TripleThreat wrote:Why is Scott Perry a good hire?

A) He has previous experience actually DOING the job of being in or running a front office.
B) He has experience with scouting/cap management/dealing with agents/personnel/building relationships with other GMs, and did so with WINNING FRANCHISES
C) He's young enough to actually give the Knicks potential long term stability while on the job, if he works out
D) He has not created a base of enemies in various front offices, agents, owners, other coaches, players and the media like Jackson did
E) He has no "legacy" to protect, he's pretty much a no name outside of inner NBA circles
F) He is NOT trying to push a complicated and controversial offensive system onto the team in place

For EACH AND EVERY REASON THAT THE ABOVE IS DIFFERENT FROM JACKSON IS WHY JACKSON WAS A BAD HIRE IN THE FIRST PLACE

There is NOTHING Jackson did that most entry level NBA interns anywhere in the league could have done, and likely done better.

Some intern could literally walk into the Houston Sloan Sports Conference, zerox everything, interview a few people hoping to get a job, steal their ideas, implement a few and still have done a better job than Jackson.

This is not the NFL or MLB where you have to scout 750 players at a time. The NBA draft is a couple of rounds. Practical free agent targets are limited to probably 6-7 guys max per offseason.

Everything bad is not all his fault, but he did not help himself much, or at all. The Knicks have sucked for so long, Jackson's mediocre job is going to look good to some people.

Well Said...

Otherwise, he's a moron who had no vision at all.

anrst wrote:Phil stumbled into some good moves and we lucked out. Thanks for that.

Otherwise, he's a moron who had no vision at all.

Phil did have a vision of the TYPE of players he wanted and MOST of the players we like as our future were Phil picks!!! It's disingenuous to say he lucked out when so many of his picks have actually shown such promise. Even his decision to hire Gaines has to be acknowledged as a good move.

Phil had a poor management style and stunk trying to build anything around Melo but he stated day one that he was going to have a FUTURE component and he would protect the team's future and he did.

Bonn1997 wrote:

CrushAlot wrote:He wasn't allowed to trade a first round pick until 2018 so not trading that pick should not be considered a legacy move He drafted well but it was after he accidenally tanked (3x). The contracts he gave out, his trades, coaching hires, and communication skills were all bad.

Yeah, Briggs said it was the right path but didn't say what the path was. I guess the path was to make terrible signings and trades so that we get very good draft picks!

All GMs and Presidents make their share of errors yet Phil with his drafts put us on the right track for a complete rebuild. Once Phil saw that Melo wasn’t a team lease and had diminished skills, he saw fit to secure a great defensive player in Noah. Granted it was a gamble yet Noah wasn’t any defensive player. This along with NTC and ostracizing KP were not his best moves yet KP and his brother were out of line and I’ve no issue with Phil’s being open about it. The wheel is in spin. If KP ends up with First or 2d all pro nba fine. Yet if he ends up never reaching his potential and or injury prone then we will remember Phil.

93BUICK wrote:

BasketballJones wrote:Phil Jackson is still on the right path.