gunsnewing wrote:Yea same here. He is 34 and Phil loves him and they share a similar outlook on and off the court. I have him behind fisher and Lue though. Lue at least has NBA experience as an assistant. Walton NBDL. For any of those guys New York as your first coaching job will be an astronomical challenge but they will have Phil's support

How could any knick fan argue with phil Jacksons hire when most knick fans weren't even born to see the 1970 knick championships. Whoever phil and his 11 rings want to hire, I'm behind it.

CrushAlot wrote:Interesting article on the parallels between Walton and PJax.
http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/basketball/knicks/score-phil-jackson-force-strong-luke-walton-article-1.1796125

Great read thank you for posting. I know the Knicks will be killed in the media for not starphuching but I have no problems giving Walton the job. Seems like a great candidate for Phil. High IQ and has shown an ability to absorb what he is thought better than most. The perfect guy for Phil to mold into a modern version of himself

Papabear wrote:Papabear Says

I wonder why Patrick Ewing's name has not come up.

probably because most people don't believe that he will be a good coach

Regardless, he got a couple shots to do so for MSG, but failed miserably
Does it mean that he cannot be a succesfull head coach, NO
But it does mean he will likely have trouble dealing with the Media here in NYC and have to take a speech 101 class to collectively gather his thoughts and improve his speeches because consistannts slurs and constent show of nervousness will not go well as a Head Coach for in game and after the game interviews, more importantly lacking leadership and directly interaction with players and management

In my opinion, only Fisher could be a candidate for a Head Coach if he has a strong lead assistant, along the guidance of Phil, and strong assistants/development coaches to accept and guide him through the transition

However, I don't think we actually NEED to run the Triangle now, depending on the roster
As long as we get our players to play a system that works, focused on TEAM BASKETBALL, movment with and without the ball, sharing the ball and exectuing to take high % shots, and build a system/foundation/philosophy that we have been lacking

NO MORE ISO ball and players standing around
Steve Kerr is a intelligent person, with experience and knowledge from the game today like a scout for players/coaches/systems and tendnacies(as a commentator/analyst and GM), absorbing knowledge/experience from many different types of players/coaches that are HOF's, from Phil Jackson/Poppavich, Jordan/Pippen/Kukoc/Rodman and Tim Duncan and the rest of the Spur's players/orginzation

Unforunately, we didn't want to "overpay" for his lack of actual coaching, but in my opinion he will is much more ready/experienced than many give him credit for

Allanfan20 wrote:

Imagine if we hire one of these guys, lose Melo and lose out of FAs? Ouch.

Yea we might actually win more than 27games with a cohesive plan in place

CrushAlot wrote:I wonder if Phil would consider hiring Battier to coach the Knicks. The guy is a winner, a leader and a student of the game. Captain on the Rockets and two years at Duke. Seems like he has the potential to be a great coach and this is supposed to be his last season as a player.

My top choice of unknowns. Seems like he has it all and is a great role model