GSW owner: Mark Jackson refused to hire good assistants, didn't know X's and O's, and

[Smook A.]

...and was disliked by all, he says. Ouch.

http://www.insidebayarea.com/warrior...ns-firing-mark

Mama, there goes that man!

[Proctor]

Well, it's simple really: would you rather have great basketball minds like Ron Adams and Alvin Gentry by your side or boneheads like Brian Scalabrine and Darren Erman? Jackson chose the latter.

[Pushxx]

Brian Scalabrine got alienated by the Jackson camp. He was a good assistant actually. He knows basketball.

[ArbitraryWater]

Everyone could see he doesn't know shit..

Probably told his guys stuff like "mama, there went that man.. cant do nothin bout that"

[Batz]

Well, it's simple really: would you rather have great basketball minds like Ron Adams and Alvin Gentry by your side or boneheads like Brian Scalabrine and Darren Erman? Jackson chose the latter.

Pretty much. The Jackson experiment was a head scratcher to start. Yeah he may have been a good motivator, but so little things done right in a sea of wrongs, sprinkled with the occasional, "heh?"

In the end, GSW should have no regrets here. They have a stellar deep roster with a coaching staff to match. Kerr is a heck of a surprise. Their best season start, and a fun one at that.

[ak47buffalo]

Tend to agree with him. Jackson served an important role for the warriors, and pushed them to a competitive level because I think he was a good player manager in many ways. He was however, a bad coach that likely wouldn't have gotten the warriors a championship. I think it was a good move to hire Kerr.

[MiseryCityTexas]

The replys in this thread are bullshit, because everyone was singing Mark Jackson's praises last year when he was the head coach. "He's a bad coach" rarely ever came out of people's mouths last season. I even remember people in this forum even being mad after Jackson was let go.

[1987_Lakers]

Any die hard fan could see Mark Jackson wasn't a good coach, he was carried by the talent he had.

Look how the Warriors look like with a smart coach like Kerr, there is more ball movement on offense and actual game planning.

[BigBoss]

I never sense any real intellect when Mark Jackson commentates NBA games.

[MiseryCityTexas]

Any die hard fan could see Mark Jackson wasn't a good coach, he was carried by the talent he had.

Look how the Warriors look like with a smart coach like Kerr, there is more ball movement on offense and actual game planning.

Yeah you right, but people in this thread weren't nearly hating on Jackson's coaching skills then the way they are hating on him now.

[1987_Lakers]

Jackson won't lost long as a coach. He will be back with Breen & Van Gundy in 2 years.

Me the day Jackson was hired as GS coach, it was actually 3 years though.

http://www.insidehoops.com/forum/sho...d.php?t=225642

[SamuraiSWISH]

How long was Mark Jackson even their coach? I saw it coming, he never did seem like an X's and O's guy. The personality clash with EVERYONE in the organization is a surprise though however.

[1987_Lakers]

Yeah you right, but people in this thread weren't nearly hating on Jackson's coaching skills then the way they are hating on him now.

A reason for that is because people see how well Golden State is playing under Steve Kerr at the moment. If Golden State was around .500 at the moment people here would be saying that firing Jackson was one of the worst moves this organization has ever made.

I remember after back to back loses earlier this year some posters for a moment were saying hiring Kerr was a mistake. People are just prisoners of the moment/sheeple.

[hawksdogsbraves]

It's hard to say Jackson did a bad job, but he certainly didn't have the Warriors humming like they are now.

[coin24]

Hand down, man down