Mark Jackson was quite the bold and boisterous person on his first day as coach of the Golden State Warriors, he was also an actor and a broadcast analyst.
Only time will tell if it can be just as successful.
He concluded that "the Bay Area never be the same," Jackson has promised sweeping changes Friday perennially underachieving franchise. He introduced the Warriors is a great hotel in San Francisco Bay, the team will play in Oakland, which had all the taste for the new coach.
Brooklyn native and former New York Knicks point guard said the Warriors will make the area "New York City West" in NBA circles, attracting the coveted free agents franchise has always struggled to sign. He even predicted that the championship banners would follow.
"When you look at the teams' success in this field, the A's have they had. The Niners have they had. Giants they had. The Raiders have they had. And now we look to our own," Jackson said. "It is time. Sorry it took so long but now we're at the party."
Well, not really.
Warriors made the playoffs only once since 1994 and has not won an NBA title since 1975. About the only success of the franchise has had is that the fans of basketball-crazy Bay Area regularly sell Oracle Arena and can be as noisy as any in a market saturated with sports teams.
Jackson has agreed to $ 6,000,000, three-year contract to get the team went 36-46 last season. It 'was a 10-game improvement from the previous period, but not enough to save your work by Keith Smart.
"We're not going to accept mediocrity," Jackson said, slipping into his Brooklyn accent and a friendly jargon that made him a favorite station. "You can also tow bar on the tray, because things were going to change."
Jackson was adamant that the team's backcourt duo of Monta Ellis and Stephen Curry, can be effectively defended offensive. He said he expects coaching Ellis - always traded to speak - and not moving the team's star guard for less than one of the best players in the league.
It is still impossible to say what the highest values of Jackson on the floor or whatever your style of training will be. To get all the benefits of Michael Jackson, he was never a coach.
Not college. Not in high school. Not even as an assistant or a liner everywhere. He admits that there are things every day to be a coach will have to learn on the job, so his first order of business was to attract the top assistant and friend Mike Malone staff.
The closest experience coaching Jackson became a cheerleader for 17 seasons in the NBA, and the manager of the track for five Hall of Fame - Lou Carnesecca, Lenny Wilkens, Jerry Sloan, Pat Riley and Larry Brown - among other .
This makes it still a safe and the risk of a complete unknown.
But that's exactly what new Warriors owner Joe lacob Guber and Peter Jackson and relish on the type of opportunity they expected when they bought the franchise last fall to a record 450 million U.S. dollars. They also hired Jerry West as a consultant and sports agent Bob Myers as assistant general manager and future GM.
All interviews were part of Michael Jackson.
"He is the most experienced guy, honestly, we met with the entire process," said Jacob. "I know that a line of funny to say because some of the comments in there. He had a seat and a head coach in the NBA. But if you look at the experience, is what counts. It could be a leader? The players respect him ? Can he manage a large media market, such as the Bay Area? can pass through any number of things.
"And Marco, I was the most experienced guy that list of people we met. It was not even close."
Become an NBA coach year in the making.
Jackson has spent the last few seasons as the lead analyst for ESPN and ABC, and cross the country back in Miami at the end of his duties during the NBA Finals. Spent choosing the brains of coaches in the league for exclusive meetings of the network before the game.
Jackson interviewed for the managerial positions as he can not even remember the exact number, but said he was a finalist in Atlanta, New York and Minnesota. He came from a field of about a dozen candidates lacob said, and years of frustration of being rejected was visible.
Jackson, who is also an ordained minister in the Los Angeles area, began to break when talking about the possibility of being a coach for the first time and complete his dream of the life of basketball. I used to listen to Knicks games on radio as a child, consider himself as the star player, broadcaster and coach.
"I was playing. I said that the broadcaster," he said. And the last thing on the line for me was the coach. "
Only time will tell if it can be just as successful.
He concluded that "the Bay Area never be the same," Jackson has promised sweeping changes Friday perennially underachieving franchise. He introduced the Warriors is a great hotel in San Francisco Bay, the team will play in Oakland, which had all the taste for the new coach.
Brooklyn native and former New York Knicks point guard said the Warriors will make the area "New York City West" in NBA circles, attracting the coveted free agents franchise has always struggled to sign. He even predicted that the championship banners would follow.
"When you look at the teams' success in this field, the A's have they had. The Niners have they had. Giants they had. The Raiders have they had. And now we look to our own," Jackson said. "It is time. Sorry it took so long but now we're at the party."
Well, not really.
Warriors made the playoffs only once since 1994 and has not won an NBA title since 1975. About the only success of the franchise has had is that the fans of basketball-crazy Bay Area regularly sell Oracle Arena and can be as noisy as any in a market saturated with sports teams.
Jackson has agreed to $ 6,000,000, three-year contract to get the team went 36-46 last season. It 'was a 10-game improvement from the previous period, but not enough to save your work by Keith Smart.
"We're not going to accept mediocrity," Jackson said, slipping into his Brooklyn accent and a friendly jargon that made him a favorite station. "You can also tow bar on the tray, because things were going to change."
Jackson was adamant that the team's backcourt duo of Monta Ellis and Stephen Curry, can be effectively defended offensive. He said he expects coaching Ellis - always traded to speak - and not moving the team's star guard for less than one of the best players in the league.
It is still impossible to say what the highest values of Jackson on the floor or whatever your style of training will be. To get all the benefits of Michael Jackson, he was never a coach.
Not college. Not in high school. Not even as an assistant or a liner everywhere. He admits that there are things every day to be a coach will have to learn on the job, so his first order of business was to attract the top assistant and friend Mike Malone staff.
The closest experience coaching Jackson became a cheerleader for 17 seasons in the NBA, and the manager of the track for five Hall of Fame - Lou Carnesecca, Lenny Wilkens, Jerry Sloan, Pat Riley and Larry Brown - among other .
This makes it still a safe and the risk of a complete unknown.
But that's exactly what new Warriors owner Joe lacob Guber and Peter Jackson and relish on the type of opportunity they expected when they bought the franchise last fall to a record 450 million U.S. dollars. They also hired Jerry West as a consultant and sports agent Bob Myers as assistant general manager and future GM.
All interviews were part of Michael Jackson.
"He is the most experienced guy, honestly, we met with the entire process," said Jacob. "I know that a line of funny to say because some of the comments in there. He had a seat and a head coach in the NBA. But if you look at the experience, is what counts. It could be a leader? The players respect him ? Can he manage a large media market, such as the Bay Area? can pass through any number of things.
"And Marco, I was the most experienced guy that list of people we met. It was not even close."
Become an NBA coach year in the making.
Jackson has spent the last few seasons as the lead analyst for ESPN and ABC, and cross the country back in Miami at the end of his duties during the NBA Finals. Spent choosing the brains of coaches in the league for exclusive meetings of the network before the game.
Jackson interviewed for the managerial positions as he can not even remember the exact number, but said he was a finalist in Atlanta, New York and Minnesota. He came from a field of about a dozen candidates lacob said, and years of frustration of being rejected was visible.
Jackson, who is also an ordained minister in the Los Angeles area, began to break when talking about the possibility of being a coach for the first time and complete his dream of the life of basketball. I used to listen to Knicks games on radio as a child, consider himself as the star player, broadcaster and coach.
"I was playing. I said that the broadcaster," he said. And the last thing on the line for me was the coach. "
