G.M.  who   had  no  idea as  to  what  he was  doing.  He  often  felt that    he   could  trade  his  way   to  turning  around  the  franchise. And  in  doing  so  he  has  saddled the   team  with  a  burdensome   situation of  contracts that are  long  termed and  players   who've  never reached  or  played  up   to  their  full  potential.   Therein  lies  the  problem  with  the team.    Should   Thomas  decide  that  he is best  served by  returning   to  the  bench  and  coaching  the  team then  the 2006-07  season  will   be  a long  season for   The   Knicks  and  their   fans.  Somehow,  I  don't  think  that    the  Dolans   will  allow  for  that  to happen.  Then  again  I  may  be wrong !  Having  Thomas  coaching  this  team  won't  be  in their  best  interests.  Perhaps you  guys  out  there , can   come   up   with  the  candidates  who  might  best  fill  the  positions of  G.M.  and   coach    of   The  Knicks?    Come   on  give  it  a  try   I'd  like  to  read  your  take  on it !      For  me  the    perfect  candidate  as  G.M.  would  be  Jerry  West , but  no  way  is  that  going  to happen.  He's  not  about  to leave  The Grizzlies,  anytime soon.   As   coach    my  immediate   thought  was    that  Sidney Lowe  would  be  great   fit.  But  his  acceptance  of the  position  at   N.C.  State  negates  that  situation.   So where  does that  leave  us  ?  Nowhere........now  I'm  really  at a  loss.