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players wanted him
he and front office did not get along though
Why?!? What am I missing?
players wanted him
he and front office did not get along though
Embattled relationship with management for months tbqh. Players loved him, but no one else did. It'll be interesting to see how the Splash bros, Iggy and Lee react.
Jackson clashed constantly with management and struggled to manage his coaching staff during his Warriors tenure. Jackson's disinterest in game preparation and reluctance to practice despite a mostly young and gifted roster played a part in management's reluctance to commit long term to him, league sources said.
Jackson relied on an assistant coach, Darren Erman, to build a top-five defense, but Erman was fired late in the season after an incident that involved the taping of a conversation among the coaching staff.
Jackson had been a popular figure with most key Warriors players.
curry went on record yesterday saying he wanted Jackson back
Oh I know where he stood yesterday, but how he reacts now that it's happened is what I'm interested to see.
Where is this an excerpt from?
He's just not a very smart guy, nor a very good coach...they technically got worse in a year, going from conference semi-finalists to first-round exit. Makes sense to fire him.
he's not a good coach tbh
they were minus bogut in the playoffs
he would have helped huge against blake
I think he was doing a good job at Golden State.
Without a true center he forced game 7 against Clippers. Also last year was good.
If Bogut was healthy they could pass Clippers.
The players love him.
Bad decision from front office i think.
That's owner Joe Lacob.
If this was the Leastern Conference I'd agree with you but just making the playoffs in the West is tough enough. When you figure that they would have been at least a 3 seed in the Least, they could have easily gotten to the 2nd round or even conference finals. The West is just brutal and you're never going to improve if you constantly change coaches.
For all his faults, I feel that he took this team as far as it was going to go every year he was there.
With Bogut they potentially beat the second best team in the Western Conference. Jackson wasn't the best tactical coach, but his players competed their ass off every night for him. It will be tough to find a coach who can do better than what Mark Jackson did.
I can see D'Antoni there.
He's a horrible coach.
Jackson really doesn't have a lot of experience as a coach, but he led GSW from 23 wins to 43 to 51 (over .61) in his three years as head coach. It's hard for a coach to learn all the ropes and how to handle owners, staff, coaches and players at this level in such a short time without any prior head coaching experience.
You could tell there was some turmoil at GS when he started firing coaches. We don't know how those coaches acted or what they did, but they may have been going to the owner tellng tales. Nevertheless, it was a distraction that an owner would pick up on. His head might have been on the block regardless unless he won the NBA championship and the owner couldn't fire him.
I can see Steve Kerr going to Golden State and Mark Jackson going to the Lakers.
expectations to high there
knicks lower to begin with and more money
The point is that Jackson was good to develop the franchise, make the team respectable and motivate the players. But he's very limited as a coach: rotations set in stone, not adapting to opposition, not able to draw a play, etc. He's a great regular season coach, but would never go far in the playoffs. The Warriors have a lot of potential right now, a good coach could bring them much farther. It makes sense for the organization. And I'm sure he's going to find a coaching job elsewhere easily.
GSW easy win vs Clippers with Bogut playing 15-20mpg. Dont see them getting past okc unless they get hawt though
he wasn't really a coach tbh. He was a preacher who was homies with the players. He was probably the worst kind of coach a team can have tbqh
Steve Kerr
Also somewhat of a religious zealot.
Management saw problems with attracting new players given his mandatory sermons.
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