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callmened
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Overall, do Knicks fans believe coach Woody was the correct choice for the job?
6 votes
40%
YES. He created a team identity (DEFENSE) and helped rally them to playoffs
2 votes
13.33%
YES, but hope he gets an offensive coordinator (too many Melo Isos)
5 votes
33.33%
YES, but I wished they wouldve at least contacted Phil
1 votes
6.67%
NO, he failed in ATL and he'll fail here
0 votes
0%
NO, mediocre coach
1 votes
6.67%
NO, just another Dolan puppet


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Nalod
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8/29/2012  4:23 PM    LAST EDITED: 8/29/2012  4:31 PM
I wish they would have HIRED Phil but I do believe PHil is not a good fit with MSG. He is larger than just a coach and I could see a Riley type thing were he coaches or is really the GM of sorts. PUts in his people and creates the culture.

Not gonna happen here.

It would have to be a really amazing Phit for Phil for that to happen.

Since that is the ultimate starphuch and not to be I am ok with Woody.

I do believe MDA had a preseason agreed game count to get it done and if not he walks with his pride and his money.
This departure was way too drama free.

The rest is water under the bridge.

IN theory its easy to say we should have hired another man but Im ok with Woodson and think he could be a "Joe Torre" kind of guy that needed more experience before being a really good coach.

If the Roster is constructed properly and the players buy in we should be successful.

Reminds me a bit of Avery Johnson. Good runs in Dallas but fell short. BOth stress defense. They both succeeded in the teams improving most years but failed to to the next level. Many times that failure teaches us how to rise up.

Avery had a tough (MDA type exeperience)rebuild run the last two years. Woodson walks into a better situation.

Woodson has some high expectations this year.

He has to:

1. Have a better record thn Brooklyn

2. Get to the second round of the playoffs

I get an uneasy feeling Phil in Brooklyn could happen if Avery faulters.

AUTOADVERT
ChuckBuck
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8/29/2012  4:34 PM
Nalod wrote:I wish they would have HIRED Phil but I do believe PHil is not a good fit with MSG. He is larger than just a coach and I could see a Riley type thing were he coaches or is really the GM of sorts. PUts in his people and creates the culture.

Not gonna happen here.

It would have to be a really amazing Phit for Phil for that to happen.

Since that is the ultimate starphuch and not to be I am ok with Woody.

I do believe MDA had a preseason agreed game count to get it done and if not he walks with his pride and his money.
This departure was way too drama free.

The rest is water under the bridge.

IN theory its easy to say we should have hired another man but Im ok with Woodson and think he could be a "Joe Torre" kind of guy that needed more experience before being a really good coach.

If the Roster is constructed properly and the players buy in we should be successful.

Reminds me a bit of Avery Johnson. Good runs in Dallas but fell short. BOth stress defense. They both succeeded in the teams improving most years but failed to to the next level. Many times that failure teaches us how to rise up.

Avery had a tough (MDA type exeperience)rebuild run the last two years. Woodson walks into a better situation.

Woodson has some high expectations this year.

He has to:

1. Have a better record thn Brooklyn

2. Get to the second round of the playoffs

I get an uneasy feeling Phil in Brooklyn could happen if Avery faulters.

Can't see Phil in Brooklyn, they would need at least 2 of the best players in the league in their primes, usually at the wing and post, and Brooklyn doesn't have any.

Nalod
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8/29/2012  4:55 PM
ChuckBuck wrote:
Nalod wrote:I wish they would have HIRED Phil but I do believe PHil is not a good fit with MSG. He is larger than just a coach and I could see a Riley type thing were he coaches or is really the GM of sorts. PUts in his people and creates the culture.

Not gonna happen here.

It would have to be a really amazing Phit for Phil for that to happen.

Since that is the ultimate starphuch and not to be I am ok with Woody.

I do believe MDA had a preseason agreed game count to get it done and if not he walks with his pride and his money.
This departure was way too drama free.

The rest is water under the bridge.

