The dream is for the Knicks to channel the 1969 Knicks, or the 1979 Islanders, or the 1985 Giants, or the 1995 Yankees.
It isn’t easy. It’s far from a guarantee. For all of the above examples, there are a vast array of teams that seemed prepared to pounce and simply never did. The Knicks can learn from their own sordid history, how 54 wins in 2012-13 wound up being an apex and not a launching pad. Same with entire Knicks decade of the 1990s. The Rex Ryan Jets of 2009-10, as well as the Bill Parcells Jets of 1998 and the Richard Todd Jets of 1982, were others that came close but never took the final leap.
Speaking of playoff heartbreak, few have ever compared to what the Islanders endured in 1979, when they won the Presidents’ Trophy and then were tossed out of the playoffs by the underdog Rangers. Those Islanders had been knocking on the door for years and had to do two things to take the final step: get one more “glue guy,” and shake the label of chronic playoff chokers.
The Giants not only recovered from that shattering 21-0 stomping, but they also grew exponentially because of it. And only a year later, they were the 17-2 behemoth of the sport.Ten years later, the Yankees, after limping through what seemed sure to be a 14th straight year out of the playoffs, caught fire and took a rollicking 2-0 lead on the Mariners in the 1995 ALDS before running out of fuel — and wins — in three games in Seattle.
Week after week, “Somebody Somewhere” keeps getting better and better and funnier and funnier. “Succession” gets all the props over at HBO, and rightfully. But Bridget Everett’s little show is a gem, too.
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