New Coach
I would like to see Mark Jackson as the next coach for the Knicks. I know he does not have experience as a "coach" or an "assistant coach," but he certainly does have "basketball experience." He is a smart, tough, New Yorker who maximized his physical abilities by intelligent use of them. He will not be pushed around by any of the current Knick prima donnas.
All the available coaches being bandied about -- Johnson, Carlisle, D'Antoni, Mitchell -- either have been or are projected to be fired because their teams have underperformed. From one perspective, they are all failures.
I love Patrick Ewing as a player -- particularly his work ethic -- and he has surely been a good assistant coach, at least for big men. But I am not sure he is an Xs and Os guy. I have another concern about Patrick. I am originally a New Yorker and have maintained my emotional ties to the New York teams, but I have lived in Cambridge, Massachusetts for over forty years -- there is a reason why my moniker is "Oldtimer." I remember Patrick from his years at Cambridge Rindge & Latin High School. The son of a friend of mine was on the basketball team with him. There is one consistent theme about Patrick -- he is a "very nice guy." Even Larry Bird likes him. I think he might be too "nice" to be a top notch head coach. I am not sure he has the necessary edge. I think Jackson might.
George Glymph and Mark Aguirre have assistant coaching experience. Does anyone want either of them over Mark Jackson? Sure Jackson is a risk, but all those other names are retreads.