Why Mark Jackson can’t find a coaching job in the NBA? Recognized for his work at the Golden State Warriors, the technician has not exercised since leaving the Dubs in 2014.
On several occasions, the 57-year-old has been the subject of rumors regarding a possible return to the League. Recently, he was even presented as a finalist for the place on the bench of the Sacramento Kings. But as always for 8 years, he was not chosen.
The fault of a tarnished reputation within the NBA? It must be said that his image, with a very big personality and a very present religious aspect, can be chilling. But obviously, there are also some hidden pans…
Indeed, journalist Ethan Strauss dropped a real bomb : ESPN – his employer as a consultant – silenced a damning paper on Jackson in 2016. There were several very worrying elements in it.
- Detailed reports on the bigoted ‘us versus them’ atmosphere that Jackson had cultivated, in which he regularly demeaned bosses to locker room bosses.
- Allegations that Jackson, in his final days with the team, escalated religious rhetoric in increasingly extreme ways.
- According to the sources, Mark accused his subordinates of being “influenced by the devil”. Urging Jackson to ‘lay his hands on them to cleanse them of their evil spirits’.
- Two sources reporting that Jackson had called Jason Collins and the team president at the time, Rick Weltsboth openly gay, ‘penis touchers’ who would ‘end up in hell’.
As much to say it right away, if journalists have obtained these returns, the NBA franchises too. And the leaders will never take the risk of hiring him in the face of the risks of such revelations.
Why is Mark Jackson still a tricard in the NBA?
