Professor Petrie hasn’t gotten to the “structure your quote so people have to read it 14 times to figure out you didn’t say anything” lesson yet.

Many fans expect Bobby to see 10-20 minutes off the bench behind Beno and Martin. That quote sounded like Bobby will play behind Brown and Douby. Theus said it really “quickly” and then started talking about his enormous locker room presence to cover it up :P

Anyways, the less Jackson we see on court, the better for the team. But I’m really glad he’s back.

The gaffe machine strikes again. The first quote makes me think Reggie and team ownership are not on the same page, as did the comments from the Maloofs about playing the young guys toward the end of the season.

Bobby Jackson’s best season with the Kings was five years ago, not eight. He was still on the Kings as recently as THREE years ago. Reggie, Bobby Jackson is more popular than you are, as is Kevin Martin. A good way to piss off the fan base is to undercut and/or give backhanded compliments to those two players.

Petrie and the Maloofs are Reggie’s bosses, and he hasn’t been in the league long enough to earn an automatic second chance at a head coaching job. He really ought to stop sticking his foot in his mouth at every opportunity. It’s certainly not the worst thing he could have said. but it isn’t helping his cause as far as I’m concerned.

Sounds like Reggie’s upset that he’s not the returning favorite son that Bobby is.

In fact, he sounds kinda like this.

For a guy who’s job and professional career depends on the development of his 4 rookie bigs (Hawes,JT, Williams & Greene’). you’d think he would want to be certain what his bosses want.

“Whatever they (Geoff Petrie and the Maloofs) want to do is fine with me,” said Theus. “I just haven’t heard anything about that for a while.”

Hey Reggie, find out if they are willing to foot the bill for another coach. It’s not going to hurt you to ask. And, it sure isn’t going to hurt your rookies to have another expert to help in their development. Other winning teams are doing it. Or, are you afraid that there won’t be enough room on the bus.

what Reggie’s point was in giving these two statements. Is he calling out the front office for lack of communication, or complimenting himself on Spencer’s development? Throwing a fan favorite under the bus a little, or trying to talk about PT before training camp starts? What was he thinking here?

It remains to be seen if it’s his foot or his ass.

I’m getting tired of his loud mouth though, and he doesn’t seems to have learned a thing from the “get the ball to” comment.

With the big man quote he expresses the way he feels about the situation while still showing some deference to Petrie and the Maloofs, and even sneaks in a compliment for Hawes. Fine.

The Bobby Jackson quote, on the other hand, is just idiotic. Regardless of where you stand on the Bobby Jackson is past his prime and will get 10 minutes a game, while being a good leader/Bobby Jackson is past his prime and will get 12-14 minutes a game, while being a great leader debate, we can all agree that there is no reason to disrespect any player two months before the season has even started. Especially if he is a new player, who hasn’t gotten a chance to prove his value yet. And double especially if he is Bobby Jackson.

I think the love of Bobby J is, to be honest, too much. He has to prove he’s on that level before I believe it. And that’s me. I think Reggie is in that boat, and I think Reggie is in another tough spot with regards to Bobby. Most people around Kings mania love Bobby and want to see him get all of the shot they think he deserves. But if he isn’t quite the player that many believe he may still be mostly at this point, than Reggie will be blamed for that I suspect. I don’t think Bobby is what Ron Artest to a team, but Reggie’s statement was a careful one, and I think he sense’s the double standard may have with in relation to Bobby Jackson as to, say, Jason Thompson. And as far as the big man coach, that’s not only Reggie’s decision as he says. Whether or not the Maloof’s publicly admit it, part of that comes down to Petrie’s opinion, and if he doesn’t think it’s necessary, than Reggie’s opinion won’t matter as much.

I don’t see any problem with these comments, but given Reggie’s history, I see why some may believe it’s more than what I see it as.