Knicks · Jackson Pushing to Keep Rambis (page 4)

knicks1248 wrote:

fitzfarm wrote:Come on guys Greg pop couldn't win with this group esp the worst backcourt in the league. It's like we are playing 3 vs 5 ... Frontcourt is championship caliber while the backcourt would have a hard time in the dleague getting minutes...

If Phil solves our backcourt then give Kurt the year to prove his worth ... What's the worst that can happen we do poorly and get a high draft pick.

It's not fair to say Kurt is a terrible coach when he doesn't have a backcourt to put on the floor.

Also in minny he might have had one of the worst teams in nba history to coach. Let's not forget how injury riddled those teams were.

If Kurt is allowing the zen master to run the at home practices he is the right man for the job. And again Greg pop couldn't win with this backcourt... We need a nba level backcourt before we can say this guy stinks.

wrong again, ESPN showed the spurs record when they rest Duncun, parker and leanord..5-0 take out ginobli and west too, and thier west 4-1..in fact when they rested all their top players 3-0

if you think talent matters more than coaching, you have no idea about basketball..

Wrong again lol? There back ups are 10 times better then Jose and Sasha. sorry but your wrong again Sasha and Jose wouldn't even be on the Spurs roster let alone even get minutes.

Patty mills and green would destroy them on any given night.

Again if Phil can't win with them neither could pop.

WE HAVE HANDS DOWN THE WORST BACKCOURT IN THE NBA! Possibly historically the worst ever!

fitzfarm wrote:

knicks1248 wrote:

fitzfarm wrote:Come on guys Greg pop couldn't win with this group esp the worst backcourt in the league. It's like we are playing 3 vs 5 ... Frontcourt is championship caliber while the backcourt would have a hard time in the dleague getting minutes...

If Phil solves our backcourt then give Kurt the year to prove his worth ... What's the worst that can happen we do poorly and get a high draft pick.

It's not fair to say Kurt is a terrible coach when he doesn't have a backcourt to put on the floor.

Also in minny he might have had one of the worst teams in nba history to coach. Let's not forget how injury riddled those teams were.

If Kurt is allowing the zen master to run the at home practices he is the right man for the job. And again Greg pop couldn't win with this backcourt... We need a nba level backcourt before we can say this guy stinks.

wrong again, ESPN showed the spurs record when they rest Duncun, parker and leanord..5-0 take out ginobli and west too, and thier west 4-1..in fact when they rested all their top players 3-0

if you think talent matters more than coaching, you have no idea about basketball..

Wrong again lol? There back ups are 10 times better then Jose and Sasha. sorry but your wrong again Sasha and Jose wouldn't even be on the Spurs roster let alone even get minutes.

Patty mills and green would destroy them on any given night.

Again if Phil can't win with them neither could pop.

WE HAVE HANDS DOWN THE WORST BACKCOURT IN THE NBA! Possibly historically the worst ever!

Yep, i could see if Phil brought Jose and Sasha in himself but he inherited them from the old regime. Oh wait...

knicks1248 wrote:

Kerr assembled a coaching staff and met or called all his players, even flying to Australia to chat with center Andrew Bogut.

All-Star shooter extraordinaire Stephen Curry, first in steals and fifth in assists this season, was the most prominent returnee. Curry was vocal in his support of Jackson. Kerr and Curry met for lunch.
Modal TriggerGolden State coach Steve Kerr with Warriors forward Andre IguodalaPhoto: AP
“He was inheriting a team capable of winning a championship that just needed a good direction,” Curry said. “Coach Kerr did a good job of reaching out to everybody on the roster over the summer explaining he wasn’t going to come in and be the hero that’s going to change everything and make us 10 times better.”

Kerr knew all that. And he knew the players knew.

“Acknowledge the good. Don’t try to come in and say, ‘I’ve got all the answers.’ You’ve got to acknowledge they built all this stuff here without me,” Kerr said. “That’s what I tried to let our players know from the outset: ‘We’re the lucky ones. We get to come in and coach you guys and you won 51 games last year.’ ”

Kerr’s fingerprints blanket the team with liberal doses from his playing days under coaches — including Lute Olson at Arizona, Lenny Wilkens in Cleveland, Jackson in Chicago, Gregg Popovich in San Antonio.

“He has taken a little from all offenses he experienced,” Nets radio analyst and former Wagner coach Tim Capstraw said. “He made a melting-pot system.”

