re: Mike D'Antoni hired as Lakers Head Coach

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Phil wanted complete control of personnel, tons of money, not travel to away games and only a 1 year commitment.

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absolutely absurd, especially not going to away games.

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weren't too excited with him not traveling to away games.

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yeah .. that concession struck me as rather odd .. i didn't see how that one was going to play out and wouldn't be surprised if that was one of the major sticking points ... that kind of defeats the purpose of bringing a coach in if they are only going to coach the home games .. he also wanted to limit his attendance at shoot arounds on non game days too .. from everything you read, jackson is a huge ego nut .. he rode jordan's back to his first six titles .. then shaq and kobe's to his next five .. for all the fans that say he can manage the big egos, the shaq/kobe drama happened on his watch .. then he gave the lakers the "it's either me or kobe" ultimatum at the end of his first tenure ...