On the subject of the Knicks, Thomas more or less said his mission was impossible, and cited failed predecessors, all the way back to Willis Reed (who, for the record, made the playoffs and won a round in his one full season as Knicks coach).
When President Fernando de la Rúa resigned this week halfway through a four-year term, he followed a script written by a long string of failed predecessors, leaving a country lacking political consensus, a government on the brink of bankruptcy, an economy in a nosedive.
As campaigns go, this one looks remarkably similar to its failed predecessors.
Stoke boss Mark Hughes says the team were starting to fail under predecessor Tony Pulis, who he faces on Saturday.
During his almost five years in office, he has spent more public funds than his predecessor, and unlike his predecessor failed to deliver any substantial results.
His predecessor failed to adequately prevent or punish fraud.
There was a reason Churchill saw through Hitler after his predecessor failed to.
The commissioner is a right step but will you not admit what your predecessor failed to realise.
