Steve Kerr Hire Reaction

         The NBA season has already winded down and is almost over.  It’s just a couple of more weeks before the NBA Finals and it will be exciting to watch.  Aside from the finals, I am looking forward to seeing the off-season acquisitions for various teams around the league can shape a dynasty or hurt a team as well.  The Warriors recent acquisition has me wondering if we made the right choice or not.

        Recently the Clippers have eliminated the Warriors in the playoffs and Warriors fans are disappointed.  But who was to blame here?  I think one part of our loss was the fact that we had no big men.  Our Center Andrew Bogut was injured throughout the playoffs and we had Old guys like Jermaine O’Neal as our Center.  That was the key factor to the Warriors elimination, but whenever a team loses, all eyes are on the coach.

        And because the Warriors lost, the Warriors Organization fired Coach Mark Jackson who has been coaching us for the last 3 years.  In the past 2 years he has gotten us to the playoffs and has made the Bay Area proud.  But getting rid of him wasn’t a move that made me happy.  Instead of Coach Jacksonnext year, the Warriors made a huge surprise and landed Steve Kerr.  

        This move on the Warriors part was quite surprising because he was a favorite to Coach the Knicks.  The reason I say that is because of the close relationship that Kerr and Knicks president Phil Jackson have.  That was surely a motivational factor for Kerr to go to New York but he chose Golden State.  I guess I can say as a replacement for Mark Jackson it’s an OK pick up because I don’t know what to expect of him.  He has no prior head coaching experience so who knows if he will be any good.  He does have a lot of basketball knowledge because he played for the Bulls along side Michael Jordan.

        Even though Mark Jackson is gone I don’t that everything is completely ruined.  We have a man that is passionate about basketball and is guy who lives and breathes basketball.  His no experience worries me a little bit but I think with the talent the Warriors have and the players we may pick up in the off-season I hope the Warriors owners made the right decision and we can make it back to the playoffs next season.