Kerr readily accepted the “melting pot” description.

“We’ve taken concepts we’ve liked and tried to fit them for our personnel, but the biggest thing is letting these guys play,” Kerr said. “Just giving them parameters and letting them go. I don’t like to call a lot of timeouts. I like to let these guys run. … As long as we have our spacing and we’re setting screens and cutting, they can do whatever they want.”

this is how a real coach coaches

This would have been great advice for Fred Hoiberg taking over for Thibs. I don't see how it applies to the Knicks situation when Fish was hired. Phil was clearing out the roster.

So,why didn't Phil hire Rambis over Fisher

yellowboy90 wrote:

fitzfarm wrote:

knicks1248 wrote:

fitzfarm wrote:Come on guys Greg pop couldn't win with this group esp the worst backcourt in the league. It's like we are playing 3 vs 5 ... Frontcourt is championship caliber while the backcourt would have a hard time in the dleague getting minutes...

If Phil solves our backcourt then give Kurt the year to prove his worth ... What's the worst that can happen we do poorly and get a high draft pick.

It's not fair to say Kurt is a terrible coach when he doesn't have a backcourt to put on the floor.

Also in minny he might have had one of the worst teams in nba history to coach. Let's not forget how injury riddled those teams were.

If Kurt is allowing the zen master to run the at home practices he is the right man for the job. And again Greg pop couldn't win with this backcourt... We need a nba level backcourt before we can say this guy stinks.

wrong again, ESPN showed the spurs record when they rest Duncun, parker and leanord..5-0 take out ginobli and west too, and thier west 4-1..in fact when they rested all their top players 3-0

if you think talent matters more than coaching, you have no idea about basketball..

Wrong again lol? There back ups are 10 times better then Jose and Sasha. sorry but your wrong again Sasha and Jose wouldn't even be on the Spurs roster let alone even get minutes.

Patty mills and green would destroy them on any given night.

Again if Phil can't win with them neither could pop.

WE HAVE HANDS DOWN THE WORST BACKCOURT IN THE NBA! Possibly historically the worst ever!

Yep, i could see if Phil brought Jose and Sasha in himself but he inherited them from the old regime. Oh wait...

Sasha wasn't supposed to be anything more than a vet off the bench. Phil hoped that he could get by with Jose and AA but it didn't workout that way. It looked for a while there like it might suffice for this season. But let's remember that this was never the final solution for the backcourt!!! AA was clearly more of a stop gap. Phil did what he could last year but it was clearly an incremental process and not a one offseason title team.

IMO i'd like to see a coach like Blatt or Thibs get the job but i'm not gonna go crazy if they stick with Rambis. The most important thing this summer is going to be any improvement in talent Phil can get. It's Talent 1st and Coach 2nd IMO. Some pretty average coaches have gotten to the Playoffs with a talented team. When this team is ready to contend then I think it matters more who the coach is.

I think Kurt should be given an extension based on his recent Twitter activity.

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What Does Knicks President Phil Jackson See in Kurt Rambis?
There are a handful of objective reasons to have serious concerns about a Rambis-coached Knicks club beyond this season.

By CHRIS HERRING
April 6, 2016 8:39 p.m. ET

When a report emerged Wednesday that Knicks interim coach Kurt Rambis was receiving serious consideration for a multiyear deal to remain the coach, one question immediately came to mind: What does team president Phil Jackson see in Rambis that the rest of us don’t?

We know Rambis has favor with Jackson, since he coached under the Hall of Famer for years in Los Angeles and understands Jackson’s preferred triangle offense as well as anyone. But if the 58-year-old Rambis, who replaced Derek Fisher before the All-Star break in February, has done anything to improve the sinking Knicks, it’s been hard to see.

There are a handful of objective reasons to have serious concerns about a Rambis-coached Knicks club beyond this season.

Briefly putting aside his 64-161 career coaching record, which, as of Wednesday, stood as the fifth-worst in NBA history among coaches with at least 200 games, one must question Rambis’s strategy for how best to develop the team’s younger talent, particularly Kristaps Porzingis and Jerian Grant. (Minnesota fans will remember Rambis pulling Kevin Love from the starting five and opting to use Ryan Gomes, a role player no longer in the NBA, instead.)

