That Idiot Dolan

Will be on M&MD at 5:00 p.m.

I hate that guy. He has ruined both the Knicks and Rangers... and also screwed my ex... hahaa

I predict they will not go too hard on him. I think that is why he decided to actually come in studio. It is a different dynamic with him right in the room with them as opposed to over the phone.

We'll see though. I will be tuning in that is for sure. :-)

Give Dolan credit, he's a ****** but has some balls going on live.

Give Dolan credit, he's a ****** but has some balls going on live.

Agreed, not sure why exactly he is coming on and it does take some guts to do that.

Give Dolan credit, he's a ****** but has some balls going on live.

i wouldnt give him that much credit, i wouldnt be surprsied if he talked to miek and dog before he came in about things they cant discuss..

thsi is a guy who fired marv albert for beign crticla of an awful team,this isnt a guy who deals in reality..

Give Dolan credit, he's a ****** but has some balls going on live.

i wouldnt give him that much credit, i wouldnt be surprsied if he talked to miek and dog before he came in about things they cant discuss..

thsi is a guy who fired marv albert for beign crticla of an awful team,this isnt a guy who deals in reality..

Yeah but he could have done alot easier interviews if he wanted to give an interview.....1050 is right down the dial, Kay would have served him up a couple of softballs, and that is the station that broadcasts his team.

This isn't the first time Dolan was in the studio. Wasn't he on like a year or two ago? And I don't think they went easy on him back then either.

yeah **** him, he gets no credit. who the hell are mike and dog, 60 mins?

expect the softballs and the token "isiah is awful" light bashing.

he gets a little credit for coming on the radio (not many owners would do that), but he's a trained seal when it comes to dealing with the media. he has pet answers for just about every conceivable question.

I don't know if I agree with you guys on this. I'm the most cynical of Knick and Ranger fans you can find and completely agree he is an atrocious owner.

But. He is upfront with how bad the Knicks are.

"If we end up the season where we are now, in terms of this development, I think we would all be disappointed," Madison Square Garden chairman James Dolan said Tuesday. "I don't mean in terms of the record, just, I mean, in terms of the execution of the team, the performance of the team."

I mean that's a pretty honest assesment of where things stand. Does he have his faults. Obviously. But the guy laid it out there for Isiah this year didn't bullshit anyone. He also stuck with Sather for way too long, but the Rangers are much much better now..

not sure if he deserves all the blame. He clearly spends the money necessary to field a winning team. His problem is hiring the wrong people to run things for him....namely Steve Mills who is the real idiot at MSG.

Gun had it right. They are kissing his ***. By tomorrow Fatcesa will be calling him "Mistah Dolan" and composing love odes to him a la Leon Hess.

"Did you hug her?" - Mad Dog

"I can't talk about that. Heh, no I didn't hug her....." - Jim Dolan

wake me up when this bullshit is "ovah"

Dolan got FAT

He almost looks as big as Jabba

He wants to be the John Popper of J.D. and the Sure Shot

Dolan really did get fat holy ****.

"My Cablevision bill in my summah house is ovah $200 a month..."

Dolan is "strapping" though.

So he wants Sunday Ticket, eh?

lets see if mike invites him over for some Rob Roy's and pigs in a blanket

I bet ya Mike steals his Direct TV

So he wants Sunday Ticket, eh?

It's a good point by Dolan. Why cant NFL offer us Sunday Ticket. (The answer is b/c DirecTV paid a shitload of money for it exclusively)

Dolan is "strapping" though.

LMAO

I wish they would have asked Dolan how come it seems like a major fight everytime somebody wants to add their own network to his system ala YES.

it was interestign none of the calls sbout dolans apepreance were about the knicks they were about the nfl package

my guess is either dog purposely didnt take the calls on the board that said knicks or the majortiy of mike and chris callers are mike from montclair types..

this whole post will be a contradiction, I am aware of that.

It is shocking this man runs a company of any size, much less one of the larger ones in the country. As usual, he comes off as a dope. The ultimate rich kid, but he seems like he's an okay guy personally.

BUT - as an owner, he spends spends spends, and stays out of the way - lets his basketball/hockey people make the decisions - isn't that what we all ask of our owners?

I love Marv, but he had crossed the line, and if they were good, who would really give a **** who broadcasts the games? Get your Marv fix elsewhere. Dolan has just turned into a punching bag, and regardless of what he does or how he does it, he gets killed in the press.

I think you guys might appreciate this.

The NFL Network will broadcast free of charge on Cablevision and Time Warner.

http://msn.foxsports.com/nfl/story/6265292

NEW YORK (AP) - The NFL has offered one free week of its network programming to two cable TV operators who do not carry the channel in hopes of breaking a deadlock.

