Reports have been circulating that Mark Jackson has come out in praise of the Knicks and looks at the coaching position as “an incredible job”.
After Jackson admitted on Wednesday that:
“Everybody’s not made for New York City. That’s whether you’re management, whether you’re playing, whether you’re coaching. I remember as a kid watching very good to great players play other places, be traded to the Knicks and not be the same type of player, whereas some propelled when they got the opportunity to put on a Knick uniform. And it’s something about the fans. It’s something about the pressure. It’s something about the media. So to be quite honest, everybody is not built for it. It’s a different animal. It’s a different monster and it takes a special personality and a person understanding the things that come into play to a ‘T’.”
While Jackson has not been called in for an interview as a coaching candidate, Jackson waxed poetically about his connection to New York and the value of the job.
Jackson has every reason to want to be coaching a team of his own again, after he was unexpectedly fired from Golden State after having turning them around.
[NewsDay]