IN theory its easy to say we should have hired another man but Im ok with Woodson and think he could be a "Joe Torre" kind of guy that needed more experience before being a really good coach.

If the Roster is constructed properly and the players buy in we should be successful.

Reminds me a bit of Avery Johnson. Good runs in Dallas but fell short. BOth stress defense. They both succeeded in the teams improving most years but failed to to the next level. Many times that failure teaches us how to rise up.

Avery had a tough (MDA type exeperience)rebuild run the last two years. Woodson walks into a better situation.

Woodson has some high expectations this year.

He has to:

1. Have a better record thn Brooklyn

2. Get to the second round of the playoffs

I get an uneasy feeling Phil in Brooklyn could happen if Avery faulters.

Can't see Phil in Brooklyn, they would need at least 2 of the best players in the league in their primes, usually at the wing and post, and Brooklyn doesn't have any.

Its the old "what came first? the chicke or the egg"?

JOrdan was not jordan until he got with Phil. Pippen was great because he could lock down three positions on Defense.

Kobe was not Kobe until he got with phil. Shaq alone was a power but flawed with limited offense game and free throw problems.

Phils formula I think was more accomplished that just giving credit to Jordan-Pippen or Kobe-Shaq or Pau.

We can't speak to what his requirements are. Its a starphuch to torture the knicks. I know few can be objective about the N*ts but its an interesting mix.

The downside could be a small blemish on an amazing career. He loses no rings and stays no. 1

The upside is almost infinite. Put N*tPhiba aside and use your imagination. It would be huge for him and that club if the climb to a championship before the knicks.

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8/29/2012  5:06 PM

I think Woody is a great choice...This could be a Doc Rivers move....Maybe Woody just need a new scenery...I think what the Knicks needed most in a coach is a leader of men...X's and O's can come later..I think Doc would have been perfect for this team...Woody started on the right footing...Getting Melo's attention as well as STAT on the defensive end...Taking JR under his wing and instilling confidence that no one else has since this kid has been in the NBA..JR has talent, that can pay dividends, he is buying in...But overall, getting these guys in the game mentally is what is important...I think you saw Woody beginning to do that with Melo and Amare....It's corny I know but getting these guys to believe in each other and the program, that will be a difference in this ball club...I'm always amazed when I watch Boston how you can see the rapport Doc has with his players...I don't even think Doc is about X's and O's...When he tells his players something they believe it and they will run through a wall for him...That's what the Knicks need to strive for...They trust each other and the coach, the wins will come easier in the playoffs...
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8/29/2012  5:07 PM
Not this again...
ChuckBuck
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8/29/2012  5:17 PM    LAST EDITED: 8/29/2012  5:19 PM
Nalod wrote:
ChuckBuck wrote:
Nalod wrote:I wish they would have HIRED Phil but I do believe PHil is not a good fit with MSG. He is larger than just a coach and I could see a Riley type thing were he coaches or is really the GM of sorts. PUts in his people and creates the culture.

Not gonna happen here.

It would have to be a really amazing Phit for Phil for that to happen.

Since that is the ultimate starphuch and not to be I am ok with Woody.

I do believe MDA had a preseason agreed game count to get it done and if not he walks with his pride and his money.
This departure was way too drama free.

The rest is water under the bridge.

IN theory its easy to say we should have hired another man but Im ok with Woodson and think he could be a "Joe Torre" kind of guy that needed more experience before being a really good coach.

If the Roster is constructed properly and the players buy in we should be successful.

Reminds me a bit of Avery Johnson. Good runs in Dallas but fell short. BOth stress defense. They both succeeded in the teams improving most years but failed to to the next level. Many times that failure teaches us how to rise up.

Avery had a tough (MDA type exeperience)rebuild run the last two years. Woodson walks into a better situation.

Woodson has some high expectations this year.

He has to:

1. Have a better record thn Brooklyn

2. Get to the second round of the playoffs

I get an uneasy feeling Phil in Brooklyn could happen if Avery faulters.

