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knicks1248 wrote:Nalod wrote:knicks1248 wrote:fishmike wrote:knicks1248 wrote:According to Jack, the players dug Jackson. During a Knicks road trip this month, Jack, when reciting all the coaches he has played for, said of Jackson: “He’s a player’s coach. You know what I mean? Straight up and down, the long and short of it.”
Jack went further, telling The Post: “I thought he just spoke the language of the players. It just seemed if he was able to still play, he still would be playing. That particular coaching staff played these games after almost every practice and got so competitive.… The way he rolled, maybe that comes from being in the environment most of us are from — inner city. He spoke and talked to us like equals. He used a lot of the language we used. It was different. But I thought it helped in a lot of different ways.’’
Before any possibility of Jackson returning for a third Knicks stint (he had two as a player), team president Steve Mills first would have to make a final decision on coach Jeff Hornacek, who is twisting in the wind with 10 games left and only one season remaining on his contract. Knicks general manager Scott Perry joined the Knicks in Miami on Wednesday after finishing up scouting of the NCAA Tournament. Perry wants to be around the team to make final evaluations on not just the coaching staff but his young point-guard trio.But league sources believe the Knicks will have sincere interest in Jackson if Hornacek is relieved of his job. One industry source predicted ABC/Knicks broadcaster Mike Breen will be looking for two new partners next season — with Jeff Van Gundy ready to take the plunge for the right job. see also
These Knicks didn't have to be Jarrett Jack's reality
These Knicks didn't have to be Jarrett Jack's reality
The Post reported after Steve Kerr reneged on his verbal agreement to coach the Knicks nearly four years ago, Mills lobbied then-president Phil Jackson to interview the former St. John’s legend. The Zen Master refused.
Working against Mark Jackson is the fact the Warriors flew into dynasty mode once Kerr took over. “I think the mindset he brought to the team is something that definitely shouldn’t be overlooked,’’ Jack said in his defense. “On camera, when I hear them still go in the huddle ‘Bring it, 1-2-3,’ I know that’s a slogan Coach Jackson brought to the team. His ideals, principles he learned still exists over there. That’s a salute in itself.’’ After leaving Golden State, Jack, 34, who many believe will become a head coach, played in Cleveland in 2013-14 for Mike Brown, who also could be a Knicks candidate. Brown is now a Warriors assistant and Jack views him as a defensive innovator. “[Brown] has a way of defending things that are out of the norm,’’ Jack said. “The way he did it ‘oh that’s good. I haven’t seen it that way and I’ve been around this league for a minute.’ To have a whole different scheme to approach something with was impressive. We still struggled with it at the time but the innovative ways he came up with schemes, I felt was pretty cool.” ALWAYS TELL PEOPLE that Mark J started the winning culture, he instilled toughness in those players I never saw prior to him, they became much more tougher under mark, and it has stayed with them. He may not see eye to eye with management, but FCK that, I want KP to have Kanter like personality, you want frank to be tough and smart, and much less passive, I think he would make Burke a much better player..and he is already cool with MILLs so im not really worried about that relationship asking a coach to "instill toughness" is about as realistic as asking Martin to make you a better poster. The toughness already has to be there. Do you think Riley and JVG instilled toughness into guys like Ewing, Oak, Mason, Starks, Harper, Spree, etc etc? Pretty sure those guys were tough from about 6th grade on. But yea... we need Mark Jackson. More likely he instills Jesus than toughness Your not in favor of mark Jackson as the NYK head coach, so your comments are bias, If you respect jacks comments, you would go with that instead of trying to discredit mines. Im not talking thuggary toughness, im talking mental toughness, over coming adversity, he change the mind set of those players, they no longer stood shell shock after a team would go on a run, they learned to pound teams into submission as oppose to letting them back in the game, they no longer back down to anyone.. YOur assuming that the roster was static (without changes). And the players, the new players, and the improvements were all not going to happen unless it was on Jax. YOu are scraping for all kinds of ways to make a point but the fact is you can never repeat what happend. Ever. Larry Brown won chips, came here an failed. In a very short time frame. So many variable its not worth discussing. ALso, Jack was not there the whole time, and it was Lilly white Steve Kerr who took them from a 51 win team to maybe top 5 of alltime. Im not saying "Gee, if kerr was here that would have been us!", of course not. Jax was the right man at the right time and then it wasn't. Thats all. Perhaps your saying "gee, lets at least get to 51 wins cuz its better than this?" is that what you mean? kerr took long leaves-of-absence and the warriors never miss a beat, any decent coach can win 50+ games with that teams current roster, including JH. It's like when riley walked away from the knicks. The knicks were not considered to be a tough thugged out team prior to Riley, once he planted the seeds and Left, JVG continue, we saw Don nelson try to change that and was replace real quick, he got fired and the team was 8 games over 500 at the time. That was when losing was not an option and completely unacceptable. Now it's welcome like a brand new pair of shoes. The eye test also tells a different story. The GSW offense under Jax was a slog. Lots of iso, lack of ball movement. Not to mention the weird roster moves (can anyone tell me where Festus Ezuli is right now?). It's cool Jack is defending his guy, but didn't we here the same things about Fisher? If Jax wants to come on as an assistant, fine! We can develop him under Craig's new system. I'm not sold on Jax as the answer at coach.
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