tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8586403344533829376.post5523900073469214272..comments2024-03-27T19:03:23.094-04:00Comments on The Armchair Squid: On the Coffee Table: Phil JacksonThe Armchair Squidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13509001761075530940noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8586403344533829376.post-59118595808165067882016-06-30T07:17:57.950-04:002016-06-30T07:17:57.950-04:00Even with my basketball snobbery, I would never tu...Even with my basketball snobbery, I would never turn up my nose at free tickets! However, I myself would be more likely to give someone tickets to a UCLA game.<br /><br />Love the knee story.The Armchair Squidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10739833215220853127noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8586403344533829376.post-22611581199586998952016-06-29T23:44:11.167-04:002016-06-29T23:44:11.167-04:00I was living in California during the Kobe years. ...I was living in California during the Kobe years. When I didn't know what to give as gifts Basketball tickets were alway a good choice. I liked Phil Jackson. He was a coach and seemed to control the players unlike today when the "stars" seem to do whatever they want.<br />Weird side note: the surgeon that worked on the Lakers knees worked on my left knee. I have a Lakers knee !<br /><br />cheers, parsnip and thehamishangryparsniphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17236094827257446781noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8586403344533829376.post-23680200062676711762016-06-29T22:13:22.330-04:002016-06-29T22:13:22.330-04:00The supporting cast is well paid for the trouble. ...The supporting cast is well paid for the trouble. But the team game of basketball is so beautiful when it's played well. All those NBA isolation plays get old fast.The Armchair Squidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10739833215220853127noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8586403344533829376.post-53624393108299185102016-06-29T21:47:31.313-04:002016-06-29T21:47:31.313-04:00Also tired of the superstar players, who eat up al...Also tired of the superstar players, who eat up all the attention and other players go hungry.Susan Kanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09834094675218254410noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8586403344533829376.post-14660193008789716572016-06-29T10:40:24.638-04:002016-06-29T10:40:24.638-04:00Ha! The games new parents play...Ha! The games new parents play...The Armchair Squidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10739833215220853127noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8586403344533829376.post-79089160476218815552016-06-29T10:31:10.389-04:002016-06-29T10:31:10.389-04:00Always a difficult call. My eldest was born just i...Always a difficult call. My eldest was born just in time for a re-run of Seinfeld. We were vaguely tempted to go with "Seven;" I think he's happy we did not. ;) Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18159799725109784001noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8586403344533829376.post-4577856475004974232016-06-29T09:06:31.778-04:002016-06-29T09:06:31.778-04:00Chicago ties might be enough for my wife, too, but...Chicago ties might be enough for my wife, too, but I think not in the end.<br /><br />Our daughter was born during the US Open tennis tournament, the year Andy Roddick won. We watched the finals in the maternity ward. I suggested we name her Paradorn after my favorite player at the time. Thankfully, my wife didn't take me very seriously.The Armchair Squidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10739833215220853127noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8586403344533829376.post-62860571121687068902016-06-29T08:16:38.777-04:002016-06-29T08:16:38.777-04:00Interesting. I have really fallen off the basketba...Interesting. I have really fallen off the basketball bandwagon, but he's definitely got something mystical that made it all work. Not just sayin' that because I'm a Chicago gal. I will admit to a little gratitude that my wedding day didn't fall in one of those six seasons the Bulls were in the Finals. My father would have insisted on a TV at the reception... ;)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18159799725109784001noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8586403344533829376.post-54474919219903445822016-06-29T07:24:25.284-04:002016-06-29T07:24:25.284-04:00I didn't mean to imply that Eleven Rings is no...I didn't mean to imply that Eleven Rings is not a good book. It's very good. But as much as I enjoy sports books, I do read them with one eye to whether or not my wife would enjoy it. Every once in a while, I find one I think would work, either because it's so well written or because there are other points of interest beyond sport. Eleven Rings has a lot of interesting material regarding leadership but still, most of it is basketball.The Armchair Squidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10739833215220853127noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8586403344533829376.post-43888941041483820052016-06-29T06:56:23.013-04:002016-06-29T06:56:23.013-04:00LIke you, I'm not much into professional baske...LIke you, I'm not much into professional basketball, but being from NC, college ball reigns. Years ago, I read his book "Sacred Hoops" where he discusses his philosophy of coaching a lot of Zen and Native American spirituality was added in), At the time, I thought it was a good book. Maybe I need to go back and review it.sagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17499891950639742366noreply@blogger.com