Another notable problem: The players have been on a different page than Rambis at times. Weeks went by before Rambis spoke with starting guard Arron Afflalo about moving to the bench, frustrating Afflalo, who has a solid reputation around the NBA. After a March 11 loss to the Clippers, in which center Robin Lopez played 44 minutes including the entire second half, Rambis said he asked Lopez a handful of times if he wanted a sub. Lopez said he only recalled being asked once if he wanted to come out.

“He didn’t ask me until there were four minutes left in the game,” Lopez said. “It was his decision, I suppose.”

The minutes issue surfaced again last week. Carmelo Anthony, after speaking with teammates, approached Rambis to request that the veterans play fewer minutes to allow younger players more time for development in otherwise meaningless games—the sort of thing a coach should be able to decipher on his own, especially since Jackson said he suggested curtailing Anthony’s minutes last month anyway.

Most coaches are judged on wins and losses. But if Rambis is enjoying true front-runner status—despite the accomplished free-agent coaches potentially available this summer—there’s no way his record is a key calculation here. By his own admission, he hasn’t helped the Knicks as much as he initially hoped to.

“Have [the players] moved forward as much as I would like them to? No,” Rambis acknowledged Wednesday, adding that there hasn’t been discussion between him and Jackson concerning the permanent job. “I have high expectations for myself, high expectations for the team. The future of this club is bright and promising, and I’d like to be a part of that process as it moves forward.”

The Knicks, 8-16 since Rambis took over, have lost eight of nine games that were separated by five points or fewer during the final five minutes of play—the second-worst mark in the NBA over that span. The Knicks were 12-16 in such situations under Fisher, according to NBA.com.

Rambis’s continued candidacy for the job illustrates two things: First, how badly Jackson wants one of his own triangle disciples in the job; and second, that communication—Rambis and Jackson apparently speak every day—is paramount to Jackson, particularly after how things unfolded with Fisher, who sought to be his own man as the Knicks’ coach.

But while Rambis would draw many fans’ ire if he were brought on for good, Jackson is the one who would take heat.

Aside from potentially alienating Anthony, who said he’d like the Knicks to at least talk with outside coaching candidates, removing Rambis’s interim tag without a real search would only amplify the charge that Jackson cares most about proving the virtues of his triangle offense in today’s NBA, and promoting his own guys.

“I have to see if this team moves or doesn’t move [under Rambis],” Jackson said last month when asked about the possibility of hiring Rambis permanently. “There’s a lot more season.”

Not anymore. With three games to play, the team clearly hasn’t moved forward. Most others would be exploring an array of outside options right now. If Jackson fails to consider those options in favor of doing what’s comfortable by quickly hiring Rambis at season’s end, it would suggest his priorities are misplaced. And if that’s the case, he may be doing the organization more harm than good at this point.

fitzfarm wrote:

knicks1248 wrote:

fitzfarm wrote:Come on guys Greg pop couldn't win with this group esp the worst backcourt in the league. It's like we are playing 3 vs 5 ... Frontcourt is championship caliber while the backcourt would have a hard time in the dleague getting minutes...

If Phil solves our backcourt then give Kurt the year to prove his worth ... What's the worst that can happen we do poorly and get a high draft pick.

It's not fair to say Kurt is a terrible coach when he doesn't have a backcourt to put on the floor.

Also in minny he might have had one of the worst teams in nba history to coach. Let's not forget how injury riddled those teams were.

If Kurt is allowing the zen master to run the at home practices he is the right man for the job. And again Greg pop couldn't win with this backcourt... We need a nba level backcourt before we can say this guy stinks.

wrong again, ESPN showed the spurs record when they rest Duncun, parker and leanord..5-0 take out ginobli and west too, and thier west 4-1..in fact when they rested all their top players 3-0

if you think talent matters more than coaching, you have no idea about basketball..

Wrong again lol? There back ups are 10 times better then Jose and Sasha. sorry but your wrong again Sasha and Jose wouldn't even be on the Spurs roster let alone even get minutes.

Patty mills and green would destroy them on any given night.

Again if Phil can't win with them neither could pop.

WE HAVE HANDS DOWN THE WORST BACKCOURT IN THE NBA! Possibly historically the worst ever!

That's what you would like to believe, but calederon guided the mavs to 50 wins a yr and a half ago..

Sasha is all of a sudden shooting 45% (with consistent minutes) from 3 point land and inside the arc.

name me one pg in phils life time as a coach that avg more than 10 points.

