The big man, the head honcho. Phil Jackson. Always chilled, never worried.
Is he showing cracks of frustration? Maybe. Phil Jackson. President of the New York Knicks has admitted in an interview with the New York Times, that this experiment is already flopping on him.
But it didn’t take long after Jackson sat down for a recent interview over lunch to admit that his debut as an N.B.A. executive has been sobering, stressful and, during early morning reflections, doubt-inducing.
“Like nothing I’ve seen before,” he said of the Knicks’ first 41 games, of which they lost 36, a half-season of hell. “So far, my experiment has fallen flat on its face.”
Jeanie Buss, Jackson’s companion has clearly been a ear for Phil’s problems and thinks that he should suck it up and take control.
Life was good, he said. His companion, Jeanie Buss, of the Lakers’ ownership family, told him it could be better.
“She said, ‘You’re sitting on some stuff that you should really look into,’ ” Jackson said. “I said, well, I wrote a book. She said, ‘That’s not enough.’ ”
Phil clearly wants to start in the Draft and work from there. Get a couple young guns and then go all in with free agents such as Marc Gasol. The plan is there. It’s just a matter of execution.
