crzymdups wrote:

nixluva wrote:

crzymdups wrote:Thibs hired by Minnesota while Phil drills the Triangle. Bet the NY Media will have something to say about that.

That's to be expected. Of course what Minny does has no bearing on the future success of the Knicks. Good for Minny, but they have their own process and we have our own process going on. Because of Thibs the media will likely conflate the 2 situations but we have our own path well under way already. Thibs being off the market actually helps remove the calls for bringing him in, which were endless.

Maybe he'll have more success with the Triangle in Minnesota than Rambis did.

With a team full of very talented players and one in KAT that look to eventually be one of the best players in the entire NBA and the best center in the NBA he better have more success then the team of clowns Rambis had to deal with....lol

newyorker4ever wrote:

ChuckBuck wrote:

Nalod wrote:So the Daily news panders to the lowest common denominator and ChuckBuck wonders What would guys do that don't even have HALF the rings Phil has.

I can assume that the Miami Herald and what ever San Antonio reads won't have it as back story. One reason why I like what phil is doing and sticking by his guns is that the knicks are trying to take the path less traveled. Those who have taken it as religion have reached glory. He is trying to teach it. Fish as much as he played in it could not teach it. Rambis might be the guy.

None of this past stuff matters but if you bring out "rambis is not a good coach", well as a head coach that is true. His other credentials are solid as any young top assistant in the NBA. Phil is a teacher, and if some of you would read his books you'll better understand that when the triangle works best is when the team itself sees it, feels it and adjusts in game. He would call time out and the players in many situations coach themselves. Thats buy in. Phil was not a yeller and a screamer, he was chill because most of the coaching is done in practice. Players need to instinctively get it. Losing is also part of the teaching. You can feel when its not working and when it is.

So instead of reacting to media pandering pick up a book and understand it. As long as the knicks are trying to take this path I am rooting for it and part of it is not being "hindsight Harry", you "That Guy"...................

Knicks are attempting to show unity towards working the off season and melo if he is to recruit must demonstrate he wants to be here. This mini camp is a good thing. Team is not in the playoffs, so why the hell not!

There's a saying that goes "It's not where you're from, it's where you're at". Could be Ella Fitzgerald or Rakim, depends on who you ask. You keep mentioning 11 rings, read the book, teacher, triangle philosophies, Zen, yada yada.

How many rings has Phil Jackson won this decade? By my count Pat the Rat and Coach Pop have more this decade than your idol. Do we have Phil Jackson the coach or do we have Phil Jackson the failed experiment of an executive at the helm of the New York Knicks?

Perspective, man. Phil hasn't done shyt since he left Kobe, Pau, Bynum, Odom, and Fisher-man back in LA-LA land. Past is the past, he's simply cashing Cablevision checks at this point, maybe keeping tabs on and refreshing Jim Buss LinkedIn status a few times a day.

You're right that Phil hasn't done shyt since he left Kobe but he hasn't tried to do shyt since that time because he wasn't even in the damn game....hahaha Geesh.

newyorker4ever wrote:So if we get Blatt then we lose whatever Phil was adding to the team during the practices cause i can't see Blatt wanting Phil doing any teaching during his practice time and with Rambis we keep what Phil brings at the practices, so does anyone see what Phil's voice and presence brings to the team during practice time as being a valuable thing or is it not enough to really matter and would just rather have Blatt doing his thing? This is of course if Rambis and Blatt are the only options as of now.

I'd also like to ask a question about Rambis to the fans on here. If Rambis never had his coaching stint with Minnesota would you guys think differently of him being a candidate for our head coaching position cause he's been a member of so many great teams as a assistant?? It seems to me like the people that don't want Rambis usually go to talking about how bad he did in Minnesota. Just a question.

I think that's a bad assumption. If Phil hires Blatt I think the assumption should be that both of those guys will do everything and anything to help each other.

martin wrote:

newyorker4ever wrote:So if we get Blatt then we lose whatever Phil was adding to the team during the practices cause i can't see Blatt wanting Phil doing any teaching during his practice time and with Rambis we keep what Phil brings at the practices, so does anyone see what Phil's voice and presence brings to the team during practice time as being a valuable thing or is it not enough to really matter and would just rather have Blatt doing his thing? This is of course if Rambis and Blatt are the only options as of now.

I'd also like to ask a question about Rambis to the fans on here. If Rambis never had his coaching stint with Minnesota would you guys think differently of him being a candidate for our head coaching position cause he's been a member of so many great teams as a assistant?? It seems to me like the people that don't want Rambis usually go to talking about how bad he did in Minnesota. Just a question.

I think that's a bad assumption. If Phil hires Blatt I think the assumption should be that both of those guys will do everything and anything to help each other.

If this was to be true then i'd be all for Blatt, at least more than i am now anyway. I think having Phil's voice and presence at the practices is very much helpful to the players.