<div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">Only the occasional Phil Jackson critic emerges in Los Angeles these days. For the most part, though, Jackson feels nothing but love in his second stint as coach of the Lakers. His "Zen Master" persona has proven to be a nice fit for the Southern California mind-set. However, not everyone enjoys Jackson's unique approach. In particular, many Bulls staff members who had to endure his personality quirks were left harboring a long-burning resentment after he departed from Chicago. Jackson’s battles with team vice president Jerry Krause spilled over into an ugly display in 1998, but he also had many less-public clashes with the team’s community services, marketing, and media relations departments. To many of these people, his mind games seemed unnecessary and sometimes cruel. On more than one occasion, Jackson reduced staff assistants to tears with a good public upbraiding. Fans have often heard about his brilliant touch of canceling practice and instead taking the Bulls on a ferry ride in New York during the 1994 playoffs. What isn’t known is that Jackson stopped the team bus that day as it was about to depart for the trip and ordered a longtime team publicity assistant, the only female on the bus, to get off. According to team sources, the woman was devastated by the move and has never forgiven Jackson for an unexplained and seemingly unnecessary humiliation (she left the team's employment a few months later). </div> link: http://www.hoopshype.com/articles/phil_lazenby.htm This is just part of the article. But I suggest you to read it all. It shows you the other side of Phil Jackson that not many people know.
It won championships didn't it? The ends justify the means. In the end, that's all that should matter. For the most part, it's just some lady trying to make a quick buck.
Interesting read. I shows a bit of a darker side of Phil, as the article suggested, but that is almost to be expected from a coach who is known for mind games. You can't play them nicely all the time.