Can't see Phil in Brooklyn, they would need at least 2 of the best players in the league in their primes, usually at the wing and post, and Brooklyn doesn't have any.

Its the old "what came first? the chicke or the egg"?

JOrdan was not jordan until he got with Phil. Pippen was great because he could lock down three positions on Defense.

Kobe was not Kobe until he got with phil. Shaq alone was a power but flawed with limited offense game and free throw problems.

Phils formula I think was more accomplished that just giving credit to Jordan-Pippen or Kobe-Shaq or Pau.

We can't speak to what his requirements are. Its a starphuch to torture the knicks. I know few can be objective about the N*ts but its an interesting mix.

The downside could be a small blemish on an amazing career. He loses no rings and stays no. 1

The upside is almost infinite. Put N*tPhiba aside and use your imagination. It would be huge for him and that club if the climb to a championship before the knicks.

It has nothing to with this so called Netphobia(how stupid does that sound), it has to do with Phil Jackson wouldn't coach the Brooklyn Nets Roster in a million years. If the Knicks roster is "clumsy" then the Nets are downright "handicapped" to him. Phil doesn't have a use for a point guard, so that crosses Deron off the list. Joe Johnson is on the wrongside of 30 and is not even worth Phil's zen spit. I won't even mention Wallace, Broke Lopez or Kardashian.

On the Bulls, Jordan was in fact Jordan before Phil. Jordan actually won a Defensive Player of the Year and a league MVP before Phil even coached 1 Bulls game, so there goes your argument there.

Pippen you can argue developed under Phil, but it makes it easier when you got MJ as defensive player of the year at the other wing, and defensive role players at the back end with Rodman, Cartwright, Grant, Dele, Williams etc.

Kobe was already a 20 point scorer before Phil got there in LA and got better each year. Shaq made the finals with the Magic already and was the runner up MVP behind David Robinson, so I'd say he was established already.

I'm not discrediting Phil's accomplisments. 11 rings is 11 rings. I'd say he's the best "massager of egos" in the modern coaching era outside of Red Auerbach(he had stacked teams too). It's like saying Joe Torre was a great manager. He wasn't, and I'm a Yankee fan. He knew when to push buttons, when to ride guys, when to ease off the throttle. Phil Jackson needs 2 top 10 talents(Jordan-Pippen or Kobe-Shaq) or at least 3 very great players at their positions(Kobe-Pau-Bynum) surrounded by selfless role players to succeed. Nothing in Brooklyn comes close.

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8/29/2012  5:35 PM
Nalod wrote:
ChuckBuck wrote:
Nalod wrote:I wish they would have HIRED Phil but I do believe PHil is not a good fit with MSG. He is larger than just a coach and I could see a Riley type thing were he coaches or is really the GM of sorts. PUts in his people and creates the culture.

Not gonna happen here.

It would have to be a really amazing Phit for Phil for that to happen.

Since that is the ultimate starphuch and not to be I am ok with Woody.

I do believe MDA had a preseason agreed game count to get it done and if not he walks with his pride and his money.
This departure was way too drama free.

The rest is water under the bridge.

IN theory its easy to say we should have hired another man but Im ok with Woodson and think he could be a "Joe Torre" kind of guy that needed more experience before being a really good coach.

If the Roster is constructed properly and the players buy in we should be successful.

Reminds me a bit of Avery Johnson. Good runs in Dallas but fell short. BOth stress defense. They both succeeded in the teams improving most years but failed to to the next level. Many times that failure teaches us how to rise up.

Avery had a tough (MDA type exeperience)rebuild run the last two years. Woodson walks into a better situation.

Woodson has some high expectations this year.

He has to:

1. Have a better record thn Brooklyn

2. Get to the second round of the playoffs

I get an uneasy feeling Phil in Brooklyn could happen if Avery faulters.

Can't see Phil in Brooklyn, they would need at least 2 of the best players in the league in their primes, usually at the wing and post, and Brooklyn doesn't have any.

Its the old "what came first? the chicke or the egg"?

