Originally posted by DelCed2486:
C'mon, if you watched the Warriors how can you possibly try to pin Iguodala on Jackson? The guy got hurt, missed a lot of games, and when he was in, he underperformed, not to mention the negative impact his acquisition had on Barnes, plus the money they're paying him + draft picks surrendered. I'm not disagreeing with every point you're trying to make, but some of what you're saying makes you come off as one of these fans who thinks all you need is a couple good players and then you just have to roll the basketball out on the court and they'll do fine. I'd think a fan of the Lakers would know that very recent history shows us this just isn't the case.
And you act like there's not a learning curve for coaches...sure Jackson made mistakes, pi***d me off a lot...but I've seen enough horrible with the Warriors over the past almost-40 years to know something special was being built, and as a fan was willing to be patient a little while longer. It's not every day that a coach gets almost universal buy-in from his players, but they bought what he sells and that fact should not be discounted.
I'm saying that Iggy was misused when he was in there. He didn't underperform. He performed exactly as you'd expect him to perform as an off the ball player. He missed 19 games. It's not like he missed most of the year.
Don't know where you get the idea that I think you can just roll the ball out there with good players and win. In fact, that's my point in why I understand why Jackson was fired. Of course there's a learning curve for coaches (I know this better than most, from personal experience), but he's one of the worst schematic coaches in the NBA. He does a great job of galvanizing his team and getting that buy in, but I can certainly see why Dubs management thought they'd hit their ceiling with him. You can't just rah-rah and then roll the ball out there w/a few good players (which the Dubs absolutely have) and contend.