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New York Knicks: James Dolan Needs To Step Up And Fire Phil Jackson

By Robbie Stratakos

Oct 16, 2015; New York, NY, USA; New York Knicks general manager Phil Jackson yawns watching the Knicks play the Boston Celtics during second half at Madison Square Garden. Mandatory Credit: Noah K. Murray-USA TODAY Sports
Oct 16, 2015; New York, NY, USA; New York Knicks general manager Phil Jackson yawns watching the Knicks play the Boston Celtics during second half at Madison Square Garden. Mandatory Credit: Noah K. Murray-USA TODAY Sports /
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New York Knicks: James Dolan Needs To Step Up And Fire Phil Jackson
Feb 8, 2017; New York, NY, USA; New York Knicks owner James Dolan watches during the fourth quarter between the New York Knicks and the Los Angeles Clippers at Madison Square Garden. Mandatory Credit: Brad Penner-USA TODAY Sports /

James Dolan Needs To Fire Phil Jackson

Back in March 2014, Knicks owner James Dolan hired the 11-time championship head coach Phil Jackson to become the president of basketball operations for the New York Knicks. He inked Jackson to an outrageous five-year, $60 million dollar deal.

Ever since giving him that deal, Dolan has gone silent. He stepped aside and let Jackson make all moves. That hasn’t worked out. Ever since the 2014-15 season, the Knicks are 71-147. Is that worth $60 million? Obviously not.

The Jackson experiment has been a complete dumpster fire, and has been reminiscent of the Isaiah Thomas days considering the immense amount of failure; however, you can’t blame everything on him. James Dolan deserves his fair share of the blame as well.

While Dolan has been in hiding the last few years, there is now no way for him to be forgotten after Wednesday’s night’s antics at the garden involving former Knick forward Charles Oakley.

This incident was said to involve Dolan, and now the NBA world has its eyes on the Knicks; Dolan is part to blame for that. He is the one who hired an inexperienced Jackson to a ludicrous deal and has also disappeared ever since hiring him.

Dolan needs to stand up and finally take action. Phil Jackson has embarrassed the Knicks with his comments on them, and his dictatorship policy overriding nearly any decision. It has resulted in a losing product, and there’s no excuses for it.

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The Knicks have eating big contracts before such as Larry Brown back in 2005, and they need to eat another one. James Dolan needs to step up and fire Phil Jackson.

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