When he coached
the Bulls, Phil Jackson always struck me as too smart by half, talking New-Age
gibber while handing out road-trip reading assignments to his players. My opinion didn’t change when Jackson went to
coach the Lakers. Oh, how he liked to
bask in the glory of victory.
And now “Big
Chief Triangle [Offense],” as Jeff Van Gundy nicknamed his coaching adversary,
has moved on to Van Gundy’s old team at Madison Square Garden, as president of
basketball operations for the Knicks. Only
Jackson doesn’t have Michael Jordan around anymore, or Kobe Bryant, and he
can’t stand having Carmelo Anthony around in their place. On top of that, Jackson hasn’t spoken with
the media for months. I wonder if it has
something to do with his record. The
three full seasons he’s been in control of the Knicks, Jackson’s teams have
gone 71-147.
Who says bad
things don’t happen to the right people?
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