When I first heard that Stu Jackson had lost his job this summer I was ecstatic. Stu Jackson was the Vice President of Operations for the NBA, thus putting him in charge of the referees. He was the one that suspended Boris Diaw unfairly from a playoff game two years ago. He's the one that has, more or less, allowed all of the recent referee conspiracy talk to go on.
However, those days should be in the past. You see, Ron Johnson is a retired Army general. My first reaction was that he would be a zero tolerance, whip-cracking change in NBA officiating. He has come off as much different. He has fun with the referees and the referees have fun with him. My only worry about Ron Johnson is that I know more about basketball than he does. But, he should be good.
The referees seem to respect Ron more than they did Stu. The overall general feeling of this guy is just good. Could this be the turnaround the NBA needs? Could this be the good decision that saves David Stern's deteriorating reputation? I say yes to both. But only time will tell.
3 comments:
Hmmm...didn't know this was happening--what would we do without your blog? So you think this is what the NBA needs? I hope so!
Hey man, I'll have you know that these are highly trained and highly skilled experts that are paid millions of dollars to do the job that they do better than anyone else in the world. I don't know how you could even doubt their expertise or question a decision that is obviously always correct given the large amount of money they are paid. I'm just saying...
I wonder if "Anonymous" thinks all the pro athletes, movie stars and CEOs that are paid millions are also worth the salaries they demand. I think it's disgusting and am ashamed that I often support them.
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