Comments on: Stephen Jackson on Scott Skiles: “He was more of a college coach.”

By: Mooky

Mooky — Fri, 08 Jun 2012 13:57:59 +0000

Stephen spent one mysterious season at a community college in El Dorado, Kansas, which is really cool because it’s so close to Auntie Em and Uncle Henry’s farm. Among other things, there is a bit of a credibility gap to his statement about Scott.

In the playoffs, he averaged 5.3pts/19min in wins and 15.8pts/ 26.5min in losses. Correlation does not necessarily mean causation, right?

By: PattiRafalskiDavison

PattiRafalskiDavison — Wed, 06 Jun 2012 13:06:28 +0000

“In some crazy sort of way, if I died helping a teammate or a friend or someone that I love, I think I could live with it.” Stephen Jackson

By: JustinNixon

JustinNixon — Wed, 06 Jun 2012 12:17:27 +0000

@BrianShetrompf I was walking that fence of giving Jackson too much credit, but my main point was more about Skiles not accepting outside advice that may help him advance as a coach/teacher..seems to be a disconnect between him and young players.. but hey he’s old school and we can all be sure that the information from Jack wasn’t delivered with the sweetness of saccharin

By: BrianShetrompf

BrianShetrompf — Tue, 05 Jun 2012 23:15:19 +0000

@JustinNixon I tend to agree with you on this post… However I am curious as to why…if Jackson is telling the truth about him trying to teach Skiles about things what exactly that could of been…his first interview was he couldn’t wait until he got into an argument with Skiles that to me was an alarming thing he said and when he got that argument he demanded a trade seems too convenient in my books sorry for the rant :/

By: Teddddd

Teddddd — Tue, 05 Jun 2012 18:58:41 +0000

I love Skiles and I love Jack, I was very upset that the situation did not work out but Jeremy makes a good point in that we probably should have known it was doomed to fail from the start. Jack is an emotional guy and Skiles is not. He seems to be all work no play and runs a very tight ship. Scott Skiles could really give a *expletive* less about what you as a player think because bottom line it is his team. I respect coaches that have that mentality Bob Knight for example is one of the best, but Skiles is only getting mediocre production from this team his way obviously is not working.

If I could have any player as my teammate in the NBA I would want it to be Jack because I know that no matter what he’s got my back. If I could have any coach I’d probably pick Skiles because he forces you to play 100% every night and if you don’t then you don’t play, and although at times it’s frustrating as a fan, you have to respect that as a man.

By: Bizzucks

Bizzucks — Tue, 05 Jun 2012 14:18:46 +0000

Interesting, it’s not every story that has all the comments (so far) on Skiles’ side (mostly)…..

By: JustinNixon

JustinNixon — Tue, 05 Jun 2012 13:50:37 +0000

Everyone that reads my responses to articles knows how much i dislike Jackson, but I am not going to dismiss these comments. I do believe that Scottie stonewalls people and players sometimes and I do believe that Jack(ass)son does probably have a bevvy of useful info in that thick skull. That being said those quotes are from a guy who went into the stands to punch fans and discharged a firearm in public

By: TylerThrune

TylerThrune — Tue, 05 Jun 2012 13:35:56 +0000

Jackson is a petulant child. Glad he’s gone.

By: jeremyschmidt

jeremyschmidt — Tue, 05 Jun 2012 12:48:00 +0000

@benjamiller Haha.

By: benjamiller

benjamiller — Tue, 05 Jun 2012 12:13:52 +0000

Come on, man. Jackson thought he was still a star, couldn’t deal with getting old overnight and only accepted a supporting role because he was humbled.

We get that you hate Skiles, but at least be a journalist and tell the story of why Jackson is speaking out.