Isiah Thomas was hired as the new coach for Florida International University. Now although Zeke and James Dolan are the reasons I have relinquished my fanhood of the New York Knicks, I think he will actually do well in this role. One thing I always thought about Isiah was he was not properly utilized as a general manager or coach. One thing no one can take away from Isiah Thomas is his eye for talent. I always thought the ideal role for him is similar to the one Gene "Stick" Michael serves with the New York Yankees. He was a pretty lousy manager and general manager but has an eye for talent that is better than anyone else in baseball.
Being a college basketball coach is essentially being an eye for talent and I think Isiah has that. The added bonus is he won't be in a situation where he depletes a salary cap, since college basketball players don't get paid (legally), and doesn't seem like the type that would be afraid of doing something underhanded as many college coaches are known to do (for better or for worse.)
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You are way too kind to Isiah - he has not been successful at anything since he retired from the NBA...history will repeat again...
The problem is that if you are right, and he does well in the college ranks, people will forget that he wasn't built for the pros and hire him in the NBA again. (Same almost happened to Pete Carroll over on the football side.)
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