Fans Gather at Garden to Give Isiah a Pink Slip

Isiah Thomas may want two weeks to save his job, but for most fans have had enough. A group of fans delivered an eight-foot-high pink slip to the steps of Madison Square Garden yesterday calling on Jim Dolan to fire Thomas. And, the “Fire Isiah” chants were heard inside the building last night, despite the team winning easily over the Cavaliers.

Even Steve Mills, President of MSG and the man responsible for hiring Isiah, has reportedly soured on Thomas and wants him fired. If that's not enough, Thomas’ former coach, Hall of Famer Chuck Daly is questioning whether or not Isiah should stay behind the bench.

None of this matters until Jim Dolan decides he has had enough of Thomas. Dolan is supposedly reluctant to fire Thomas after extending his contract in March. But, instead of firing him what if he marginalized him? Thomas can stay as President of the Knicks, but bring in a real GM and coach. Then it is up to Isiah whether he wants to walk away and the fans can start believing in their team again. That would truly be a holiday miracle.

Photo of the pink slip fan protest by AP/Seth Wenig

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By Peter Trinkle in News on December 20, 2007 11:00 AM

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JMH

Can we just totally ignore professional sports?
There are either cheating druggies, sexual harassers, or pawns in shady real estate deals.
Because, you know, none of those things happen outside the world of professional sports.

iralarry

This is just great. People will stand around in winter weather protesting to pink-slip a basketball coach found guilty of sexual harrassment-why he wasn't fired for that alone is beyond me-but no one goes out to protest MTA fare hikes, Iraq, no single-payer health insurance for all, etc. Get my point? Priorities people! Where are your priorities?

Toby von Meistersinger

Can we just totally ignore professional sports?

There are either cheating druggies, sexual harassers, or pawns in shady real estate deals.

Peter

the steinbrenner family are good, nice people in their private lives, the dolans are not

Not to mention the fact that the Yankees, unlike the Knicks, actually manage to, y'know, win games.

ed_Extinct

winning easily? they're not far behind the knicks with a record of 11-15?

i'm rooting for the knicks, but want isiah out... he's an arrogant piece of sh*t!

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the steinbrenner family are good, nice people in their private lives, the dolans are not.

freddyhere

I say bring in Thomas' former teammate Dennis Rodman - he can't do any worse, can he?

rtd2101

What's funny is that this protest is infinitely more creative than any of the picket lines by the writers.

Or should I not be surprised at that?