New York Knicks Players Had Strong Feelings About Tom Thibodeau Before Firing originally appeared on Athlon Sports. The New York Knicks' decision to fire Tom Thibodeau after he spent five seasons leading the team was quite shocking to many fans and pundits around the NBA.

Vincent Goodwill of Yahoo Sports reported that the New York Knicks decision to fire Thibodeau was "spearheaded" by owner James Dolan and that several "key Knicks players" had complaints. "What was clear was Thibodeau’s firing being spearheaded by Knicks owner James Dolan,

The New York Knicks made the somewhat surprising move to fire coach Tom Thibodeau after losing in the Eastern Conference Finals. It's not often that a front office goes ahead and fires a coach who makes the conference finals -- especially for a team that hasn't made it there in more than two decades.