How can people just say this though? Mark Jackson was only a coach for, what, three seasons or something? And it's not as though he ever coached a team with championship aspirations. He got the most out of that Warriors team for where they were at that point, who knows what happens if he coaches them last year and Lee still gets hurt (forcing Draymond in, Kerr himself has said if Lee was healthy he would have kept starting him) and Curry and Klay make the leaps they did.
Mark Jackson to reportedly interview for Timberwolves job
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You're right. He has hasn't coached long enough to really close the book on him, but in my mind he's not a great strategist. Who knows though, maybe he can take the twolves to the promised land. He's got a potential superstar in KAT and that gives you a chance.
tremonthustler1
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Mike Malone was an assistant for 10 years before Jackson.
JVS is def better job for this.
Reid2Achieve
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Mark Jax is a good starter coach. In like 3-4 years they will be ready for an elite coach to take them over the top.
The Wolves shouldn't be traditional though, the best way to maximize their potential is to take advantage of the uniqueness of the talent they have.
onelastdeath
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Man what kinda fukkery is this
Do all the dirty work, make the players better, establish that chemistry, take us to the playoffs and then right before we peak we'll bring in a real coach to do none of the hard stuff and he'll continue your work and take credit
That's the equivalent of taking a prissy vanilla virgin, teaching her how to up her sex game for months, without actually hitting it. Just watching her develop into a
sex machine. Getting her comfortable and easing her into all the 
ness. And then once she's ready to go all the way, "welp time to bring a REAL MAN in People make it seem like if Kerr got the warriors when Mark Jax did they would have been a title lock the entire time or something. They would have still be Ringless those 3 years. They simply weren't Mature or good enough. Regardless of rotations and systems etc. Steph still wasn't the best player in the world or even a top 3 PG . Cut it out.
Bilz
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People are quick to typecast coaches while ignoring circumstances. Minnesota has a young talented roster that is already trending upward as these guys enter their primes so people will look to a guy like Brooks or Jackson because they've had that situation. Just because they've been there doesn't mean they're good at it. I don't know how anyone could look at how Jacksons warriors teams executed compared to now and think he's a solid coach. I won't even get into how foolish he sounds in the booth.
Guys seem to like him but that doesn't mean he's qualified. He can be likable in the locker room and be one of those assistants who holds the big pads and teaches guys how to finish in the paint through contact, or throw passes during shooting drills, etc. A head coach just needs to understand the game more unless he's willing to let an assistant be the brains of the operation (which hes way too insecure to allow).
Guys seem to like him but that doesn't mean he's qualified. He can be likable in the locker room and be one of those assistants who holds the big pads and teaches guys how to finish in the paint through contact, or throw passes during shooting drills, etc. A head coach just needs to understand the game more unless he's willing to let an assistant be the brains of the operation (which hes way too insecure to allow).
duckbutta
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So let me get this straight...
Once upon a time the Warriors where one of the worst teams in the league...but had some young talent...they hired Mark as a coach and he gradually turned them into a perennial playoff team...
But it seems in this thread people DON'T want Mark Jackson as a coach...because...?
Once upon a time the Warriors where one of the worst teams in the league...but had some young talent...they hired Mark as a coach and he gradually turned them into a perennial playoff team...
But it seems in this thread people DON'T want Mark Jackson as a coach...because...?
tremonthustler1
aka bx_representer
They're interviewing Layden for the GM job and I'm NOT kidding.Mark Jackson and JVG competing for the same job?
I heard the Wolves are interviewing Mike Breen next.
Cool Hand Luka
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Mark Jackson and JVG competing for the same job?
I heard the Wolves are interviewing Mike Breen next.
BANGGGGGGG
KillbertArenas
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Arent they supposed to interview at least one black coach or is that the NFL?
1.) Mark Jackson's offense wasn't nearly as sophisticated and anyone who says otherwise doesn't understand basketball;
2.) he alienated his bosses, the front office, and a handful of assistant coaches;
3.) are you aware he turned the entire locker room against Festus Ezeli by saying that he was talking shyt about them while he was injured which culminated in a locker room confrontation that resulted in a tearful Ezeli trying to convince his teammates he didn't do that shyt?;
4.) he banned team employees from practice
But if you absolutely insist he coach your favorite team, I won't stop you as long as it ain't my Pelicans
2.) he alienated his bosses, the front office, and a handful of assistant coaches;
3.) are you aware he turned the entire locker room against Festus Ezeli by saying that he was talking shyt about them while he was injured which culminated in a locker room confrontation that resulted in a tearful Ezeli trying to convince his teammates he didn't do that shyt?;
4.) he banned team employees from practice
But if you absolutely insist he coach your favorite team, I won't stop you as long as it ain't my Pelicans
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