HANDS DOWN WE HAVE THE WORSE COACHING STAFF IN THE HISTORY OF THE LEAGUE

knicks1248 wrote:

fitzfarm wrote:

knicks1248 wrote:

fitzfarm wrote:Come on guys Greg pop couldn't win with this group esp the worst backcourt in the league. It's like we are playing 3 vs 5 ... Frontcourt is championship caliber while the backcourt would have a hard time in the dleague getting minutes...

If Phil solves our backcourt then give Kurt the year to prove his worth ... What's the worst that can happen we do poorly and get a high draft pick.

It's not fair to say Kurt is a terrible coach when he doesn't have a backcourt to put on the floor.

Also in minny he might have had one of the worst teams in nba history to coach. Let's not forget how injury riddled those teams were.

If Kurt is allowing the zen master to run the at home practices he is the right man for the job. And again Greg pop couldn't win with this backcourt... We need a nba level backcourt before we can say this guy stinks.

wrong again, ESPN showed the spurs record when they rest Duncun, parker and leanord..5-0 take out ginobli and west too, and thier west 4-1..in fact when they rested all their top players 3-0

if you think talent matters more than coaching, you have no idea about basketball..

Wrong again lol? There back ups are 10 times better then Jose and Sasha. sorry but your wrong again Sasha and Jose wouldn't even be on the Spurs roster let alone even get minutes.

Patty mills and green would destroy them on any given night.

Again if Phil can't win with them neither could pop.

WE HAVE HANDS DOWN THE WORST BACKCOURT IN THE NBA! Possibly historically the worst ever!

That's what you would like to believe, but calederon guided the mavs to 50 wins a yr and a half ago..

Sasha is all of a sudden shooting 45% (with consistent minutes) from 3 point land and inside the arc.

name me one pg in phils life time as a coach that avg more than 10 points.

HANDS DOWN WE HAVE THE WORSE COACHING STAFF IN THE HISTORY OF THE LEAGUE

Jose is closest to a league average player according to his WS/48 of .096. None of our other guards are even league average tho. Gallo could reach that level with a bit more development.

Player            Pos Age WS/48 ▾ 
Langston Galloway PG  24  .082
Arron Afflalo     SG  30  .055	
Sasha Vujacic     SG  31  .047 
Jerian Grant      PG  23  .022

It would no doubt make a huge improvement to bring in an ABOVE AVERAGE guard and hopefully develop Jerian into at least a league average guard. Gotta get a little more out of Gallo and hope we can develop Wroten to that level as well.

yellowboy90 wrote:So, why didn't Phil hire Rambis over Fisher

Good question.

I was considering starting a new thread for it.

I think it VERY likely that Jackson DID want to hire Rambis instead of Fisher.

But can you imagine the outcry there would have been in the media (?)

Rambis didn't have the record to justify being hired in a conventional (non-Triangle)
sense. Since Fisher had NO record . . . that was an easier PR sell.

Jackson was in a tough spot.

Steve Kerr had double-crossed him and that left only Rambis and Fisher as Triangle
possibilities.

Rambis was politically impossible and so Jackson was stuck with Fisher.

Best case scenario now is that Fisher takes the heat for the inevitable problems
associated with re-tooling to the Triangle . . . and Rambis can continue from there.

Malcolm wrote:I think it VERY likely that Jackson DID want to hire Rambis instead of Fisher.

But can you imagine the outcry there would have been in the media (?)

Tough call for Jackson to have to make as a new GM . . .

The rebuild might have been a very viable premeditated move no matter what was said at the seasons beginning and Rambis would never have survived.
Fish, being young and inexperienced would enable him to learn and grow, and it buys time.

Most were ok with last year. Melo was damaged and we needed the pick to get us a franchise talent.

History has lots of coach's that started off with losing records.

Malcolm wrote:

yellowboy90 wrote:So, why didn't Phil hire Rambis over Fisher

Good question.

I was considering starting a new thread for it.

I think it VERY likely that Jackson DID want to hire Rambis instead of Fisher.

But can you imagine the outcry there would have been in the media (?)

Rambis didn't have the record to justify being hired in a conventional (non-Triangle)
sense. Since Fisher had NO record . . . that was an easier PR sell.

Jackson was in a tough spot.

Steve Kerr had double-crossed him and that left only Rambis and Fisher as Triangle
possibilities.

Rambis was politically impossible and so Jackson was stuck with Fisher.

Best case scenario now is that Fisher takes the heat for the inevitable problems
associated with re-tooling to the Triangle . . . and Rambis can continue from there.

