Maybe maybe not, but Isiah had a hand in bringing in those players. When Bird took over personnel decisions, he's made the Artest for Stojakovic trade, got lucky with Granger and drafted Sean Williams, and I think James White. Well, i'm not sure of other decent draft picks he's made. He also traded Jackson and Harrington along with spare parts for Murphy and Dunleavy. The team has gotten worse.
The reason I mentioned Bird was because the media never gets on him, and gets on Isiah because he echoed Rodman's statements on Bird. At least that's part of the reason.