During Wednesday’s debate, each candidate had to pick a side on the thumbs up/thumbs down binary about the New York Knicks’ decision to fire Thibodeau following their Eastern Conference finals defeat to the Indiana Pacers. Seven candidates did not agree with the Knicks’ move, while Michael Blake had the backs of James Dolan and Leon Rose.

Indiana Pacers head coach Rick Carlisle gets brutally honest about the New York Knicks' firing of Tom Thibodeau.

The New York Knicks have a surprising head coaching vacancy to fill, especially after reaching the Eastern Conference Finals for the first time since 2000. On Tuesday, the Knicks made the unexpected decision to part ways with Tom Thibodeau,