8-18 does not deserve an extension, as a head coach he is a 112 games under 500....wtf

Would you give your car keys to a person who has wreck 5 out of the last 6 cars they drove, just because he's your buddy

knicks1248 wrote:

Malcolm wrote:

yellowboy90 wrote:So, why didn't Phil hire Rambis over Fisher

Good question.

I was considering starting a new thread for it.

I think it VERY likely that Jackson DID want to hire Rambis instead of Fisher.

But can you imagine the outcry there would have been in the media (?)

Rambis didn't have the record to justify being hired in a conventional (non-Triangle)
sense. Since Fisher had NO record . . . that was an easier PR sell.

Jackson was in a tough spot.

Steve Kerr had double-crossed him and that left only Rambis and Fisher as Triangle
possibilities.

Rambis was politically impossible and so Jackson was stuck with Fisher.

Best case scenario now is that Fisher takes the heat for the inevitable problems
associated with re-tooling to the Triangle . . . and Rambis can continue from there.

8-18 does not deserve an extension, as a head coach he is a 112 games under 500....wtf

Would you give your car keys to a person who has wreck 5 out of the last 6 cars they drove, just because he's your buddy

Who else is Phil going to do Shrooms with? Obviously Fisher was into lady triangles, not clipboard ones. These guys have a bond beyond basketball!

Need someone you trust that's not going to Narc on you when you do too much Peyote.

knicks1248 wrote:

fitzfarm wrote:Come on guys Greg pop couldn't win with this group esp the worst backcourt in the league. It's like we are playing 3 vs 5 ... Frontcourt is championship caliber while the backcourt would have a hard time in the dleague getting minutes...

If Phil solves our backcourt then give Kurt the year to prove his worth ... What's the worst that can happen we do poorly and get a high draft pick.

It's not fair to say Kurt is a terrible coach when he doesn't have a backcourt to put on the floor.

Also in minny he might have had one of the worst teams in nba history to coach. Let's not forget how injury riddled those teams were.

If Kurt is allowing the zen master to run the at home practices he is the right man for the job. And again Greg pop couldn't win with this backcourt... We need a nba level backcourt before we can say this guy stinks.

wrong again, ESPN showed the spurs record when they rest Duncun, parker and leanord..5-0 take out ginobli and west too, and thier west 4-1..in fact when they rested all their top players 3-0

if you think talent matters more than coaching, you have no idea about basketball..

Talent absolutely matters more than coaching and i would happily put my basketball knowledge up against yours with confidence.

newyorker4ever wrote:

knicks1248 wrote:

fitzfarm wrote:Come on guys Greg pop couldn't win with this group esp the worst backcourt in the league. It's like we are playing 3 vs 5 ... Frontcourt is championship caliber while the backcourt would have a hard time in the dleague getting minutes...

If Phil solves our backcourt then give Kurt the year to prove his worth ... What's the worst that can happen we do poorly and get a high draft pick.

It's not fair to say Kurt is a terrible coach when he doesn't have a backcourt to put on the floor.

Also in minny he might have had one of the worst teams in nba history to coach. Let's not forget how injury riddled those teams were.

If Kurt is allowing the zen master to run the at home practices he is the right man for the job. And again Greg pop couldn't win with this backcourt... We need a nba level backcourt before we can say this guy stinks.

wrong again, ESPN showed the spurs record when they rest Duncun, parker and leanord..5-0 take out ginobli and west too, and thier west 4-1..in fact when they rested all their top players 3-0

if you think talent matters more than coaching, you have no idea about basketball..

Talent absolutely matters more than coaching and i would happily put my basketball knowledge up against yours with confidence.

Talent comes FIRST and FOREMOST. You can have an average coach win games with a great team. If we're talking winning titles i'd prefer a good to great coach. When talking about the Knicks the biggest issue is the talent. I'm sure a great coach could grind out a few more wins from this roster but does anyone really think we have the guards to win big? I mean if you really watch the games and compare what we have to other teams it's clear we're deficient and Phil is looking to improve the team in that area. He was successful with the Frontcourt players and now needs a quality Backcourt and depth. Seems to me like that would help any coach an awful lot.

newyorker4ever wrote:

knicks1248 wrote:

fitzfarm wrote:Come on guys Greg pop couldn't win with this group esp the worst backcourt in the league. It's like we are playing 3 vs 5 ... Frontcourt is championship caliber while the backcourt would have a hard time in the dleague getting minutes...

