Fire D'antoni

     This basketball season Sarah and I have tried to watch as many Knicks games as possible.  This proved to be impossible during the first half of the season because the Knicks were hardly playing basketball, and Sarah would not enjoy watching, which in turn, made it not fun to watch.  However, once Linsanity burst upon the scene, she was re-energized and took up a new interest in the Knicks.  BTW, I really miss NBA league pass [damn your free trial DirectTV] and watching the T-Wolves exciting style.  Lin kind of brought that style to Knicks.  D'antoni got a ton of credit.  However, why give him any credit?  Why does he still have a job?  I don't know.  Let's examine his missteps below.
1.  He had the transcendent Jeremy Lin buried on the bench for the first 20 games, and only played him because of injuries and Baron Davis' balky back due to overuse of the headbands and buffets.  All of a sudden D'antoni is once again a genius-- I think not.  His system, which I use with the loosest of all definitions, requires a point guard and he didn't give Lin an opportunity?  Bad call.
2.   D'antoni has showed what a terrible motivator he is with home losses to the indestructible Raptors, Bobcats, Nets and Hornets.  Really?  Multiple members of the second unit would start on those clubs, and they drop games to them?  In a compressed season in which every game takes on an added importance.  When the Knicks play the Heat in the first round and can't depend on Jeff Van Gundy to take the floor to take down Alonzo Mourning those losses will haunt them.
3.  They have one play-- a high pick and roll, then the rest of the system is just one on one play.  Not exactly basketball strategy at its highest.  This is also evident in inbounds plays, where the Knicks are terrible.  C'mon D'antoni, think of something.  And don't give me this no practice time crap.  Every other team in the league has the same lack of practice time, but somehow can get shots off of inbounds plays.
4.  His mustache.  Really...1983 called and wants it back.
5.  The rotation.  The minutes are not distributed in a sensible way.  Guys need to know their roles, and the Knicks really don't have that well defined more then halfway through the season.


All in all, D'antoni should be replaced with someone for the rest of the season, then the Knicks should make an all out press to bring in Big Chief Triangle or Jeff Van Gundy.