Smallthoughts: Old School Tuesday …Mark Jackson

Mark Jackson was selected by the Denver Broncos in the sixth round of the 1986 NFL Draft. Jackson attended high school at Terre Haute South Vigo High School and Alton Senior High School. A 5’9″, 174 lb (79 kg) wide receiver from Purdue University, Jackson played in the 1984 Peach Bowl before spending nine NFL seasons from 1986 to 1994 for the Broncos, the New York Giants, and the Indianapolis

Smallthoughts:Old School Tuesday…Vance Johnson

Vance Johnson was selected by the Denver Broncos in the second round of the 1985 NFL Draft. A 5’11”, 174 lb. wide receiver from the University of Arizona, Johnson played his entire NFL career for the Broncos from 1985 to 1995. Johnson was a World-Class long jumper. In 1982, Johnson won the NCAA championship, as well as winning the gold medal at

Smallthoughts: Old School Tuesday…Ricky Nattiel

The Denver Broncos chose Nattiel in the first round (27th overall pick) of the 1987 NFL Draft, and he played for the Broncos in six NFL seasons from 1987 to 1992,including eight playoff games and two Super Bowls. His rookie season, he had 31 receptions for 630 yards, a franchise rookie record of 20.3 yards per catch. His second year, he upped his

Smallthoughts:Old School Tuesday …The Three Amigos

Welcome to this week’s Smallthoughts: Old School Tuesday. We are spotlighting the Denver Broncos wide receiving core of the 80’s namely the Three Amigos of Mark Jackson, Ricky Nattiel and …Vance Johnson. So follow along have fun and enjoy the memories.  

Nets fired Coach and GM but the real Problem remains…Ownership

Mikhail Prokhorov over the weekend made news he fired his coach and got rid of his General manager …sort of. He made both of them accountable. Note to the New York Giants you should have cleaned house like Prokhorov did. But Prokhorov also didn’t do one thing …hold himself accountable. He couldn’t wait to be

Scalabrine calls out Jackson’s coaching style, again

The feud between Mark Jackson and Brian Scalabrine, has continued, with Scalabrine,taking more shots at Mark Jackson. This was a post on Pro basketball talk. Please read the following.   Golden State won 51 games last season and pushed a very good, deep Clippers team to seven games in the first round. That locker room, led by

As far as coaching goes…who is Steve Kerr?

As you maybe aware by now Steve Kerr is going to become the next head coach of the Golden State Warriors and not as many of us, myself included, the next headcoach of the New york Knicks. After thinking about it for a minute I began to wonder did the Knicks miss a good opportunity

Steve Kerr chooses Warriors over Knicks

Citing that “It just felt like the right move on many levels,” Kerr said by phone Wednesday. “They have a good young team. The location is ideal. My daughter goes to Cal and plays volleyball. My oldest son is in college in San Diego and our youngest is a junior in high school. It’s just

Report: Warriors contact former Magic coach Van Gundy about vacancy

The following article was reported on by the Sports Xchange. It seems according to the report that Stan Van Gundy is being contacted by the Warriors about their coaching vacancy. See report below. By The Sports Xchange Former Orlando Magic coach Stan Van Gundy has been contacted by the Golden State Warriors about their vacant

Warriors Ax Jax…Have Eyes for Steve Kerr

Mark Jackson came to California to make the Golden State Warriors winners. They are on their way but he won’t be along for the ride. Jackson was fired as coach of the Warriors. It wasn’t about wins or loses it was about getting along with his bosses. His brash style rubbed them the wrong way