When news first broke of the New York Knicks’ intention to hire Jeff Hornacek, detractors quickly found Wikipedia. It was there that most discovered a statistic that could be used to downplay the quality of the potential hiring: .474.
For those unfamiliar, .474 is the win percentage that Hornacek accumulated during his 213 games as head coach of the Phoenix Suns.
That number has divided a community of Knicks fans who are understandably uncertain of what to make of Hornacek’s hiring. Those who have come to his defense have pleaded with detractors to look beyond the numbers.