alexs wrote:Splat I enjoy your posts but here you forget to mention that Phil is surrounding hi.self with people with whichhe has had a lot of proven results. Dolan just with yeahsayers, huge difference. But I guess you're not in management
No, I didn't forget that, but that was all done under the premise of building a new culture using the Triangle system, which was Phil digging into his memories of the past and using it like pixie dust to bewitch Dolan and the public.
Phil has shown zero evidence to be up to speed with contemporary NBA management practices. He's living in the past. He brought his past with him. In the process, he created a bubble around himself.
Furthermore, Phil apparently acquiesced to Dolan's two biggest demands, both of which define the nature of highly paid servitude. He opened the vaults to Melo and he kept Steve Mills. We can't be 100% sure about the first, but we know the second is definitely true.
This was sold as Phil having autonomy. It is total BS. It was tainted as hell from the very start. And then Phil made it worse by surrounding himself with Yes men when what he needed was the sharpest minds and people with aggressive opinions to challenge him.
The Knicks organization now has a legacy of loyalist policies and Phil did nothing to change that.
And the Triangle is just one method out of many. You use what works with the talent you have, but in today's NBA you don't plan 5-10 years into the future what system you're going to play. You adjust as you go along. That's what good coaches do. Phil sold you BS.
