Obviously no longer an issue now that he's gone, but further examples of how Phil Jackson wasn't exactly the best fit for the Knicks:
Knicks Rumors: Phil Jackson Stunned Free Agents with Lack of Preparation as GM"I heard some horror stories about Phil in presentation situations with players – unprepared, just disorganized. And sometimes, he’d have Steve Mills in there, who'd try to re-direct him. But I know of a couple players who walked out of meetings in a couple different free-agent scenarios and, 'Wow, that was Phil Jackson? That's not how I imagined he'd be.'"
After the trade deadline passed on Feb. 23, Frank Isola of the New York Daily News said one NBA general manager told him his team "can't get a hold of Phil. It's crazy."
ESPN NBA analyst Jay Williams said prior to the draft in June that a top prospect told him Jackson was "falling in and out of sleep" during the player's workout.
Stuff like that makes me think that Phil took the job because he always wanted to be involved with the Knicks in some capacity, but by the time the opportunity came about, he was getting on in years and he just couldn't make the necessary commitment. Understandable, but it did mean he took the Knicks' money to do a half-hearted job (at least in some respects).
Again, obviously what's done is done and he's gone now, but I think it demonstrates that despite some of his better moves here and there, it was definitely time for them to part ways. The front office may still stuck, but the Knicks need someone who's all in, and that wasn't Jax.