Three days after losing to the Los Angeles Clippers in game 7 of their first round of the playoff series against the Los Angeles Clippers, the Golden State Warriors fired head coach Mark Jackson.

In his three-year stint with the Warriors, Jackson did very well taking them from bottom dwellers of the NBA to championship contenders. He also got the players motivated and inspired to play for him.

Jackson’s religious faith had a very big part as to why the players saw him as a father figure in his three years as the head coach.

He led the Warriors to two playoff berths, making it to the second round the last year, and pushed them to the franchise’s best record in over 22 years this past season.

But in an organization like the Warriors that is in a major culture modification, his positive relationship with the players just wasn’t enough.

According to Larry McShane of the New York Daily News, a story came out in June 2012 of a stripper trying to extort and blackmail Jackson for releasing nude photos of himself to her. The front office backed him up and kept him as head coach.

On March 27 of this year, Jackson demoted his then assistant Brian Scalabrine for arguing with another assistant, Pete Myers, the latter of whom Jackson was very fond of.

Jackson is also accused of playing favorites, not just with the coaching staff but with the players as well.

A month later, Jackson fired assistant coach Darren Erman for allegedly recording conversations between the staff. The recorded tape is a violation of the team’s policy, but this was done as an excuse to remove someone Jackson did not particularly agree with.

According to Grantland’s Zach Lowe, Jackson did not want head consultant of the Warriors and minority owner Jerry West attending team activites for unspecified reasons.

Jackson is a great defensive-minded player’s coach and he puts importance in teamwork on the court.

What Jackson missed in all of this is the knowledge that the organization is a team built from top to bottom.

With Jackson’s insecurity and ego, he put himself in a position that pitted him against the front office, which led to the termination of his job.

Lacob, West and general manager Bob Myers took the team’s reigns in 2011 and hired Mark Jackson, but apparently it didn’t work out.

However, the three men in the front office are the reason the culture change is happening in the Bay Area. So heads up Warrior fans, the team is in good hands.

Letting Jackson go is going to be painful, but the roster is good enough for any coach to come in and make an impact. This move will determine whether the front office made the right decision.