http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2014/05/how-the-rangers-win-with-jim-dolan-as-owner.htmlIs there a reason why Dolan is relatively hands off with the Rangers and not so with the Knicks?
I mean the difference between the two franchises is stark. The Rangers have had success on the ice, making it to two conference finals and a Stanley Cup finals appearance over the last few years.
Off the ice they've had stable coaching and management and none of the controversy and drama that has surrounded the Knicks lately.
I've often told my Ranger fan friends that the best thing that ever happened to them as a franchise was Dolan becoming so obsessed with the Knicks.
For all I bash on Dolan and MSG... the behind the scenes people (marketing, ops, etc) are some of the absolute best in all of sports. All he's truly fucked up are the Knicks, and doing 2 billion dollars in renovations to the Garden and not thinking to add a second entrance. Otherwise that place is a pretty well oiled machine.