So NY Knicks interim coach Kurt Rambis
called out Derek
Fisher for not stressing the triangle offense. I'm wondering if
Rambis ever heard about defense or even offense? I think Phil was pushed
into hiring Derek Fisher when Steve Kerr turned down the job with the Knicks,
(although with the Knicks team last season, Kerr wouldn't have done much better
than Fisher.
This year was different. When
Fisher was coaching well this year the Knicks were a .500 team. Yes, they
did lose ten games in a row and I guess you need to fire the coach at that
point, but I think the problem with the Knicks isn't the coach, its the system.
When Jackson had the triangle system in Chicago he had players
like Dennis Rodman, Scottie Pippen, Michael Jordan, Steve Kerr etc. In LA
he had Shaq and Kobe both together and individually. Those players can
win with any system. Phil gets bashed for having teams with Hall of
Famers, but every coach who ever won more than one championship had at least
one players that was the best in the game (and maybe the Best all time), Red
Auerbach and KC Jones had them in Boston. I'm not taking anything away
from Red
Auerbach's ability to put teams together. He was probably the best GM and
coach in history of professional sports. But all those coaches had teams
with as much talent as Jackson's Chicago and LA teams.
The Knicks need to realize that the triangle system won't work
with this team as constructed. But that doesn't mean I think this Knicks
team isn't capable of winning at least 40 games, but in order to do so they
need to realize that first off they need a new system. They don't have
Pippen and Michael Jordan etc. or Shaq and Kobe etc. or Kobe etc. They
have a team that with a quality point guard which they can get in the off
season and a player to replace Arron Affalo could win 40 to 50 games. But
they need a coach to do so. They need the best coach. That doesn't
mean someone who will coach the triangle system, it means they best coach
regardless of the system he has. What I'm saying is that the Knicks need
to hire Tom Thibodeau, David Blatt,
Scott Brooks or Mark Jackson already. Jackson seems to be obsessed
with the triangle offense, and he should be, it helped him win many
championships. But this Knicks team isn't the Lakers or the Bulls.
So forget the triangle system and move on. You fired Derek Fisher
and replaced him with Kurt Rambus who is just as bad so the knicks can keep the
system that won't work with their team. Forget the freaken triangle and
hire a good coach and there are a lot of good coaches out there including Tom
Thibodeau, David Blatt, Mark Jackson. Hiring Rambus just because he is a
triangle coach is insane. Rambis' career coaching record is as bad as
Fisher's. They can go after Luke Walton who will turn the Knicks down and
he stuck with Rambis or hire Rambis and be stuck with a bad coach. Why
not just hire Tom Thibodeau, David Blatt, Mark Jackson and have a good
coach (and add a point guard and a player to replace Affalo?
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