misterearl wrote:Splat wrote:You can forget about Phil. There is no chance in hell he stays around long enough to craft a winning culture and a pipeline of talent.All the ostriches in the world won't be able to bury their heads deep enough in the ground to avoid the truth any longer. When Phil is shown the door all the dim bulbs who think I'm stoking the fires of drama will remember for a second the writing was always there on the wall for them to see. And then they'll suffer their usual amnesia and go on pretending things can somehow work out while Dolan owns this team. It can't and it won't.
Phil is already throwing shade in public and he damn well knows he is taunting Dolan when he does this. Anybody who chooses to ignore this obvious warning sign of an impending management free for all just don't read the clues.
The clues are always there. Only a few seem to even pick up on them and the rest bash the truth tellers.
I said this yesterday and the media is now commenting on it today. If basic beat reporters fishing for gossip can pick up on the inevitable, why can't basic Knick's fans see it? Because they disparage the media as being sensationalist, but with Dolan where there's smoke there's always fire so that is a dumb way to wave off inconvenient truths.
The media is going to slice and dice Jackson pretty soon. His last shield from criticism will be gone after this off-season. The games have just begun and it will culminate in his departure in 12-18 months if not earlier.
Phil is a prima donna and Dolan is silver spoon thug. That is not good marriage material. Phil married for the money and now he will be looking to file for divorce. If he tweets anymore he's looking to get fired. No moron would keep up what he just did and not expect Dolan to lose it.
A Sign From Dolan?
The Bob Raissman piece is scary stuff
Phil Jackson is too late in life to start the GM game now. His sense of entitlement is only eclipsed by Dolan's. Phil actually achieved something significant in the sport, but he really is out of touch. He's a vain peacock married to a silver spoon union-busting thug. It's like Greta Garbo marrying Al Capone.
The Zen Master thing has been exposed. He is not zenning this at all. He had zero effect on the character of the players he started the season with. He is not carrying himself with dignity now. He's muttering out loud on social media. Maybe he could play mind games using the media as a coach, BUT HE IS GM NOW.
I can't even blame Dolan for being pizzed. He should be. Phil is acting like a total amateur drunk on Duff beer.
What is scary is the traits Phil shares with Dolan. It will cause them to clash. There Will Be Blood.
Phil showed himself to be obsessed with control. He surrounded himself with Yes men. He paid Derek Fricking Fisher $25M because he felt he could trust him to have his back, not because he was the best coach out there.
Sure, he thought Derek could teach triangles to squares, but this whole triangle nonsense is another story altogether. It is another sign of Phil's massive ego and lack of self-awareness. He really put his triangle before personnel. He really thought he'd get people to sign on. He really thought (or still thinks if he has gone bonkers) he could dominate the NBA being Mr. Triangle. And now he is going to draft and sign players based on that criteria? Yikes!
Phil's vanity is unbelievable. He said he didn't want to coach. Cool. Then get a coach, not a rookie coach (ZERO COACHING EXPERIENCE, NOT EVEN PEE WEE BASKETBALL COACHING). You're a rookie GM and you get a rookie coach. That takes some hubris to think you'll zen your way to success like that.
Phil is a whore. Never thought I'd say that, but he's a sell-out and super vain. I don't respect him any longer. He shat on his own legacy. His legacy was always overrated because to get 11 rings you need two of the best ball clubs in the history of the sport to fall in your lap. But he was still a good coach and a smart man.
But Phil turned into a vain, greedy old man. It will not turn out well with him and Dolan. Dolan's sense of betrayal is growing by the minute. That is his nature. Only self-deluding fans won't be able to see this coming.
Raissman was just writing the obvious. Phil is the one who's lighting the kindling for the bonfire of the vanities. Raissman is just acknowledging Phil is willingly sabotaging this and any conscious being knows what that does to Dolan. These are the first shots and Phil is the shooter.
Phil's heart has already gone out of this and the worm has turned. Once your GM has gone sour, you're screwed. Hence my belief that the only remaining hope is the nuclear option and for the fan base to shame Dolan into selling the team.
