Herb and Pat are BFF: Ewing stands up for Coach

In a telephone interview with the Daily News Patrick Ewing stood up for his closest pal, Herb Williams. While all too careful to not criticize the Dolans (his would-be bosses someday) or Isiah, Ewing did reveal his feelings about Phil Jackson and Larry Brown.

"I have a lot of respect for Phil Jackson and Larry Brown," Ewing said.
"They are both great coaches. But I think what they did was wrong. When they were first starting out I'm sure they wouldn't want someone saying that about them."

Ewing can see that Herb has been set up to fail, and that most likely he will be brushed aside in the offseason. However, Ewing maitains, and rightly so, that this isn't Herb's mess and no marquee coach is gonna make this team an instant winner. After all, as Pat says, "they just don't have the horses to win right now."

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