Phil isn't coming to a flawed team

Gonna have to find someone else's assistant. Who are the assistant coaches in Chicago & Indiana?

Riley & JVG produced some great NBA Head Coaches. What about Woodson? Jim Todd, Walker, Herb????

Its a damn shame we don't have one of these guys on our staff. Woodson seems pretty comfortable hiring assistants who will never threaten his job. He already experienced the bad side of having a capable assistant in Atlanta.

Knicksfan wrote:Let's be fair: the guy has turned the Knicks into a respectable team. It was atrocious with D'Antoni and he immediately came in and scored a great record which has followed to this season. The guy deserves his many props.

Now, I think we've hit the the wall with him. The team seems to struggle to be motivated with him. His offensive coaching is horrible, especially since he threw the best part of Mike D's playbook and has only left the amount of 3s taken. Defense is bipolar, guards are the same and we can't seem to beat the contenders now that they are getting ready for the playoffs.

Good job Woody, but I vote "no".

What is Woodson exactly? We are 15th in defense. We never get stops or rebs down the stretch. We trade buckets. Not much difference from the Dantoni era. Is it the players despite having a veteran/completely revamped roster?

CrushAlot wrote:Absolutely. Knicks were coached by an offensive genius for 4 years. It didn't work. Second place in the east equals job insecurity?

LOL @ this hypocrite.

Such a typical response I saw coming miles away.

Woodson is basically Mike D'Antoni offensively, probably worse offensively, and his defensive coaching is mediocre at best. But of course with a better roster he has nice record (which wont mean anything when he loses us games in the playoffs) and he's automatically a good coach.

You need to support Woodson because you were practically falling over yourself trying to prop him up as some amazing coach so now you'll defend him to the death. Good for you...but nobody's buying it.

VCoug wrote:I said in another thread that I can't remember the last time I turned so quickly on a coach. There have been other coaches that I didn't like from the get-go but turning on a guy in less than a year? The longer the season goes on, the more that Woodson institutes his gameplan the worse we seem to be. The lineups make absolutely no sense and haven't for a while. I think it's only a matter of time until certain players, like Amare, start turning on him because of how their playing time is meted out compared to other players'. And when was the last time we ran an actual play at the end of a close game? It seems like the call every time is a clear out and iso. Seriously, how is putting the ball in JR's hands and him doing a turnaround fadeaway from 18 feet a good idea? I don't know too much about any in-demand assistant coaches but the guy on the Lakers, Brian Hill, is a name that's usually brought up with some frequency. Preferably though, I would start throwing money, cars, jewelry, and whatever else at Phil Jackson to come here and coach.

I think I'm in the same boat. Will know for sure after the playoffs. Problem is Woodson is going nowhere for at least another year even if we get swept in the 1st round.

JamesKPolk wrote:

CrushAlot wrote:Absolutely. Knicks were coached by an offensive genius for 4 years. It didn't work. Second place in the east equals job insecurity?

LOL @ this hypocrite.

Such a typical response I saw coming miles away.

Woodson is basically Mike D'Antoni offensively, probably worse offensively, and his defensive coaching is mediocre at best. But of course with a better roster he has nice record (which wont mean anything when he loses us games in the playoffs) and he's automatically a good coach.

You need to support Woodson because you were practically falling over yourself trying to prop him up as some amazing coach so now you'll defend him to the death. Good for you...but nobody's buying it.

Do I need to post what I posted in the Detroit Game thread again?