knicks1248 wrote:Peter Vecsey ✔ @PeterVecsey1
David Blatt isn't being considered 4 Knicks opening. Never was, I'm told. Strictly a smokescreen, as is search by Jax. Rambis lone candidate
How narrow minded is phil, I can't believe he would duped the fans and team, into making us believe he is out there searching for the best guy for the job. How do you run a triangle seminar without your new coach??
If this is true, this is another sad drama filled management smoke screen. It is so unprofessional, like everything that goes on with this franchise.
This is no different than JR taking a slight discount to make sure is crackhead playing brother is on the roster, or Dolan keeping Isiah around to run this franchise into Cap Hell.
God help me, I'm starting wish bad things on phil....smdh.
I get it though, Phil really wants to coach the team through rambis, or any puppet for the matter, the problem with that, he's not on the road, he's not on the sidelines during games when the game plan needs adjusting on the fly, he doesnt have that guy or guys, that can completely take over without one play being called.
In other words he doesn't have that players that wants to win at all cost, or even know how to win when the game is there for the absolute taking. What we have is a bunch of players that don't really get it, a coach that's scratching his head when the game is on the line..
the way an nba team is run is changing. there are now three teams with a coach who doubles as the president of basketball operations, ie detroit and minnesota are emulating san antonio. if rambis is the coach, his connection to jackson has to be thisclose, since jackson cannot endure the rigors of coaching.
so unless you have an issue with how jackson is running the team in the short-, medium-, and long-term, hiring rambis to coach makes sense.
or maybe you are like stephen a smith, who still believes this is melo's team and that all decisions that jackson makes should be informed by that notion. i don't think jackson sees the knicks as melo's team, even with the price tag and the no trade and his tag as the "favorite son." jackson is the boss, and he is going to try and build a winner with or without melo.
i'd like to see melo remain with the knicks, and understand that his role should diminish going forward, if ever so slightly at first. he has shown he can play great all-around ball, if he can only remain disciplined.
knicks win 38-43 games in 16-17. rose MUST shoot no more than 14 shots per game, defer to kp6 + melo, and have a usage rate of less than 25%