fishmike wrote:hate Rambis as a head coach. When I heard him mentioned I thought oh god please no... but as a thinker and aid to Fisher, he's a good fit.

Yep the players would not respect him. They see him as a retread. Rambis, Cleamons, Walton, Cartwright & Harper is a hell of a coaching staff. They will make Fisher's transition go a lot smoother. Everyone on the same page top to bottom

Derek Fisher said he hopes to have his staff in place by the start of the Las Vegas Summer League next month.
“Obviously, we want to prepare for the Vegas Summer League, so hopefully we can do it soon,” the new Knicks coach said at his introductory press conference. “That’s going to be very important.”
Asked if he would have former head coaches on his staff — Kurt Rambis, among others, has been rumored – Fisher said it was a possibility.

“I don’t know if there’s a guarantee of that,” he said. “I know it’s been talked about a lot. I think finding the right balance is definitely going to be key, so I think experience will be key. Whether it’s a former head coach or not, we’ll get to that. But our staff is going to be important, not just because I don’t have any experience as a head coach but your staff is also a big key to success.”

Fisher figures to have other members of Phil Jackson’s inner circle on his staff, potentially including some mix of Bill Cartwright, Jim Cleamons and Frank Hamblen, as Frank Isola pointed out.

yellowboy90 wrote:Will Fisher pick someone not associated with Phil? Is that allowed? I want some young coaches who looks at the analytics of bball. Does Fisher believe in the analytical side of bball?

Maybe guys he knows and has developed a relationship over the years.

Personally I have no problems is the staff is made up of 100% Phil guys.

He said mills will offer imput. Maybe mills handles the analytics himself or handpicks a guy

We shall see

GustavBahler wrote:Not thrilled, but I get the feeling he is there to help instill some discipline, to get on players who aren't up to speed. Rambis could be pretty intense from what I've read. It hurt him as a head coach but it might serve the team to have someone like that on Fisher's staff as an assistant.