Dear Jim and Jeanie Buss and the rest of the Los Angeles Lakers family,
The name Phil Jackson still means something. Two years removed from the coaching scene, it's time to make his voice mean something (more) too.
More importantly, it's time to move on from Phil Jackson, The Coach.
Although some don't believe he's coached his last NBA game, he's made it abundantly clear he has no intention of returning to the sidelines. If he was going to coach again, it would be for the Lakers. And that ship sailed last November, when Mike D'Antoni was hired over him.
None of this "right situation" stuff makes any sense. Jackson is a Laker; the organization is his family. Short of finding that front-office role he's been seeking somewhere else, he's not going anywhere.
You said it yourself, Jim. You told The Hollywood Reporter's Ric Bucher you "can call him at anytime," intimating that he remains a member of the franchise sans the official title.
It's time to give him that official title. Not as a coach, front-office executive or understudy to Mitch Kupchak, but as the Laker ...
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An Open Letter to Make Phil Jackson Official Voice of Laker Nation
August 23rd, 2013 by Dan Favale Leave a reply »
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