JOrdan was not jordan until he got with Phil. Pippen was great because he could lock down three positions on Defense.

Kobe was not Kobe until he got with phil. Shaq alone was a power but flawed with limited offense game and free throw problems.

Phils formula I think was more accomplished that just giving credit to Jordan-Pippen or Kobe-Shaq or Pau.

We can't speak to what his requirements are. Its a starphuch to torture the knicks. I know few can be objective about the N*ts but its an interesting mix.

The downside could be a small blemish on an amazing career. He loses no rings and stays no. 1

The upside is almost infinite. Put N*tPhiba aside and use your imagination. It would be huge for him and that club if the climb to a championship before the knicks.

You never cease to amaze me!

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8/29/2012  5:36 PM    LAST EDITED: 8/29/2012  5:39 PM
I hear more about the Nets here than I do on radio stations in New York...I think the Nets have to get off to a good start the next few years or they are doomed to repeat the kind of attendance numbers they were saddled with in Jersey...I think Nalod is miscalculation the relevance of the Nets a bit...Phil Jackson isn't coaching the Nets...I actually wish he would...If the Knicks begin winning games, the Nets will not be talked about all, once again...But actually I want them to do well, it will make NY hoops interesting...I don't think Phil will give Dolan and the Knicks the opportunity to render him and the Nets irrelevant...Imagine Phil coaching a team in NY and no one cares or talks about it...Phil isn't like LB, Phil wants the stage...
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8/29/2012  5:51 PM
how did this turn into a philjax discussion. lol

i just wanna know how ppl feel about woody

Knicks should be improved: win about 40 games and maybe sneak into the playoffs. Melo, Rose and even Noah will have some nice moments however this team should be about PORZINGUS. the sooner they make him the primary player, the better
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8/29/2012  6:00 PM    LAST EDITED: 8/29/2012  6:03 PM
It's really hard to say just yet how to feel about Woody. He had a great run at he end of the year and the worst luck in the world in the playoffs. What is the real Woody tho? Make no mistake that the team gave him the typical new coach bounce you get when teams change coaches then Melo goes crazy in April and IMO you can't count on either of those things to carry you over an 82 game season.

Does he actually have a capable offensive scheme? Can he make adjustments and good plays out of time outs? We didn't really get a good look at these things with such a late change last year. He will have a MUCH better chance to show what he really is this year. I wouldn't base too much on what he did last year.

This summer he's done everything right!!!
So so far he's off to a great start. I can't say any coach has had a better off season than Woody has had with the Knicks in terms of his hands on involvement with the team. I have to believe this is gonna have a very positive impact on the teams chemistry this year. I think this entire team really likes each other and that has to count for something.

Oh yeah I voted Yes, he did great with the D and the team responded to him. I can only hope his efforts over the summer will continue that same result. I have no reason to really doubt it based on the fact that I think he pushed all the right buttons this summer.

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8/29/2012  6:05 PM
ChuckBuck wrote:
Nalod wrote:
ChuckBuck wrote:
Nalod wrote:I wish they would have HIRED Phil but I do believe PHil is not a good fit with MSG. He is larger than just a coach and I could see a Riley type thing were he coaches or is really the GM of sorts. PUts in his people and creates the culture.

Not gonna happen here.

It would have to be a really amazing Phit for Phil for that to happen.

Since that is the ultimate starphuch and not to be I am ok with Woody.

I do believe MDA had a preseason agreed game count to get it done and if not he walks with his pride and his money.
This departure was way too drama free.

The rest is water under the bridge.

IN theory its easy to say we should have hired another man but Im ok with Woodson and think he could be a "Joe Torre" kind of guy that needed more experience before being a really good coach.

If the Roster is constructed properly and the players buy in we should be successful.

Reminds me a bit of Avery Johnson. Good runs in Dallas but fell short. BOth stress defense. They both succeeded in the teams improving most years but failed to to the next level. Many times that failure teaches us how to rise up.

