Day 311

Fresh Start_311: Phil Jackson no more
Phil Jackson is now a free agent. Most likely a retired coach and front office executive at this point in his career, with the train wreck of running the New York Knicks. Put aside his incredible coaching career; coaching Michael Jordan to six championships and Kobe Bryant to five championships—Jackson is now the face of the dumpster fire that was his 3-year career as the head of the Knicks.

Why James Dolan thought Phil Jackson would be a good front office guy in the first place; especially after Jackson declined the job when Dolan confronted him in the first place. Jackson had no previous experience in the front office setting, and wanted to run the old-fashioned “Triangle Offense.”

Every move that Jackson spent as the head of the Knicks was to try and make the Knicks a carbon copy version of the ’96 Bulls or the ’00 Lakers. He picked Porzingis because he thought that “the unicorn” would be a perfect fit for the triangle. He signed players that fit the profiles of players that he had in the past with the Bulls and Lakers.

Being in New York, this has driven Knick fans around here absolutely mad. From the talk shows in the area to my own father and my good friend Nick Paradies. If you have followed my podcast at all—he has left the Knicks because of Jackson. So, with the firing of the most hated man in New York can only be compared to a convicted criminal seeing the outside for the first time in 20 years. The convicted criminals in this case being Knick fans and their only crime was not knowing how bad Phil Jackson was going to be.

Moving forward, what do the Knicks do? How does James Dolan follow up this firing? What could the possible solution be? Anyone is better than Phil Jackson…right? I don’t know the direction that they go. Jackson’s last move was drafting Frank Ntilinkia a French guard that was drafted to be the perfect guard for the triangle offense. They have a team in shambles with their best player in Porzingis not being happy, Carmelo wanting out of New York, and a shorting cast put together to fulfill Jackson’s dream. So, what the hell is next for the New York Knicks?
Sources:(espn.com, si.com, nba.com)

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