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Hornacek fired from Knicks

Hornacek made the suns overachieve his first year. Then they gut the roster even further then they stuck so they fire him.
Next he goes to the Knicks which is the worst head coaching job in all of professional sports.
He's a quality coach who landed the 2 worst jobs available. He should either be an assistant for a Jazz, or Spurs type team then take a desirable job when one open up.

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NUMBERICA said:
Guys function in that role all the time (Alvin Gentry, Maurice Cheeks, Brian Shaw, Phil Johnson, the list goes on forever). I don't think it's a binary thing, or that a path is unidirectional.

I'd welcome him back if Igor bounces and I think such a thing would make a ton of sense for everybody. Outside of Igor leaving, I don't think it makes sense for Jeff.

That Suns season wasn't an accident, and say what you want about LHM, the guy had an eye for finding people as he had full faith in Hornacek as a coach (and made his statements without any apparent external or ulterior motivation). Dude knows the game, maybe he's just a mediocre head coach and got dealt some ****** situations and achieved how most coaches would given the circumstances.

I also think tradition is cool (a bonus, not a primary motivator).
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Mike Brown and Monty Williams too... Okay I'm wrong. I'll defer to the wisdom of Quin and DL.

I think Hornacek was given a raw deal in Phoenix and walked into a nightmare scenario in NY. Force to run the triangle and in a city with high expectations and low on talent. Phoenix wasn't supposed to be good then took off. Would have like to see what he could do in Milwaukee or a situation similar.
 
I don't think anyone can judge Horny as a coach given the two situations he was put in so I refrain from making a call other than I think he has a very high bball IQ. I was surprised he took the Knick job. I do recall that his first year in Phoenix that many on this board were salivating over the job he was doing and wishing here were here.
 
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Wes Mantooth said:
The guy is an awful leader and communicator imo.
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yep, NY chews up and spits out coaches like him, he doesn't have the chops or the savvy to deal with the media here. He's on a very long list of bad hires by the Knicks. He had no chance. The writings been on the wall for some time.

they even sent him off in true stooge fashion forcing Mudiay to start all those games immediately upon his arrival despite inefficient play.

He's just a low-ceiling coach.. at best he's mediocre...

I understand people here have some sort of allegiance to him but he can't even hold a candle next to QS. There was a great number of games blown by mismanagement and terrible execution down the stretch. There was so many games where it was like


"thats the play you ran? **** you'd have been better off just giving Michael Beasley the ball and letting him do his thing"

Not sure what it was but im ertain their record vs teams over .500 or playoff teams was atrocious. It was like they were only going to beat good teams when they were hot shooting the ball, and they definitely seemed more engaged vs bad opponents. I could keep going but surely one of the Knicks experts on this forum will respond to this.
 
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After Porzingas got hurt the team stopped trying - especially on defense. But they weren't exactly lighting it up before he got hurt either.

It's pretty clear the players in NY just tuned him out after a while.

I think that's what happened in Phoenix too.
 
He probably should not have taken the job in the first place.

I hope he has a fruitful career somewhere that is not Utah. Can't explain it, just don't want him back in any way shape or form as a coach, same with Malone and Stockton.
 
Good for Jeff. Hopefully he gets a job elsewhere where he's actually allowed to do his job so he can show that he's a good coach. His time in Phoenix wasn't a fluke. The Knicks problem wasn't Hornacek. It was a front office that couldn't commit to the coach they hired and continuously stuck their hands into his coaching decisions.
 
Wes Mantooth said:
No. God no. He stinks. We have a great staff and don't need to hire some schmoe just because he played for the Jazz once.
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What's your basis for this -- you have something of substance to say besides that he stinks? He may not be a good coach but he had one of the highest basketball IQs of any player I ever saw.
 
solid x's and o's coach but his communication was not suited for todays NBA. he took the jerry sloan approach but players these days are divas, and new york is a whole nother animal in terms of divas.
 
Eenie-Meenie said:
What's your basis for this -- you have something of substance to say besides that he stinks? He may not be a good coach but he had one of the highest basketball IQs of any player I ever saw.
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My basis? Listen to him speak. He sounds like a clown who offers no firm vision or direction for a team and who would get walked all over by his players.
 
Oh, well -- choose to coach a dumpster fire and of course you'll get torched. I'm sure they paid him well.

Maybe he will try Sacramento next.
 
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