Yeah the Knicks PR sent out email saying press conference is Tuesday for a major announcement. Then someone on twitter confirmed he accepted so Knicks will probably confirm Monday or at the conference Tuesday. 6 in a row
God bless the Hawks. The Knicks cannot be permitted to make the playoffs, Woodson has to be 100% gone the day the season ends
Reporters have great questions, taking shots at Garden's (read Dolan's) media policy in the past. Also asking Dolan about full autonomy and control to Phil. This is their field day
Woodson to Dolan, "What am I, chopped Liver??" lol "Dolan said he initially discussed the head coaching position with Jackson “but quickly moved on from there.”" http://www.nytimes.com/2014/03/19/s...ackson-takes-over-knicks.html?ref=sports&_r=0 Dolan NEVER thinks before he speaks
Phil Jackson was a coach, I don't agree with paying him this much money to do something he's never even done before. He went on ESPN radio and WFAN today (on WFAN right now). I heard Dolan on ESPN radio.
^ Yeah, it is a new job for him and that is clearly a risk. We will see how much "knowing basketball" will get him with this job. But the exciting thing is that it seems like Dolan is letting Phil run it and stepping aside. That right there is a HUGE step for the Knicks. Also hearing Phil talk about a system, opening up the media policy, and having a functional organization, oh man that's a step forward for this organization.
What a a day huh? Can he do that magic from a quarter mile in the sky looking on from his office? Can Jackson be the kind of president that made him a great coach? Can Jackson bring this team back to respectability? Its the f#$$in Knicks...if they go 0-82 it was a brilliant move..brilliant.
If Dolan steps back and doesn't meddle, he can be a good owner. He's willing to spend money and he wants the team to win. The problem was he would well meddle and put his people in positions to try and help. Phil Jackson with full control and Dolan spending money which he doesn't mind doing, well we might have a brighter future. Also, more receptive to the media, would be good too.
Everyone has to start somewhere. Pat Riley was a coach, Larry Bird was a coach...I am not saying Phil is the next executive of the year, but, when the knicks are desperate for stability, some sort of respect, what better way to do it than bring in someone who commands everything they want to perceive. You have to pay for what you want. Totally fine with the move.
Phil Jackson = first thing Dolan has voluntarily done right in decades This guy will literally & single-handedly save the Knicks and turn them into a contender
sure, and Riley and Bird were gambles, but much smaller ones, because they weren't getting paid anything close to this. Taking a great coach and telling him to run the organization is to me, only a little different than saying "Isiah was a great player, let's hire him as our GM." Coaching and what Phil is being hired to do require very different skill sets.
