Posted on 05/07/2014 10:51:32 PM PDT by stillonaroll
His comments when Jason Collins came out didn't square for team with gay president.
...I’ve often wondered how comfortable it was for Jackson and team president Rick Welts to co-exist in the same organization. Welts is openly gay, becoming the first high-ranking executive in professional sports to come out back in 2011...Jackson is a fundamental [sic] Christian, who embraces what some call “traditional values”. And he wasn’t shy about letting people know his views.
... When Jason Collins made his historic pronouncement last year that he was gay, Jackson’s immediate response came out sounding less-than-supportive.
(Excerpt) Read more at blog.sfgate.com ...
Yes, there are more layers to the story of the Coach Jackson firing, but it is sure convenient for a team that is attempting to move to San Francisco.
Imagine if Christians in this country said we’re tired of this anti-religious bigotry, and boycotted the Warriors.
Well it was a nice dream.
Sounds that way from the excerpt. The Orwellian concept of thought crime has taken firm root.
Truly sickening what is happening in this country. Degeneracy is being encouraged. Encouraging normalcy is punished.
I heard he fired an assistant coach in front of the players without approval from ownership. Plus lots of other issues. Sounds like he needs to learn how to manage.
Have hope. There was a time when Disco was the predominant entertainment concept in the entire world.
That being said, I think the Chron writer has a point, and I agree that Mark Jackson's plain-stated Christian beliefs were a factor is his firing. Not the only factor, but it might have been just enough for the team to pull the trigger.
Not particularly surprising, given that the Bay Area is arguably the most anti-Christian region of the country.
>> The Orwellian concept of thought crime has taken firm root.
An unsustainable concept rooted in political fanaticism.
Pro sports coaches are very well compensated, so I'm not worried about Mark Jackson's finances. The problem is that stuff like this trickles down to people with ordinary jobs.
As things stand now, the pro-homo left has firm control of the popular culture, and effectively controls much of the business world. Large employers bow to the pink Nazis.
http://bleacherreport.com/articles/2055226-mark-jackson-speaks-on-being-dismissed-as-golden-state-warriors-coach
Jackson, an ordained minister, has long worn his beliefs squarely to sleeve. In some ways, it's what helped bolster his relationship with Stephen Curry and Andre Iguodala, both noted Christians.
Back in March, ESPN's Ethan Sherwood Strauss dove a bit deeper into the role religion had begun to play in how Jackson's tenure was being viewed.
If you’re looking for a reason as to why a seemingly successful coach lacks fan support, you might tilt your head in this direction. The Bay Area isn’t the Bible Belt, after all. According to The Atlantic, it’s actually the least religious major metro area of the country, with only 24 percent of residents claiming “very religious” status.
What I meant was that social obsessions come and go. They gradually rise in the national (media-driven) consciousness and then they HIT and everyone kowtows to them, and then something else (media-driven) gets everybody all upset or all engaged and that previous thing recedes to a sort of minor buzz that still commands some attention, but not as much as when it was “in.” It’s been this way forever. Or at least since mass media became a reality. Human nature (media-driven).
Not Again! That Carte Blanc is being overused and will soon wear out it’s (enforced) welcome. It getting as bad as the Taliban over here.
I had a feeling something was up..his firing didn’t pass the smell test especially since he is a really good coach..our country is being destroyed one by one..a person who says anything against gay marriage is fired and his livelihood taken away from him..just watch they are going after the Orlando Magic owner next he is a against gay marriage
On the one hand, he lost his job. On the other hand, it was the Warriors. Things even out.
IMHO, it’s worse than that. You can be fired for being anti-homosexual—but you can also be fired if you are not sufficiently pro-homosexual.
In Coach Jackson's case, he said something mildly supportive of a "gay" player. That's not sufficient to the left. You must express complete support of homosexuality.
There’s anecdotal evidence that Jackson’s religiosity helps the Warriors. The quite religious Jermaine O’Neal signed a reasonable contract with Golden State. Noted Christian Andre Iguodala built a relationship with Jackson before heading west from Denver. In Iguodala’s introductory news conference, he mentioned getting to know Curry (and Kevin Durant) over chapel sessions at the 2010 world championships.
By all indications, the great majority of Warriors players like how faith intermingles with work. And this is where a certain sweet-shooting superstar comes into the picture. Curry, who points to the heavens after every 3-pointer, likes Golden State’s locker room culture.
http://espn.go.com/blog/truehoop/tag/_/name/mark-jackson
please don’t ignore the historical consequences that resulted in every society that tried to ‘normalize’ homosexuality.
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