Dolan Securing Place Among Worst Owners in Sports

Today's story in the Post about the possible break-up of Cablevision should be the worst news for Knicks' fans since they lost the '03 LeLottery. According to the Post story, Jim Dolan would become sole owner of Madison Square Garden, and thus the Knicks. When you talk about bad owners in sports, Dolan is among the elite few. The latest report in the Daily News that Dolan actually fired Wilkens, but wanted Wilkens say he stepped down, comes as no surprise:
According to a team source, Garden chairman James Dolan - and not Isiah Thomas - made the final decision on Wilkens' tenure in New York. Dolan, who attended Friday's game, was upset following the Knicks' ninth loss in 10 games. Dolan and Thomas met for 15 minutes in a room near the Knicks' locker room, and it was there that Dolan told Thomas to make the team's second coaching change in 13months. Thomas, the Knicks' president who named Herb Williams the interim coach, was still insisting yesterday Wilkens had resigned.Dolan admittedly knows nothing about basketball (take look at him during games, sitting under the basket next to the Knicks' bench--he doesn't exactly look engaged). He should stay out of basketball operations and stick to paying the bills. If Dolan wants to be a better owner, he should take a page out of Mavs' owner Mark Cuban's book: be up front with fans and start publishing a blog. As the Knicks lose more and more games, there will be fewer and fewer sellouts, and Dolan will wish he didn't alienate his fanbase.