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**USSKittyHawk** · 06-26-2006, 07:08 AM

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But the man who put Dolan in charge of the team offers no regrets, nor betrays any concern.

Charles F. Dolan, the chairman of Cablevision Systems and James Dolan's father, defended his son in a letter to The New York Times published today.

The elder Dolan rarely grants interviews or makes public statements about business or family matters. He made an exception to respond to criticism of his son in a recent Sports of The Times column.

"We are fortunate to have three sons and three daughters," Charles Dolan wrote. "We are very proud of them, none more than Jim."

James Dolan is the president of Cablevision and the chairman of Madison Square Garden, which runs the Knicks, the Rangers of the N.H.L. and the Liberty of the Women's National Basketball Association.

His stewardship of the Knicks began in May 2001, after he forced out Dave Checketts, who was the Garden president.

Since then, the Knicks have had five consecutive losing seasons and now six head coaches.

Isiah Thomas, the team president, became the Knicks' latest coach when Dolan gave him the additional role last week after firing Larry Brown. Brown, who was hired last July, feuded with players and tussled with Thomas as the Knicks lost 59 games. Frustrated fans often blame James Dolan for the turmoil.

"Jim is unafraid in facing unpopular problems, whether investing unhesitatingly in support of the Knicks, sitting in the front row for nearly every game or revising some of his father's favorite business plans," Charles Dolan wrote.

The last reference was to a public power struggle between father and son last year over the direction of Cablevision. They later reconciled.

"I don't know of anyone with broader or more rigorous training or who has worked harder and accomplished more for the company," Charles Dolan wrote of his son. "As chief executive for the past 10 years, he has led the company to a strategic focus on the New York area while offering the nation's best-selling cable, phone and Internet services. Thus, he has created an organization that is widely recognized as one of the most competitive in the telecom industry, rewarding both its customers and its owners."

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/06/26/sp...gewanted=print

Do us all a favor pops, and force your son to step down. Or better yet, sell the team damnit!

**knicksfan** · 06-26-2006, 09:45 AM

Of course pops is gonna come to his son's rescue. This is something that I sure expected to happen. How much is James Dolan worth now? If anyone has that information I'd love to know.

**Da Grinch** · 06-26-2006, 09:55 AM

i tend to parallel dolan's approach to steinbrenner in that its the basic throw money at the problem and overwhelm your opponents strategy .

surpisingly it doesn't work well at 1st , but it does tend to take hold after a while and the teams rise.

look at the rest of ny teams outside of the nfl which has extreme parity and that is the case...unfortuantely all of those teams went down to the depths right before that mets and rangers are in an upswing right now the yankees are basically hovering at title contention but are looking like they will fall off in a couple of years, but before the titles in the 90s this was their M.O. too.

**Krstic All Star** · 06-26-2006, 10:44 AM

Charles Dolan, Mr. Monopoly speaks... feh

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