The New York Knicks thought they were ushering in a new era when they hired Phil Jackson as president of the team on a five-year, $60 million contract. Jackson wasn’t thought of as the future of the Knicks when he was hired, but was a name that had 11 NBA championships attached to it.

It’s been two years, and so far the Knicks haven’t changed. The drama and ineptitude are still there, and Jackson’s stubborn adherence to a triangle system is killing the team.

The first head coach Jackson hired was Derek Fisher, and he was fired after leading the team to a 23-31 record this season and getting involved in off-court drama surrounding his wife. Kurt Rambis has since taken over, and the coaching decisions aren’t getting any better. However, Rambis is a Jackson disciple and will stick with the triangle, so he is now being considered for the position on a more permanent basis.

Perhaps the biggest blow to Knicks fans was Jackson’s recent comments that he isn’t in the market for a star point guard because the team doesn’t need one to run the triangle. How is that working out for the Knicks? How is Jose Calderon running the offense?

Sure, Jackson is the only coach to win with the triangle and it did bring him 11 titles. However, successful strategies tend to be imitated, and yet the triangle hasn’t been copied. Jackson focuses only on his success with the offense while ignoring the failures, and has stubbornly stuck with the system despite the fact that he doesn’t have the personnel for it.

The Knicks don’t have Michael Jordan, Scottie Pippen, Kobe Bryant or Shaquille O’Neal. Instead, Jackson has an aging Carmelo Anthony and a phenom in Kristaps Porzingis, but not much else.

Back in the 90s, Jackson and his Chicago Bulls used to kill the Knicks. It seems his legacy of killing the Knicks has stuck with him in ways New York fans could never have imagined, and it might be time for New York and Jackson to part ways before any more damage is done.