{"id":420289,"date":"2011-05-09T19:31:05","date_gmt":"2011-05-09T19:31:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/05\/09\/phil-jackson-rejects-any-thoughts-of-returning-to-coaching\/"},"modified":"2011-05-09T19:31:05","modified_gmt":"2011-05-09T19:31:05","slug":"phil-jackson-rejects-any-thoughts-of-returning-to-coaching","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/05\/09\/phil-jackson-rejects-any-thoughts-of-returning-to-coaching\/","title":{"rendered":"Phil Jackson Rejects Any Thoughts Of Returning To Coaching"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div><span><a href=\"http:\/\/dimewars.com\/Blog\/Phil-Jackson-Rejects-Any-Thoughts-Of-Returning-To-Coaching.aspx?BlogID=3a1f03b4-ae2a-46d3-b835-7b64aa62a353\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span>Dimewars.com<\/span><\/a> : \u00a0\u00a0<\/span> Phil Jackson is reportedly ending his successful career as a basketball coach on an extremely sour note.<\/p>\n<p>Touted as &#8220;the greatest coach in the history of the game&#8221; by Dallas coach Rick Carlisle and a certain Hall of Famer, Phil Jackson would have certainly like for things to have ended differently &#8211; not leaving being swept out of the playoffs &#8211; by any team.<\/p>\n<p>As he spoke at the post game conference, Phil appeared calm and relieved in some ways.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It feels really good to be ending the season, to be honest with you,&#8221; Jackson said.<\/p>\n<p>On whether or not this was truly his final game?<\/p>\n<p>I came back this last year with some trepidation,&#8221; Jackson replied. &#8220;Kobe&#8217;s knee was an issue and obviously our team was older. The thrill of trying to chase the threepeat is always an exciting thing.<\/p>\n<p>But, yes, I knew it was a big challenge for this team to threepeat. We had gone to the Finals and to go back twice and win it after losing it in &#8217;08 puts a lot of strain on a basketball club, from all angles.<\/p>\n<p>Personalities. Spiritually. Physically. Emotionally. Getting charged up for game after game and assault after assault when you go in to play teams. It was a challenge bigger than we could meet this year.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Follow this link:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/foreign.peacefmonline.com\/entertainment\/201105\/159927.php\" title=\"Phil Jackson Rejects Any Thoughts Of Returning To Coaching\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Phil Jackson Rejects Any Thoughts Of Returning To Coaching<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> Dimewars.com : \u00a0\u00a0 Phil Jackson is reportedly ending his successful career as a basketball coach on an extremely sour note. Touted as &#8220;the greatest coach in the history of the game&#8221; by Dallas coach Rick Carlisle and a certain Hall of Famer, Phil Jackson would have certainly like for things to have ended differently &#8211; not leaving being swept out of the playoffs &#8211; by any team. As he spoke at the post game conference, Phil appeared calm and relieved in some ways. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-420289","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-world"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Phil Jackson Rejects Any Thoughts Of Returning To Coaching - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/05\/09\/phil-jackson-rejects-any-thoughts-of-returning-to-coaching\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Phil Jackson Rejects Any Thoughts Of Returning To Coaching - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"Dimewars.com : \u00a0\u00a0 Phil Jackson is reportedly ending his successful career as a basketball coach on an extremely sour note. 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