November 10, 201213 yr The Lakers are officially talking to Phil. He's "very interested". I know one of the analysts brought up an interesting point about it too... Phil doesn't have any of his assistants with him. Will he replace the assistants that are already on staff (the ones that came with Mike Brown)? Or will he keep them around?
November 10, 201213 yr Author I know one of the analysts brought up an interesting point about it too... Phil doesn't have any of his assistants with him. Will he replace the assistants that are already on staff (the ones that came with Mike Brown)? Or will he keep them around? They are ready and willing to comeback with Phil.
November 10, 201213 yr Doesn't matter who coaches them they will not win it this year. Lakers need to move on from Phil Jackson, he will come in and coach this team and retire again, especially if they lose this year. It will not help them retain Howard. Disagree. I think they win regardless. That 30 million LA can give Howard that no one else can will keep Howard.
November 10, 201213 yr Refresh my memory please. Why did Phil retire last time? I think he was tired.
November 10, 201213 yr This was all over ESPN yesterday and you would have thought that it was the end of the world .
November 10, 201213 yr Source close to the Lakers is about 95% sure Phil Jackson will return to the Lakers.
November 10, 201213 yr @latimeslakers: Lakers say they're 95% sure Phil Jackson will return as coach Lakers say 95% chance Phil Jackson will return - latimes.com
November 11, 201213 yr Source close to the Lakers is about 95% sure Phil Jackson will return to the Lakers. The amount of times Phil has come back made me think of the closing joke from this segment: [video=youtube_share;KV-GJ9iNX8g]
November 11, 201213 yr I think he was tired. Refresh my memory please. Why did Phil retire last time? Tired, yes. But Phil also has some physical issues that make the grind of the season very painful on him.
November 12, 201213 yr Author Lakers resist Phil Jackson's power grab - Yahoo! Sports Between the hours of Mike Brown's firing and a meeting on Saturday morning with history's most accomplished coach, Lakers general manager Mitch Kupchak privately told people there was one candidate: Phil Jackson. Jackson wanted to humiliate Lakers vice president Jim Buss far more than he wanted to coach the team. He wanted significant allowances on travel, coaching duties and an ability to veto player personnel moves that didn't fit his vision. With an unprecedented 11 coaching championships, Jackson had every right to make unprecedented demands. He doesn't have the right to be surprised when the Lakers rejected them and hired a pliable, cheaper coach in Mike D'Antoni. "Phil wanted Jim Buss to walk away with his tail between his legs," one source with knowledge of the discussions told Yahoo! Sports. "He thought he had time to still negotiate with them, and see how much they would give him." Now, the Lakers are going out of their way to spare Jackson the embarrassment of his overreaching, but this is pointless spin. They're working with him to sell the public that he hadn't asked for too much, that somehow the franchise chose D'Antoni over Jackson on sheer merit. It's noble, but laughable. Jackson heard those chants in Staples Center and never believed the Lakers had the guts to call his bluff before circling back to him on Monday. "Phil's assistants convinced him that they had his back on the concerns [Jackson] had about his load as head coach, and he was ready to get a deal done on Monday," a source with knowledge of the talks said. "But this was about Jim Buss giving him a royal you-know-what in the end."
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