Coaching in our town is always perilous work. We know that. They certainly know it. You can’t take one of these nine jobs without knowing that there will be heat from Day 1, scrutiny from Hour 1, stress from Minute 1.
But even judged against New York’s unforgiving standards, this is an especially hazardous time.
Jeff Hornacek was jettisoned from the Knicks early Thursday morning after returning to New York from Cleveland, where the Knicks won what turned out to be his finale over the Cavaliers, 110-98. He is the fifth coach or manager to be replaced just in the last 194 days alone, less than a week after his MSG stablemate, Alain Vigneault, was let go by the Rangers.