Peter Vecsey: JVG and CD are no longer on speaking terms

I don't care who we bring in, as long as he's not a college coach and can pull some strings to hire Abdul Jabbar away from the Lakers. It shouldn't be too hard. Would you rather coach Kwame or Yao?

I don't know if Vecsey is right or not, but JVG's comments on the last trade don't seem too friendly:

sh*t, I can't find it. It's that one from the chronicle on Lampe where JVG says the trade is purely for financial reasons and that he had never seen Lampe play, but CD seems to think he's pretty good.

 

I have a crazy feeling that we're going to trade for Steve in the next week, it'll be a disaster and JVG and CD will both be out of the job after the season.

And then we'll end up hiring Rick Adelman, and Kiki Vandeweghe (who are both on the outs) as coach and GM.

 

Didn't Doc post the same quote regarding swift way back ago "please ask to be traded", or something to the same affect? That quote sounds very familar.

 

I call BS, this is from the NYPOST people! Just more NY crap, their team sucks balls so they go for the next thing. To pick on JVG and houston.

 

vescey just took the quote, "please ask to be traded" and spinned that into van gundy literally meaning, "i don't talk to CD, you ask him to trade you."

vescey is a loser and has totally made up **** in the past so i see no reason to believe him now.

 

With as bad as this season has been, it's that much more disappointing to see the front office guys pointing fingers.

It has always occured to me that CD gets players JVG wants, don't know if that's the case, but I'm sure it wasn't CD's decision to bring in players like Oakley, Mark Jackson, Rod Strickland, etc...

If this is true, JVG should accept the blame as well. The coaching has been as big as a problem as anything else this season in my opinion.

 

I'm just quoting this so anyone who decided to not read it may read it this time. Vescey is full of crapola as usual.

 

I cant stand Vescey.

 

This just in: Vecsey and xcomputerman are no longer on speaking terms.

 

I lost all respect for Vecsey. Oh, wait, did I have any left to lose?

 

lol, i found that funny

 

I will definitely take CG over JVD.

 

Dawson has brought in a ton of JVG-endorsed guys, and that list includes Swift and Alston, our two biggest acquisitions over the offseason. The only way I can IMAGINE they wouldn't be on speaking terms is if an awesome, slam-dunk trade for a star fell through (Artest), but every team in the league wanted him so I don't see how you could be TOO disappointed.

Additionally, JVG has never had the reputation of being a prima donna. Distance himself from blame? What? The guy never misses an opportunity to place blame on himself! Gruff, negative, pessimistic, sure, we all know these words describe JVG, but I've never seen any evidence of him acting childishly.

If this were true, I probably would endorse JVG's removal. BUT: It doesn't seem to line up with what we know for sure, and our only "proof" is Vecsey's non-credible rantings, so it would be foolish to believe at this point.

 

HAHAHAHA that's pretty funny

This article HAS to be bs. Just because the knicks can't be as good as teh injury-plagued rockets....

 

My genius idea for next season:
GM: RUDY T
COACH: MARIO ELIE

New Color Commentator (TV): CALVIN MURPHY
New Mascot: TURBO

 

bring back Rudy-T!!

 

Justice covers this issue in his blog:

http://blogs.chron.com/sportsjustice/archives/2006/02/breaking_news_v.html

Breaking news: Van Gundy, Dawson feuding!

I read it in The New York Post so it has to be true.

Peter Vecsey, who knows more about the NBA than any other reporter on earth, had an interesting tidbit at the bottom of his Sunday notes.

Sources say Jeff Van Gundy and Carroll Dawson are no longer on speaking terms. A reenactment of the ruthless friction that transpired in New York between Van Gundy and Ernie Grunfeld, which led to the firing of the Knicks team president. I'm informed Van Gundy is so angry with the personnel Carroll has provided that he recently told free-agent pickup Stromile Swift, ''Would you please ask to be traded.''

Is this one of those thing you read and say: ''This can't be true.''

No, it's not.

It might also be exactly true and not mean something apocalyptic is about to happen.

Because NBA coaches go a little nuts during the season. They hate their teams one day and love them the next. They demand that a player be traded on Monday and change their minds on Tuesday.

General managers have to walk the fine (read: impossible) line between placating the coach and steering the team.

Van Gundy is a brooder in the best of times. A season like this surely wears on him.

But did Dawson go get Stromile Swift without checking with Van Gundy? I don't think so.

Will Van Gundy quit? He'd be leaving a lot of money on the table, but he has already walked out on a team once in his career. His brother, Stan, walked off the job in Miami earlier this season.

Maybe there's something in the Van Gundy DNA that prompts them to quit when times get tough.

If he left, there'd be another coach -- maybe even a better one -- ready to coach a team with Tracy McGrady and Yao Ming. Phil Jackson, who chooses his teams carefully, was interested in the Rockets last summer before re-signing with the Lakers.

Jackson, like a lot of people, was excited about the possibility of coaching McGrady and Yao. Maybe Van Gundy will be as well after a couple of days off.

 

One of the saddest days in Rockets history. I am no fan of PJ, but the man has the rings to prove what he is worth. He wanted to come here and Les said no!

Van Grumpy should do everyone a favor and open up a can of quit.

 

holy crap, that would be a fantastic pair. An awesome GM and a coach than can actually coach to the new rules. Thats unheard of. GASP