Avery had a tough (MDA type exeperience)rebuild run the last two years. Woodson walks into a better situation.

Woodson has some high expectations this year.

He has to:

1. Have a better record thn Brooklyn

2. Get to the second round of the playoffs

I get an uneasy feeling Phil in Brooklyn could happen if Avery faulters.

Can't see Phil in Brooklyn, they would need at least 2 of the best players in the league in their primes, usually at the wing and post, and Brooklyn doesn't have any.

Its the old "what came first? the chicke or the egg"?

JOrdan was not jordan until he got with Phil. Pippen was great because he could lock down three positions on Defense.

Kobe was not Kobe until he got with phil. Shaq alone was a power but flawed with limited offense game and free throw problems.

Phils formula I think was more accomplished that just giving credit to Jordan-Pippen or Kobe-Shaq or Pau.

We can't speak to what his requirements are. Its a starphuch to torture the knicks. I know few can be objective about the N*ts but its an interesting mix.

The downside could be a small blemish on an amazing career. He loses no rings and stays no. 1

The upside is almost infinite. Put N*tPhiba aside and use your imagination. It would be huge for him and that club if the climb to a championship before the knicks.

It has nothing to with this so called Netphobia(how stupid does that sound), it has to do with Phil Jackson wouldn't coach the Brooklyn Nets Roster in a million years. If the Knicks roster is "clumsy" then the Nets are downright "handicapped" to him. Phil doesn't have a use for a point guard, so that crosses Deron off the list. Joe Johnson is on the wrongside of 30 and is not even worth Phil's zen spit. I won't even mention Wallace, Broke Lopez or Kardashian.

On the Bulls, Jordan was in fact Jordan before Phil. Jordan actually won a Defensive Player of the Year and a league MVP before Phil even coached 1 Bulls game, so there goes your argument there.

Pippen you can argue developed under Phil, but it makes it easier when you got MJ as defensive player of the year at the other wing, and defensive role players at the back end with Rodman, Cartwright, Grant, Dele, Williams etc.

Kobe was already a 20 point scorer before Phil got there in LA and got better each year. Shaq made the finals with the Magic already and was the runner up MVP behind David Robinson, so I'd say he was established already.

I'm not discrediting Phil's accomplisments. 11 rings is 11 rings. I'd say he's the best "massager of egos" in the modern coaching era outside of Red Auerbach(he had stacked teams too). It's like saying Joe Torre was a great manager. He wasn't, and I'm a Yankee fan. He knew when to push buttons, when to ride guys, when to ease off the throttle. Phil Jackson needs 2 top 10 talents(Jordan-Pippen or Kobe-Shaq) or at least 3 very great players at their positions(Kobe-Pau-Bynum) surrounded by selfless role players to succeed. Nothing in Brooklyn comes close.

+1

We're happy with Mike Woodson. When he took over as head coach we saw a huge difference in coaching style and immediate results. All the players supported him and the team went 18 and 6 to finish the season. That's awesome. Woodson has won a championship with the Detriot Pistons while being an asssistant coach for Larry Brown. During this past summer, he's gone out of his way to check on his players and supported them. How many coaches do that? I honestly do not see Jackson coaching the Nyets. If anything he would go back to the Lakers especially since they now have the guy who the Nyets coveted as much as they coveted Melo in Dwight Howard and also Steve Nash. He may want to make another NBA comeback run if things do not work out for Mike Brown and his girlfriend's dad own the Lakers. He would had a 100 times better shot with the Lakers than the Nyets.

Nalod you've recently commented that Mike D'Antoni could want to go to Nyets. Your next thread will say Pat Riley wants to coach the Nyets. lol.

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8/29/2012  7:24 PM
I certainly can see Phil back in LA
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8/29/2012  8:02 PM
He will fail here in NY.
He is one sided amd will crack under MSG office pressure.
But this is the only way coach in Dolans world can be.
Smart coach and leader will not work for Dolan.
"There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, Than are dreamt of in your philosophy." Hamlet
Just trying to get the pulse..

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