clyde21 wrote:Jackson was a POS and trash coach, he didn't get along with his assistant coaches, tried to turn players against Ezeli by BSing and lying about him, refused to communicate with the FO (there was reports that he didn't want West at the practices, for example)...just **** garbage by any account
the only reason players like Steph and Iggy liked him was because the religious connection, that's it (Bogut hated it btw, fwiw)...and as far as his coaching goes...well it was remedial BS most of the type, just iso nonsense with very little movement and action...very basic concepts...we added 16 wins essentially in '15 just by replacing Jackson with Kerr...we won 51 the year before DESPITE Jackson not because he had anything to do with it
there's a reason he never got a coaching gig after...i am paraphrasing Woj here but when he was asked about a team hiring Jackson as HC he said "not if they do their due diligence on him".
how is this even a discussion anyways? Mark Jackson blows.
To underscore that point, Darren Erman was fired by the Warriors (reluctantly, I should add) because he broke California law to record conversations between Jackson and the rest of the coaching staff. Erman was hired WITHIN days of getting fired by the Celtics and has been employed in the NBA or G-League since without issues.
That's how bad Jackson was. His assistant broke the law to record conversations and the rest of the league knew that and decided they'd rather employ the assistant than give Jackson another look.