Dolan, What Are You Waiting For?

Sometimes the right thing to do is the hard thing to do. For Tom Dolan, that's not the case, at least not when it comes to the fate of Isiah Thomas. When it comes to the Knicks, the hard thing is letting the coach and team president keep his job. You have to wonder, maybe Marbury isn't the only one in the organization who can blackmail someone because I don't see a logical reason Dolan hasn't fired Thomas yet.

When your fans start chanting to have your head coach and team president fired, you know you're in a bad situation. The right thing to do would be to pull the trigger and fire Thomas. Bring in someone who has more character and won't make more headlines for his off-the-court behavior than what his team does on the court.

There are 2 things you have to consider before Thomas gets fired. Are you ok with eating the remainder of his contract? If you're Dolan, you have only yourself to blame for that because you gave him an extension before the season ended. You should have waited to see how the season would play out and determine an extension based on the entire season. Chances are, no extension would have been granted.

The second thing is the appeal of the sexual harassment suit. For the Knicks, the fear is that if you fire Thomas, you're admitting he did something wrong and hurting your chances at winning the appeal. I think we're at a stage in the season that firing Thomas can be justified and not associated with the lawsuit.

In a nutshell, he hasn't done a good job. The players are turning on him and the fans dislike him. If he was able win with these conditions, I could understand keeping him around but he's not winning either.

Dolan, what's the hold up?