THOMAS TENURE NEEDS TO CLOSE

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Isiah's job "in severe jeopardy''
Published 11/16/2007 at NBA - Sports Rumors - Yahoo! Sports
... the source said Thomas' job was "in severe jeopardy.'' Vescey wrote: I continue to believe it could occur before tonight's game with the Kings in Sacramento (a halfway suitable replacement must be unearthed), and I'm not the only one. The same source who tipped me off the Knicks had decided to buy out Larry Brown called to say Thomas had informed him Dolan was coming out west (a team official branded it inaccurate) to see him and sensed he was in severe job jeopardy. Source: New York Post Related: ...

Vecsey: Isiah On Verge of Being Fired
Published 11/16/2007 by Tom Ziller at FanHouse
Filed under: Knicks, NBA Rumors, New York, MSGPeter Vecsey, that staunch defender of perfect truth in journalism, spends his New York Post column this morning spreading the buzz Isiah Thomas is about to get fired. Even with James Dolan still in charge, I was fairly convinced Thomas' termination was going to happen Wednesday night following the Knicks' loss to the Clippers in LA - their fifth in seven games -or yesterday. I continue to believe it could occur before tonight's game with the Kings in ...

Public Knowledge
Published 11/16/2007 by josh q. public at josh q. public
... 5.  Check out Zeke.  Back peddling, mealy mouthed Zeke.  Pencil neck geek, grit eatin’ freak.  Scum suckin’, pea head with a lousy physique.  He’s a one man, no gut, losing streak.  Nothin’ but a pencil neck geek.  Zeke plays hardball.  Marbury benched.  Marbury jets.  Marbury comes back.  Marbury plays thirty-five minutes.  Knicks lose fourth game in a row.  Vecsey says Zeke could be fired as soon as tonight.  I hope not.  I hope Isiah doesn’t get fired.  ...

Vescey’s 10 Point Plan For Isiah To Get Fired
Published 11/16/2007 by GC at Can't Stop The Bleeding
... Though steadfastly predicting James Dolan (above) “is on the verge of fumigating the place”, the Post’s Peter Vescey admits that Isiah Thomas “is so inept he can’t even get himself fired. Nothing he does - coaching appointments, trades, free agent signings, buyouts in the hundreds of millions of dollars - works. Even drafting Renaldo Balkman so high backfired when it turned out he had game.” And with that in mind, Poison Pete helpfully supplies Zeke with the scenarios required for a Knicks coaching change. ...

Isiah’s Job Insecurity
Published 11/16/2007 by Marcel Mutoni at SLAM Online
... Word on the street in Gotham is that Isiah Thomas is about to lose his job. Just about every paper in the city is hinting at Zeke’s impending unemployment (Peter Vescey didn’t think Isiah would last through the week), and it’s hard to argue with them. I mean, it’s a borderline miracle that he was able to hang on to his gig following the sexual harassment trial this summer. ...