tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2889333447515035362.post2027161240617071166..comments2024-03-24T03:26:59.588-04:00Comments on Uncle Mike's Musings: A Yankees Blog and More: Top 10 False Saviors in New York SportsUncle Mikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11618876073064128027noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2889333447515035362.post-47623860031665400932013-02-22T04:26:12.259-05:002013-02-22T04:26:12.259-05:00There is no way Ewing belongs here. The Knicks did...There is no way Ewing belongs here. The Knicks didn't have enough to beat the Bulls during their title years.<br /><br />Now, maybe if they would have been able to get Karl Malone(they almost traded for him around 1991 for Oakley, but Utah's owner vetoed it. Both GM's agreed to it), and if they would have made better moves(not trading Mark Jackson, not letting the X-Man go, not drafting Hubert Davis over Sprewell), they would have won a few rings. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2889333447515035362.post-6627880771619624092009-08-28T12:06:42.738-04:002009-08-28T12:06:42.738-04:00Paul: I appreciate your political sense, but I thi...Paul: I appreciate your political sense, but I think I spelled out pretty well why Ewing deserves to be Number 1 on this list. I don't know if you're old enough to remember 1985, but the thought at the time was that this guy was going to make the Knicks champions many times over. As with Eric Lindros when he went to the Flyers, which also ended up not working out, the question wasn't will he lead the team to a title, but how many.<br /><br />If Ewing had won even one title, he wouldn't be on this list. If the Knicks hadn't gotten to that 1999 Finals appearance essentially without him, he would be considerably lower on this list. If he hadn't made those boneheaded predictions, he would be much lower on this list.<br /><br />Bernard King is not on this list because his chance was taken away by injury. Larry Johnson and Allen Houston are not on this list because they were never asked to be The Guy. And Larry Brown and Isiah Thomas are not on this list because, well, I was only thinking about players, not coaches or executives. (Besides, the disaster of Brown's season was hardly his fault.)<br /><br />Statistically, Ewing far exceeds such New York legends as Joe Namath, Phil Simms, Eli Manning and, yes, Willis Reed. But they will never be considered failures, because they led their teams to titles. If Ewing carried the team on his back, he didn't carry them far enough. Or maybe he dropped them.<br /><br />Edgy: You're a liar. Met fans, as they so often do, were crowing about the Santana signing, about how they were willing to do it and the Yankees weren't, and were not only predicting a World Championship, but were going to "take over New York." It didn't happen. If I take a cheap shot, its cheapness doesn't eliminate its accuracy.<br /><br />And if you don't think Met fans are psychos, try reading some of their blogs sometime. That's what it takes to make Yankee Fans like me sound sane.<br /><br />Come to think of it, "Psycho" also starred Anthony Perkins, who must've gotten typecast from starring in "Fear Strikes Out," about ballplayer Jimmy Piersall and his struggles with mental illness -- and Piersall later played for the Mets. A coincidence, since the Mets didn't exist yet in 1957 when "Fear Strikes Out" was released, but a rather interesting coincidence.Uncle Mikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11618876073064128027noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2889333447515035362.post-77230401243136608812009-08-27T23:41:38.285-04:002009-08-27T23:41:38.285-04:00He claims to want to raise the level of debate and...He claims to want to raise the level of debate and characterizes fans of a team he dislikes as "psycho."Edgy DChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11380193272432550603noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2889333447515035362.post-89013687022156796782009-08-27T16:52:17.555-04:002009-08-27T16:52:17.555-04:00...but, props to you for proudly representing as a......but, props to you for proudly representing as a liberal democrat. If there's one good thing Dubya Douche gave us, it's that less and less people are running away from the term liberalUnknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16528974667421661453noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2889333447515035362.post-27448367022218073442009-08-27T15:31:08.362-04:002009-08-27T15:31:08.362-04:00it's simply absurd to call Ewing the biggest f...it's simply absurd to call Ewing the biggest false savior--complete nonsense in fact. The man often carried teh ream on his back, and if not for him they would have been nothing in the late 80's and through the 90s when they were a highly competitive team. Juts because they never won a championship, doesn;t render Ewings career some sort of bust.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16528974667421661453noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2889333447515035362.post-32512761955900818132009-08-27T12:34:26.761-04:002009-08-27T12:34:26.761-04:00The Mets fans weren't "so sure" of a...The Mets fans weren't "so sure" of anything. You like the Yankees, fine, but that's no reason to take cheapshot genaralizations at Met fans.<br /><br />Because, you know, I'm not psycho.Edgy DChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11380193272432550603noreply@blogger.com