he's had questionable behavior over the yrs not to mention his management skills seem poor......I know a guy that went to college with the woman he allegedly sexually harassed and he told me he f.... with the wrong woman, she's a very strong, intelligent and respected woman, the guy has poor judgement and has made many bad decisions.
Do you follow basketball?
In his 4 years with Toronto he made the following 1st round draft choices Damon Stoudamire (rookie of the year), Marcus Camby (2nd pick), Vince Carter (5th pick) and Tmac (9th pick overall). You want to find me a GM in the last 15 years that made 4 straight first round picks with as much talent as these 4?
With the Knicks he selected Channing Frye, Nate Robinson and David Lee (last pick of the 1st round) in 2005. In 2006 the knicks lost out on the second pick of the draft because he was dumb enough to trade for Eddy Curry and his late round picks Balkman and Mardy Collins, while serviceable, they have not panned out. In 2007 he selected Wilson Chandler 23rd and he is turning out to be a very good player.
Anyone want to explain to me how someone can question Isiah's ability to scout talent? His main mistakes were trading for Curry and Marbury, and for that he deserved to lose his job, but he is track record of finding good young talent is not just good, its outstanding.
Again, this is FIU, there is no way they were going to find someone with Isiah's ability to find talent anywhere else.
Was he even in charge of drafting players with the Raptors? He wasn't the GM as far as I can remember...
Anyway, the teams he has been in charge of in some capacity and their records:
94-95 Toronto: 21-61
95-96 Toronto: 30-52
96-97 Toronto: 16-66
97-98 Toronto: 23-27
00-01 Pacers: 41-41
01-02 Pacers: 42-40
02-03 Pacers: 48-34
03-04 Knicks: 39-43
04-05 Knicks: 33-49
05-06 Knicks: 23-59
06-07 Knicks: 33-49
07-08 Knicks: 23-59
How good of a talent evaluator could he have been if the guys he acquired had exactly 1 season over 12 years where his team finished 3 or more games above .500?
For what it's worth, that record comes out to 372-580 or a 39.1% victory rate. Not what I'd think would happen from a guy so adept at scouting talent.
His talent evaluating skills have left the Knicks in shambles with a bunch of guys he overpaid and gave up too much for. I just don't see it...
The knicks were in shambles (and in cap hell) well before Isiah took over. he was asked to come in and win now which was impossible. They needed to rebuild which is something the organization only recently realized.
And we are talking about building a college program. Its not about being a great coach, its about recruiting talent. Isiah has a history of spotting talent and he will surely have an edge when he makes a visit to a high school kids home.
Huge get for FIU, had anyone ever heard of their last coach or can anyone name any player who's played at this university in their school's history??? I sure can't.
The press conference and interviews were on Sportscenter for crying out loud. When is FIU ever going to get that kind of publicity without pulling off a 1st round NCAA tournament upset. His teams with the Knicks were awful but take away the Stephon Marbury and Eddy Curry pickups and the rest of the player's he selected turned out to be pretty decent picks. I'm not sure if the guy can coach but he definately should be able to recruit some decent High School talent especially when he sells the fact that he is a former NBA All Star with NBA connections. There's already talk that Tim Hardaway may be joining his staff, for a young High School point guard looking to learn the game those would be two pretty good guys to learn from. Not to mention going to school in Florida with an enrollment of 30,000 students, you know there's going to be hotties everywhere.
The press conference and interviews were on Sportscenter for crying out loud. When is FIU ever going to get that kind of publicity without pulling off a 1st round NCAA tournament upset. His teams with the Knicks were awful but take away the Stephon Marbury and Eddy Curry pickups and the rest of the player's he selected turned out to be pretty decent picks. I'm not sure if the guy can coach but he definately should be able to recruit some decent High School talent especially when he sells the fact that he is a former NBA All Star with NBA connections. There's already talk that Tim Hardaway may be joining his staff, for a young High School point guard looking to learn the game those would be two pretty good guys to learn from. Not to mention going to school in Florida with an enrollment of 30,000 students, you know there's going to be hotties everywhere.