If Phil solves our backcourt then give Kurt the year to prove his worth ... What's the worst that can happen we do poorly and get a high draft pick.

It's not fair to say Kurt is a terrible coach when he doesn't have a backcourt to put on the floor.

Also in minny he might have had one of the worst teams in nba history to coach. Let's not forget how injury riddled those teams were.

If Kurt is allowing the zen master to run the at home practices he is the right man for the job. And again Greg pop couldn't win with this backcourt... We need a nba level backcourt before we can say this guy stinks.

wrong again, ESPN showed the spurs record when they rest Duncun, parker and leanord..5-0 take out ginobli and west too, and thier west 4-1..in fact when they rested all their top players 3-0

if you think talent matters more than coaching, you have no idea about basketball..

Talent absolutely matters more than coaching and i would happily put my basketball knowledge up against yours with confidence.

please do..... I already prove to you that coaching trumps talent. Give me an example of a terrible or average coach winning a championship.

You think Kurt can take the spurs as far as pop has.

Don't get me wrong, every coach needs talent, but a really good coach should elevate a player, and if he's not, he should be fired

knicks1248 wrote:

newyorker4ever wrote:

knicks1248 wrote:

fitzfarm wrote:Come on guys Greg pop couldn't win with this group esp the worst backcourt in the league. It's like we are playing 3 vs 5 ... Frontcourt is championship caliber while the backcourt would have a hard time in the dleague getting minutes...

If Phil solves our backcourt then give Kurt the year to prove his worth ... What's the worst that can happen we do poorly and get a high draft pick.

It's not fair to say Kurt is a terrible coach when he doesn't have a backcourt to put on the floor.

Also in minny he might have had one of the worst teams in nba history to coach. Let's not forget how injury riddled those teams were.

If Kurt is allowing the zen master to run the at home practices he is the right man for the job. And again Greg pop couldn't win with this backcourt... We need a nba level backcourt before we can say this guy stinks.

wrong again, ESPN showed the spurs record when they rest Duncun, parker and leanord..5-0 take out ginobli and west too, and thier west 4-1..in fact when they rested all their top players 3-0

if you think talent matters more than coaching, you have no idea about basketball..

Talent absolutely matters more than coaching and i would happily put my basketball knowledge up against yours with confidence.

please do..... I already prove to you that coaching trumps talent. Give me an example of a terrible or average coach winning a championship.

You think Kurt can take the spurs as far as pop has.

Don't get me wrong, every coach needs talent, but a really good coach should elevate a player, and if he's not, he should be fired

How about just talking about an average coach getting to the WCF, ECF or NBA Finals. Why limit it to winning it all? There are examples of average coaches getting to the finals because of the talent they had. Often an average coach can have a great coaching record based mostly on having great talent. You give Mike Brown Lebron James and he's a freakin genius! When it comes to coaches that have great talent it can be hard to tell sometimes just how much they are impacting the team. There are times when it's pretty clear that a coach is doing an excellent job but most of the time you have to start with great talent if you want to win big.

Don't give two squats who coaches! We are unfortunately committed to the Triangle for the next three years. That decision was already made when Jackson was brought in.

What I want to hold Jackson more accountable for is bringing in some better talent.

From the Herring article posted above...

Aside from potentially alienating Anthony, who said he’d like the Knicks to at least talk with outside coaching candidates, removing Rambis’ interim tag without a real search would only amplify the charge that Jackson cares most about proving the virtues of his triangle offense in today’s NBA, and promoting his own guys.

“I have to see if this team moves or doesn’t move [under Rambis],” Jackson said last month when asked about the possibility of hiring Rambis permanently. “There’s a lot more season.”

Not anymore. With three games to play, the team clearly hasn’t moved forward. Most others would be exploring an array of outside options right now. If Jackson fails to consider those options in favor of doing what’s comfortable by quickly hiring Rambis at season’s end, it would suggest his priorities are misplaced. And if that’s the case, he may be doing the organization more harm than good at this point.

If Rambis had done what Woodson did when he took over from MDA, or even if the team was .500 since Fisher left, and we witnessed some positive changes that we all could see, I doubt if I would feel the same way about hiring Rambis without a search...

...This has not been the case, though, so Jackson is wrong if he believes that Rambis has somehow earned the right to be brought back without any consideration of other candidates.