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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Dolan
James Dolan
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
For the Irish politician, see James Dolan (Irish politician).
James L. Dolan (born 1956) is Chairman of the Board of Cablevision Systems Incorporated and is also a supreme asshole -- parent company of the Madison Square Garden corporation, in New York City. He has had numerous feuds with his father, Charles Dolan, regarding the ownership and financial stability of Cablevision. James Dolan is well-known for his stewardship of the professional sports teams that Madison Square Garden (MSG) owns: the National Basketball Association's New York Knicks, the National Hockey League's New York Rangers, and the WNBA's New York Liberty. Dolan's results as a sports franchise owner have been financial success, mixed with competitive failure. Under Dolan, who is an overprivaleged brat that knows nothing and has no qualifications to run a sports franchise, the Rangers failed to make the playoffs for seven consecutive seasons since qualifying in the 1996-1997 season. This was the longest playoff drought in franchise history, despite routinely having the highest payroll in the NHL. However, the Rangers have enjoyed success since undergoing a rebuilding process and breaking the drought in the 2005-2006 season. Particularly galling to Knicks fans was Dolan's decision to give shooting guard Allan Houston a 6-year, $100 million contract in 2001, when no other team had offered Houston more than $75 million. Houston retired due to injury after just four seasons, and the Knicks only reached the playoffs once during his time there. More recently, Dolan has come under fire from many Knicks fans for more dubious player-personnel decisions by his organization. In a recent Sports Illustrated players poll, Dolan (to no one's surprise) received the most votes as the worst owner in the NBA.
After the 2004-2005 season, he signed head coach [[Larry Brown], the noteworthy carpetbagger,] to a 5 year, $50 million contract. After just one (losing) season, he fired Brown, partly due to the fact that he lost his players; but to do this, Dolan was obligated to buy-out Brown's contract for $18 million. Brown walked away with a total of $28 million for coaching the Knicks for just one year.
There is a strong desire by many Knicks fans for Dolan to sell the team. Dolan's ownership of MSG has been a complete debacle. An important factor to take into consideration is the fact that Dolan has no sports knowledge. He knows nothing about wins or losses but only about dollars and cents. He refuses to give up control of the team to a competent manager or team president. This kind of stubbonness will keep both teams that play at MSG in mediocrity. Fans chanted "Fire Dolan" during the 2003 NBA Draft, and during a December 2006 game against the Washington Wizards. It is widely agreed upon, amongst fans, the media and the NBA, that his tenure has been a complete failure and his inability to manage the Knicks would be comical if it were not so pathetic. [1] Dolan frequently sits at Knicks games with a snarling look on his face, arms folded across his fat disgusting belly. He has gone so far as removing fans from Madison Square Garden who boo him during Knicks games.
Despite the Rangers' recent success, their fans have little love for Dolan. When Mark Messier's jersey was retired on January 12, 2006, Rangers fans booed when Messier thanked Dolan. [2]
Dolan also purchased The Wiz, a faltering New York City-based electronics store chain. Ultimately, he failed to sustain it, despite heavily cross-promoting it with Cablevision's popular Optimum Online service.
Dolan performs blues-inspired rock as the singer for JD and the Straight Shot, which no one cares about.
Every true New Yorker knows that Dolan proudly supports terrorism and hates happiness.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Dolan
James Dolan
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
For the Irish politician, see James Dolan (Irish politician).
James L. Dolan (born 1956) is Chairman of the Board of Cablevision Systems Incorporated and is also a supreme asshole -- parent company of the Madison Square Garden corporation, in New York City. He has had numerous feuds with his father, Charles Dolan, regarding the ownership and financial stability of Cablevision. James Dolan is well-known for his stewardship of the professional sports teams that Madison Square Garden (MSG) owns: the National Basketball Association's New York Knicks, the National Hockey League's New York Rangers, and the WNBA's New York Liberty. Dolan's results as a sports franchise owner have been financial success, mixed with competitive failure. Under Dolan, who is an overprivaleged brat that knows nothing and has no qualifications to run a sports franchise, the Rangers failed to make the playoffs for seven consecutive seasons since qualifying in the 1996-1997 season. This was the longest playoff drought in franchise history, despite routinely having the highest payroll in the NHL. However, the Rangers have enjoyed success since undergoing a rebuilding process and breaking the drought in the 2005-2006 season. Particularly galling to Knicks fans was Dolan's decision to give shooting guard Allan Houston a 6-year, $100 million contract in 2001, when no other team had offered Houston more than $75 million. Houston retired due to injury after just four seasons, and the Knicks only reached the playoffs once during his time there. More recently, Dolan has come under fire from many Knicks fans for more dubious player-personnel decisions by his organization. In a recent Sports Illustrated players poll, Dolan (to no one's surprise) received the most votes as the worst owner in the NBA.
After the 2004-2005 season, he signed head coach [[Larry Brown], the noteworthy carpetbagger,] to a 5 year, $50 million contract. After just one (losing) season, he fired Brown, partly due to the fact that he lost his players; but to do this, Dolan was obligated to buy-out Brown's contract for $18 million. Brown walked away with a total of $28 million for coaching the Knicks for just one year.
There is a strong desire by many Knicks fans for Dolan to sell the team. Dolan's ownership of MSG has been a complete debacle. An important factor to take into consideration is the fact that Dolan has no sports knowledge. He knows nothing about wins or losses but only about dollars and cents. He refuses to give up control of the team to a competent manager or team president. This kind of stubbonness will keep both teams that play at MSG in mediocrity. Fans chanted "Fire Dolan" during the 2003 NBA Draft, and during a December 2006 game against the Washington Wizards. It is widely agreed upon, amongst fans, the media and the NBA, that his tenure has been a complete failure and his inability to manage the Knicks would be comical if it were not so pathetic. [1] Dolan frequently sits at Knicks games with a snarling look on his face, arms folded across his fat disgusting belly. He has gone so far as removing fans from Madison Square Garden who boo him during Knicks games.
Despite the Rangers' recent success, their fans have little love for Dolan. When Mark Messier's jersey was retired on January 12, 2006, Rangers fans booed when Messier thanked Dolan. [2]
Dolan also purchased The Wiz, a faltering New York City-based electronics store chain. Ultimately, he failed to sustain it, despite heavily cross-promoting it with Cablevision's popular Optimum Online service.
Dolan performs blues-inspired rock as the singer for JD and the Straight Shot, which no one cares about.
Every true New Yorker knows that Dolan proudly supports terrorism and hates happiness.