Dolan was heavily involved<\/a> in the Knicks recently ending their 53-year NBA title drought.\u00a0<\/p>\nKnicks head coach Mike Brown even gave him a shoutout during a press conference in March for his efforts in piecing together the plan that kept the oft-injured Mitchell Robinson healthy.\u00a0<\/p>\n
James Dolan and son Quentin watch the Rangers take on the Devils during a 2023 playoff game with Yankees\u2019 Aaron Judge and his wife Samantha Bracksieck, Harrison Bader and Anthony Volpe. Paul J. Bereswill<\/p>\n
And less than 12 hours after landing from a memorable night inside Frost Bank Center in San Antonio, where he was drenched in champagne while holding the Larry O\u2019Brien Trophy, Dolan was already in a meeting to discuss Rangers strategy.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cThat was the thought, you know, how do we get here with this franchise?\u201d he said.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Dolan was at MSG Training Center in Tarrytown with Drury and the rest of the front office for what was a busy first day of free agency for the Rangers on Wednesday. Also peeking in at development camp, Dolan said he enjoyed being around while everything unfolded.\u00a0<\/p>\n
An NYU alum \u2014 who got his bachelor\u2019s degree in sports and events management \u2014 Dolan already has a working relationship with Drury and Rangers head coach Mike Sullivan, which should help ease him into his new responsibilities.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Quentin Dolan celebrates with the Larry O\u2019Brien trophy after the Knicks won the NBA championship. MSG Sports<\/p>\n
Building relationships has been a priority for Dolan, who recognizes the importance of collaboration while instilling a winning culture.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Asked what he thinks will make him successful in this job, Dolan pointed to how much he cares.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd I hope that comes through in time,\u201d he said.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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Coming off two down seasons with no playoffs, the Rangers are at a pivotal point in team history as their Stanley Cup drought has reached 32 years. Drury has operated under his retooling proclamation, making considerable changes and additions to the team since sending out a formal letter to fans Jan. 16.\u00a0<\/p>\n
It was the second message from the organization since 2018 informing the Blueshirts faithful of a new direction. Unlike the first, which came under Jeff Gorton\u2019s regime, this one assured the plan was not to rebuild but to expect a restructuring \u201cbuilt around our core players and prospects.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Quentin Dolan celebrates with the Larry O\u2019Brien trophy after the Knicks won the NBA championship. MSG Sports<\/p>\n
Dolan recognizes his increase in authority and reach over the franchise, but he knows exactly how he\u2019ll approach the position.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cSame way I\u2019ve been approaching it from the moment I got in the company, which is honestly keeping my head down, working the hardest, and for me, I have an extremely high bar for when I am working the hardest, and I\u2019m tough on myself,\u201d he said. \u201cSo I trust that I will continue to be hard on myself because that\u2019s all I know how to do.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
In some ways, Dolan said he thinks he will be different from his father as he steps into this next chapter of his career.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
The Rangers will be the first team to see how.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cThe bigger the challenge, the better I get out of myself,\u201d Dolan said. \u201cI run toward those things. This is what I\u2019m looking for.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A new era has arrived for Madison Square Garden Sports Corp. \u2014 and it begins with the Rangers.\u00a0…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":741089,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[66],"tags":[186,75829,4823,385,99],"class_list":["post-741088","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nhl","tag-exclusive","tag-james-dolan","tag-new-york-rangers","tag-nhl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/741088","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=741088"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/741088\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/741089"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=741088"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=741088"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=741088"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}