Dawn Staley Asserts 2 Questions Cost Her New York Knicks NBA Job

[Street Knowledge]

When Parker asked if she'd take an NBA job, Staley said, "Seriously, I interviewed for the Knicks. I did... In the interview, I thought I did pretty well. I was well-prepared for the interview. If the Knicks would have offered me the job, I would have had to do it.

"Not just for me. It's for women, just to break open that. And it's the New York Knicks. And I'm from Philly. But it's the freaking New York Knicks," Staley added. "Would I take any NBA job? No. But I will say this: The NBA has to be ready for a female head coach. You can't just interview somebody and say, 'We're gonna hire her.'

"Because I think I probably lost the job by asking this question... One was, 'For who they were looking for, for why I was in the candidate pool, if I was so attractive, was the New York Knicks organization, in its history, ever had what you're looking for?' They wanted a team, they wanted inclusiveness with management and the coaches... a closely-knit franchise. And the answer was really no."

Staley continued, "And then my other question was, 'How, if you hired me as the first female coach in the NBA, how would it impact your daily job?' Because it would. It would.

"And that got them to thinking, that really got them to thinking about, 'S***, maybe she's right.' And then I felt the energy change after that. So I shot myself in the foot," Staley concluded.

It's fascinating Staley share the two questions she believes cost her the job with the Knicks.

Dawn Staley Asserts 2 Questions Cost Her New York Knicks NBA Job

On June 29, a @KnicksFanTV post on X made a lot of waves for reporting that the New York Knicks' NBA franchise had interest in South Carolina Gamecocks women's

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[2legit]

They need a mediocre franchise with nothing going for it to hire her. The Charlotte Hornets should hire her

 

[CHICAGO]

SOMETIMES YOU JUST GOTTA
SHUT UP AND TAKE THE JOB.

IM SURE THEY DEFINITELY PREFERRED
HER OVER MIKE BROWN



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[Professor K.]

Be honest in a job interview brehettes

 

[HollywoodP]

I dont know if theres ever going to be a situation when hiring a women as an nba head coach WON'T cause a shyt storm between alot of the media, fanbase, employees. But in New York...after they got rid of Thibs? I think the Knicks Office would have come to this conclusion eventually without her trickin off the interview. The reality of the situation is...she was probably never seriously considered. She was a Rooney Rule-type interview.

 

[iceberg_is_on_fire]

I dont know if theres ever going to be a situation when hiring a women as an nba head coach WON'T cause a shyt storm between alot of the media, fanbase, employees. But in New York...after they got rid of Thibs? I think the Knicks Office would have come to this conclusion eventually without her trickin off the interview. The reality of the situation is...she was probably never seriously considered. She was a Rooney Rule-type interview.

You do this in Sacremento or Charlotte, not for the Knicks or the Lakers. No marquee teams.

 

[Th3G3ntleman]

I ain't been to school in a minute but what was her first question? The second one is easy to parse out in the snippet of the article posted here.

 

[J Money]

I ain't been to school in a minute but what was her first question? The second one is easy to parse out in the snippet of the article posted here.

I'm glad im not the only one that was completely confused by that first question. I read it like 5 times and still don't know wtf she meant

 

[Blessings]

Horribly written article

 

[Stop_It_5]

Be honest in a job interview brehettes

Reminds me of how Mike McCarthy got the Dallas job

"I need to confess: I told Jerry I watched every play of the 2019 season," McCarthy said Wednesday during his introductory press conference here at The Star in Frisco. "I wanted the job. You do what you gotta do, right?"

 

[Trav]

Gotta get in the door 1st then let the next mf ask all that shyt lol

 

[intra vires]

Here's the video of the interview where she talked about it:

 

[mvp_status]

"Because I think I probably lost the job by asking this question... One was, 'For who they were looking for, for why I was in the candidate pool, if I was so attractive, was the New York Knicks organization, in its history, ever had what you're looking for?' They wanted a team, they wanted inclusiveness with management and the coaches... a closely-knit franchise. And the answer was really no."

 

[froggle]

I ain't been to school in a minute but what was her first question? The second one is easy to parse out in the snippet of the article posted here.

I thought i missed it cause i was skimming, re-read it again and was like, where the first question at? Not, reading it again tho

 

[AceMan]

Dawn Staley worded that 1st question HORRIBLY lmaooo

Basically, she asked them if they ever hired someone who promoted team cohesiveness and unity before?