Commissioner Roger Goodell told The Associated Press on Tuesday that the week of Dec. 24-30 would be offered as a "free view" for customers of Cablevision and Time Warner Cable, two of the nation's largest cable carriers. The NFL Network would be offered on the expanded basic levels of the two carriers.
Neither Cablevision nor Time Warner carry NFL Network. Three regular-season Thursday night games already have not been available to those customers - except in the markets of the participating teams, where the games aired on broadcast stations.

It is not unusual for cable channels such as HBO and Showtime to offer such free weeks to increase their subscribers.

Although the free view will not include the Saturday night game between the New York Giants and Washington Redskins, it will include the Texas Bowl featuring Rutgers vs. Kansas State on Dec. 28 and the Insight Bowl with Minnesota vs. Texas Tech on Dec. 29.

"This morning we are communicating to Time Warner and Cablevision that we are going to give them an opportunity for what we call a free view," Goodell said. "Cable operators do it all the time. It's so that the consumer can experience our network for a week and get the two college bowl games."

The Texas Bowl not being available to many viewers in New York has become a contentious issue because Rutgers is coming off its best Big East season and has become a popular team in the area. The NFL Network owns the rights to the Rutgers-Kansas State bowl game at Reliant Stadium in Houston.

"We are trying to accommodate consumers, our fans and the fans of Rutgers, to let them know we are trying to resolve this issue," said Goodell, who said he also has spoken with Gov. Jon Corzine and Sen. Frank Lautenberg of New Jersey.

"The bottom line is that people in New Jersey need to be able to watch Rutgers play, and now we have a way to do that," said Lautenberg.

"We think this is a very good opportunity for people to see not only those two games, but the NFL Network," Goodell added. "We certainly believe cable operators will see it the same way."

Maureen Huff, a spokeswoman for Time Warner Cable, said Tuesday: "We just got this proposal and we are looking into it."

The cable companies are concerned the NFL Network is charging too much money for its programming.

If the cable companies were to accept the NFL's terms, "the NFL Network would immediately vault to being the third or fourth most expensive channel on the dial. It could lead to a price increase of $1 or more per month for every cable consumer in America," said Craig Moffett, an analyst at the Wall Street firm Sanford C. Bernstein.

"From the NFL's perspective, they want to generate consumer support," added John Mansell, senior analyst at Kagan Research, a media analysis company. "It's not unusual for any new network to offer their service free, but typically for an extended period of time. Even then, most cable operators are reluctant to bite because of the problems they might face in taking it off the air. ... It's very difficult for the cable company to take anything away from the subscriber."

The NFL Network is available in about 40 million of the 111 million homes with TVs. In comparison, ESPN, which airs Monday night games, is available in 92 million.

Thus far, Thursday night games have featured the Broncos at the Chiefs on Thanksgiving night; the Ravens at the Bengals on Nov. 30; and the Browns at the Steelers on Dec. 7. This week, there are two NFL Network games: San Francisco at Seattle on Thursday, and Dallas at Atlanta on Saturday.

Time Warner has said it is balking at a demand from the NFL that the network be carried on the most widely available basic service lineup rather than on a special tier.

NBC bought the rights to Sunday night games this year under a six-year, $600 million per year deal with the league. ESPN is paying $1.1 billion per year for Monday night football over eight years. Last year, the NFL reached six-year, $8 billion extensions with Fox and CBS for Sunday afternoon games.

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I think for the most part in studio guests are pre-determined not to take phone calls.

Dolan has to be one of the worst public speakers for a media mogul that I've ever heard. He sounds downright unintelligent most of the times.

I know the phrase "idiot son" is thrown around loosely but I think it applies here. What has he accomplished in the business world by himself?

I've said it before and I'll say it again. Faced with any kind of competition the Dolans cannot survive.

Lawnmower hit the nail right on the head. I have never heard anyone speak this poorly in public that had any sort of power. Does this prove he is not intelligent? No, he might just be a horrible speaker. But it sure does not disprove the idea that he is an idiot.

The guy literally sounds mentally challenged.

Ok... I will throw Dolan a bone. He doesn't seem like a bad guy. However, all the drugs over the years have definitly taken a toll on him.

So he wants Sunday Ticket, eh?

It's a good point by Dolan. Why cant NFL offer us Sunday Ticket. (The answer is b/c DirecTV paid a shitload of money for it exclusively)

From what I have heard, Dolan offered $500 million for the Sunday Ticket. I don't know the deal with Time Warner and the NFL, but we know Dolan is trying to hold the NFL by the cajones over the Sunday Ticket.

My opinion: Just give me the NFL network. I will worry about the Sunday Ticket later.