Mark Jackson fired by GS.

If Kerr doesn't take the NY job, Jackson will.

If Kerr doesn't take the NY job, Jackson will.

Stupid move by GS.

Some team is going to get a good coach out of this deal.

Read an article last week or something about this possibility but I don't remember it. Anyone have any insight on this move?

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

What makes you think Phil wants him?

He has never really been a Phil guy, has he?

Thibs is gonna love living across the bay from SF.

Stupid move by GS.

Some team is going to get a good coach out of this deal.

B&B said it is in part due to Jackson being a bible guy. Bad.

Didn't like the assistance's he hired....didn't get along with GM ....I think he's a nothing. Then told the Clippers to boycott....and the Massa' fired him

B&B said it is in part due to Jackson being a bible guy. Bad.

Instead this was an off the court decision. Everything about Jackson was under scrutiny, which includes his very public persona as a religious man. It was probably not at the top of the list, but was probably on the list. I don’t know if Jackson’s strong, strong religious beliefs alienated anyone in the building. I’ve heard that the team wasn’t happy that he made it a priority to get back to his LA-based church to preach as often as possible. I’ve heard that he occasionally referred to individuals he didn’t like as “the devil.” And I found it weird to be sitting in a press conference next to a young woman who kept trying to get Jackson’s attention by calling him “pastor.”

But I’ve often wondered how comfortable it was for Jackson and team president Rick Welts to co-exist in the same organization. Welts is openly gay, becoming the first high-ranking executive in professional sports to come out back in 2011. He’s a strong, professional leader who is excellent at his job. Jackson is a fundamental Christian, who embraces what some call “traditional values”. And he wasn’t shy about letting people know his views.

When Jason Collins made his historic pronouncement last year that he was gay, Jackson’s immediate response came out sounding less-than-supportive.

“I will say this,” Jackson said the day of the news. “We live in a country that allows you to be whoever you want to be. As a Christian man, I serve a God that gives you free will to be who you want to be. As a Christian man, I have beliefs of what’s right and what’s wrong. That being said, I know Jason Collins, I know his family, and am certainly praying for them at this time.”

What’s right and what’s wrong? Praying for someone who decided to live an honest life? His words created a very strange vibe, especially for a Bay Area team in the 21st century.

SVG to the Piston...how stupid is that?

Yep, dumb move.

He could have had the Golden State job, which obviously has a much brighter future ahead of them if someone can get all those pieces to work together.

How do we know he could have had the GS job?

Maybe they did not want him

My Peeps say Kerr is taking the GS job...looks like Big Chief Triangle is 0-1