Amar'e says Derek Fisher has to 'put his foot down' with players that don't buy in

Derek Fisher hadn't been on the job more than a few hours before getting his first piece of advice from one of his players.

The New York Knicks' new bench boss was introduced at a press conference on Tuesday, and it wasn't long before Amar'e Stoudemire offered up some words of wisdom for his new head coach.

This from Stoudemire via Newsday.com's Will Sammon:

For the young players who are not as professional as they should be, I will look for him to put his foot down and really be firm about his teaching strategy and even for veteran players who don't want to buy into it, you got to put your foot down.

Even though he felt the need to offer up some coaching tips in such a hurry, Stoudemire still believes in his new head coach, if only because he believes in the Zen Master.

I think with Phil having his back, that gives him more of a role of sort of being a disciplinarian. Whatever Phil thinks works, I'm all with them and on board with it. Phil has a pedigree of winning and if he feels that's what's needed to win then I'm down for it.

Read more about the Knicks' decision to make Fisher the team's head coach here.