PHIL JACKSON A BROOKLYN NET?

Somehow the idea doesn’t sit well. Phil Jackson is a great coach, no question about it. If Phil Jackson who is rumored to being considered for the Nets were to take the job, it would be totally out of character. Jackson has taken on both the talented Chicago Bulls, then the Los Angeles Lakers, and has walked away a winner each time.

The above is not to say anyone could have coached those teams, but it does say that even if you have the players, you have to coach them into a winning system. If you don’t know how to coach, then no mater who you have on your team, it won’t win!

But Jackson was always a smart basketball man, first as a player on the NY Knicks then as a coach, and throughout his career he has been a winner. If the Nets were able to convince Jackson to sign on, then the probability is that the Brooklyn ets would have as many fans as the Knicks, would at least draw even with their rivals and may even beat them out in the division.

Right now, the Nets are a paper team, with nothing to talk about, they need star power, and talent. Phil Jackson is that star power, and he would draw all kinds of talent to the Nets, making him a lethal force and an thorn in Dolan’s obnoxious side.

But just think what it would bring to the New York area basketball fans? The passion of Brooklyn vs. New York would once more be alive, this time in basketball! I personally believe that the New York fans are the most sophisticated by the sheer number of media outlets that exists to them and the many teams they house. Phil Jackson would be tremendous, and a lot of fans would be crossing the river to root for the Nets.

But what would happen if Dolan got the bug to signing Jackson himself? Two things would happen, one he would have stolen the thunder away from the Nets once again, making them look like losers, and two, there would be a whole revamp of the core players on the Knicks. Guys like Carmelo Anthony and Amar’e Stoudemire would have problems adjusting to the system that Jackson would demand. The situation may become more like it was with Mike D’Antonio.

Couple all this with the fact that the Knicks were on the verge of signing a 5-year extension with Mike Woodson, Dolan would look like the jerk that he is. Woodson should be given the chance to mold the team the way he needs to, and let him go against Jackson. He should be rewarded for how he handled the Knicks with all the injuries and drama. The playoffs were a gift to Knick fans since at the beginning of the years no one was sure they’d make it there.

That’s all I wrote, Folks!