It's great to see Phil Jackson has reached the stage of not giving a damn what anyone thinks anymore. It appeared he didn't care while running the Knicks front office with some of the decisions he made. Now he's reached the peak level of really not caring about airing everything out.

Appearing on “The Curious Leader” podcast hosted by Jackson's former player, Coby Karl, he let it be known exactly why he thinks things didn't work out in New York.

Let's roll through some of these, shall we?

“One, you had a media that was decidedly against the organization, and they were looking for whatever they can do to throw aspersions on the organization.” – Phil Jackson on “The Curious Leader”

There's no doubting the New York media is tough. But if Jackson expected it to be fine and dandy in the midst of a three year run under his leadership where the Knicks went 80-166, Phil, you're not going to like what is written. While he may be angling to some form of validity, the basic matter is if you aren't winning the articles aren't going to be glamorous.

“I think that Jim felt like I was facing too big of an uphill climb and relieved me of the job because he just saw the media was going to be backing Carmelo in this situation and I was going to be the guy that was taking the lumps. I mean, there was a lot of distortion that went to it, and texting and media was a big part of it.” – Phil Jackson

This seems fair. James Dolan clearly recognized it wasn't going to work. The pause comes at whether or not Dolan said it was the fault of the media as well or not.

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“And I kind of understand what Trump had to live with probably for his first three-and-a-half years of office with media in just the very short term of being in that seat with the Knicks.” – Jackson

Last but certainly not least, Jackson leaves with a mic drop. Comparing the role he served in with the Knicks to the pressures of being the President of the United States is quite the stretch. But it's admirable that Phil feels that way.

Let's all hope there's more riveting sound bites and interviews from Jackson to come.