Knicks players have remained mum on Derek Fisher's firing on Twitter, but Phil Jackson broke his social-media silence Tuesday afternoon, with a college textbook-like discussion about the psychology of being a team leader — or something.
The Knicks president, who had picked Fisher for the job in 2014, shared that he was "sad" but not "discouraged" the day after he named Kurt Rambis interim head coach. And then Jackson added that there are "some things pundits should know before assuming 'next.' "
What follows are two hefty paragraphs about coaching that include references to psychologists Carl Rogers — and his theory on self actualization — and Abraham Maslow, who discussed a "pyramid of hierarchy needs.