New York Knicks: Is It Time to Fire Mike D'Antoni and Promote Mike Woodson?

It seems during the 2011-12 season thus far, the New York Knicks have regressed in just about every way possible with the exception of their defense. No, it isn't great, but since Mike Woodson has come along, it's certainly been improved over last season. That leads me to believe that maybe it's time for Woodson, and not Mike D'Antoni, to run this team.

The Knicks are a pitiful 2-13 over their last 15 games and it's been a stretch that the "new" Knicks thought they had left behind with the "old" Knicks. That being said, it's hard to make the case that D'Antoni even remotely still deserves this job at this point.

What was supposed to be his strong suit, offense, has been the Knicks' biggest weakness. Blame it on whoever you want, in the end, it always comes back on the coach and, in this instance, D'Antoni must be the fall guy.

Not to mention, two straight, last-second losses at the hands of good teams and horrible play-calling has given New York two consecutive tough losses.

Against the Chicago Bulls, D'Antoni felt it necessary to have his power forward, Amar'e Stoudemire, take a game-tying, three-point attempt which didn't go down for the Knicks. That was followed by Carmelo Anthony jogging the ball up the court with just seconds left on the clock as if he had a minute.

Then against the Boston Celtics, the Knicks looked completely disorganized for the last play of that game as well. When the Knicks' options didn't open up on the in-bound, the only option they had left was Steve Novak who hadn't played a single minute in the game.

It just seemed that once things didn't go the way they planned, all hell broke loose and Novak ended up missing the game-tying shot for another loss. It's that kind of disorganization which further proves D'Antoni is not leading this team in the right direction.

The only person who seems to be getting anything out of this team is Woodson who was brought on to help the Knicks defensively. Again, the Knicks are not a great defensive team by any stretch, but they are better than they were last season.

It's very feasible that if he's given more power on this team, Woodson can turn things around quickly seeing as how he's already made strides with his players as an assistant this season.

With the Atlanta Hawks, he improved the team's record every year before his firing after Woodson's team lost to a better Orlando Magic team with a first-round sweep in the playoffs. I take that with a grain of salt considering this Knicks team has more talent than that of the Atlanta team Woodson coached.

With the skid New York is in, things can't get much worse and I feel as though a change is absolutely necessary to turn things around. It's time for D'Antoni to face the music and it's time for Woodson to get his chance.

At this point, even ol' Herb Williams is looking like a better option.