Knicks owner "blows top" -- orders team dancers to stop during loss

[Auggie]

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) / November 5, 2013 — James Dolan is unhappy, and apparently he’s taking it out on the Knicks City Dancers.

The Knicks owner was “ready to erupt” during Sunday’s lopsided loss to the Minnesota Timberwolves, according to the New York Daily News. He reportedly went on a manhunt for Steve Mills, finding his new general manager in a suite at the renovated Madison Square Garden.

Though Mills may have absorbed the brunt of it, the Daily News reported that Dolan also delivered an edict for the game-day entertainment, ordering the team’s dancers to stop, well, dancing.

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Dolan reportedly told coaches and executives before this season that he expects nothing short of an NBA title in 2013-14.

New York is off to a 1-2 start. The Knicks allowed Minnesota to score 40 first-quarter points Sunday.

http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2013/11/05/report-angry-dolan-orders-knicks-city-dancers-to-stop-dancing/

The Knick City Dancers were relegated to tossing t-shirts into the stands, instead.

[KamaAina]

1. What happens if he gets something short of an NBA title in 2013-14?

Pure speculation, I know, since there's only about a 98% chance of that happening.

[joeybee12]

4. The chances are better than that...97.9%...nt

[DinahMoeHum]

2. That fuckhead Dolan has a death-grip on 2 franchises. . .

Neither the Knicks nor the Rangers will contend for, much less win, an NBA title or Stanley Cup as long as Dolan is alive and kicking.

[Iggo]

3. Everybody in business knows a big boss or two like that.

The kind who think if they demand the impossible in a demandy enough way, all of a sudden it ain't impossible anymore.

[KamaAina]

5. They seem to be particularly prevalent in sports.

Snyder. The elder Steinbrenner , although he actually managed to win. And so on.

[Renew Deal]

6. The Knicks will be lucky to get out of the first round

[mythology]

7. I wouldn't mind if they did away with the dancers

I find it a rather silly and generally sexist practice for sports teams to have cheerleaders.