Mark Jackson has been fired. If you didn't check your Facebook or Twitter feed (70k+ tweets in the past hour since news hit), now you know.
The Warriors front office made this internal decision unanimously and QUICK. The reason being is because they want to hire one candidate before he goes somewhere else.
That one candidate the Warriors want right now is..
Current TNT analyst Steve Kerr.
Looking back at Joe Lacob's hiring tendencies to this date:
- Likes to hire guys who are new to their role.
- Bob Myers: no GM experience prior to joining the Warriors but loads of contacts and great reputation around the league during his agent days.
- Mark Jackson: No prior coaching experience at any level and former NBA player who has a great rapport with current players around the league.
Steve Kerr fits the Lacob mode perfectly. Kerr is a former NBA player with prior relations with the Lacob family, new to coaching, and isn't a veteran coach who will undermine upper management.
Kerr's decision at this point are the Knicks or Warriors. Phil Jackson or Joe Lacob. Carmelo Anthony or Steph Curry. The Knicks' aging roster with Anthony and JR Smith or the Warriors' talented future with Curry and Thompson.
It must have been a tough decision to move on from Mark Jackson. The firing was necessary and quick, because management still has a chance to get the man they have been targeting for months.
The opportunity is here, and now its up to Kerr if he wants to coach this team.
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