Fire Isiah

Any Knicks fan who is suffering through this horrible season can think of only one thing, "when will Dolan fire Isiah?"

Unfortunately, the answer is probably never. The answer often given is that Isiah just last year signed a contract extension, but really that has nothing to do with it. Dolan is just stubborn and doesn't care enough about the success or failure of the team to admit he was wrong.

The Knicks actually have a great way to fire Isiah and void his contract. All they have to do is say that he was a sexual harrasser who made the Garden's female employees uncomfortable.

They can also say that they were waiting to settle the lawsuit before firing him because they didn't want his firing to be an admission of guilt on their part.

But I have an idea that doesn't involve firing Isiah. Let him work the rest of this season and next season, but don't allow him to acquire any new players (with expensive longterm contracts). Make him suffer with this team. Then you can work on getting rid of Marbury (which is already close to happening), Crawford, Curry and Richardson as well as Jefferies and James. Then after next season fire Isiah, bring in a real GM and build a team around Randolph, Lee, Balkman and whomever you pick in the next two drafts.

There is no other way to fix the Knicks current problems because firing Isiah right now would mean hiring a GM and coach who would be hamstrung by Isiah's mistakes for the next two years. How could the Knicks get someone of quality to come in and lose 50 games for two seasons? They should make Isiah take his medicine and hire a real coach and GM at a time when the new person can actually make meaningful progress towards building a championship team.