If I'm Keith Smart I'm ticked about the Warriors firing me and hiring Mark Jackson. If I'm Keith Smart I'm thinking I have head coaching experience and with Jackson you're talking about a guy who has no coaching experience anywhere anytime. Yes, you're talking about a guy. If I'm Keith [...]
As much as I like Keith Smart -- and I do like him -- the Warriors had to part ways with the guy. They had to even though he improved their record by ten games. New owner Joe Lacob is an ambitious guy and Smart could not give him the [...]
Keith Smart is out as Warriors coach. Personally, I regret this because Smart is a good guy and he did a good -- not great -- job with the Warriors. But clearly owner Joe Lacob wants to cut his ties to the Warriors' past and firing the coach is the [...]
Grant wrote a commentary for ComcastSportsNet Bay Area taking a strong stand about Keith Smart and the Warriors. Grant writes that after this season the Warriors should part ways with Smart and find another head coach. Grant writes this with all respect toward Smart, who deserves respect, and despite the [...]
Here is some of the Q&A with Keith Smart before tonight’s game with the Thunder. Challenges the Thunder pose? Two very explosive players, Westbrook being able to hurt you by getting into the paint, creating for his teammates but also drawing fouls on your big guys. It will be very [...]
I’m writing a column about Dorell Wright for tomorrow's paper. Before I get to it, here are some interesting remarks Keith Smart made after Saturday practice about Monta Ellis’ growth and how he still needs to grow: On Monta Ellis being double-teamed: “Once you draw two players the ego has to [...]
Monday on Comcast Papa asked me if Keith Smart will be Warriors coach next season. I had to say no. I like Smart but I said the Warriors surely will look for someone more famous, someone who's already accomplished a lot. The Warriors hired Smart at the last minute and [...]
By pure coincidence my kid Iggy wrote about Keith Smart for Comcast SportsNet Bay Area today. So there are two Cohn articles on Smart. Such a deal. His article is way different from mine and please excuse me for beaming but he has a great writer's voice. Smart told me [...]
I had a wonderful day. I usually don't gush like this but what the heck. I did my first one-on-one interview with Keith Smart and he's quite a guy, terrific storyteller, colorful man, nice man. He told me about the street he grew up on in Baton Rouge and he explained [...]
Lowell Cohn, retired columnist for the Santa Rosa Press Democrat, covered sports for almost 40 years and never ran out of things to say.