Now it all makes sense, they can’t win on the court, so MSG officials are going to try and control the story off the court. And by control we really mean control. We already knew they wanted complete control over the fans and over the media, but even the coaches are not immune to the Garden’s nefarious ways.
Larry Brown (remember him?) says there were “spies throughout the arena” when he was the coach and that the Knick management wouldn’t talk to him. (Is that a bad thing?) More disturbing are the stories from the press about being manhandled by Garden security as they tried to talk to a fan who was being removed from the game.
Since Monday’s incident the Garden has increased restrictions on the media. They already control what can be said on local TV broadcasts, so they must think that all Knicks’ fans are idiots or won’t notice that the team stinks if no one tells them that the team stinks. Maybe they can just keep giving Giants’ players courtside seats, but the only cheers you will hear at Knicks games anytime soon will be when a new coach takes over.
Disturbing Illustration of Knicks hierarchy by the Observer
