Basketball Do Warriors need a new coach instead of keeping Mark Jackson?

Mark Jackson's time with the Warriors could be done. (USATSI)

Los Angeles Clippers 126, Golden State Warriors 121
On the surface, everything looks promising. The Golden State Warriors just took a healthy Los Angeles Clippers team to the end of Game 7 while missing Andrew Bogut for the entire series. That's an accomplishment for coach Mark Jackson.
His in-game speeches in the huddle look great on television. The majority of the players on the team outwardly love him and the trust and atmosphere he brings to the locker room. And yet, rumblings from those in the organization and covering the team tell us there is something dysfunctional going on in the East Bay. After the Warriors couldn't quite match the Clippers point for point in Game 7 at Staples Center, there was a quick movement from journalists and fans on Twitter saying Jackson's removal from the coaching position would be idiotic.
The thing is it's not about his coaching; it's about the culture. There were reports of multiple assistants over the last two seasons not getting along with Jackson to the point in which the environment became untenable. There may have been a rift between him and lead assistant Michael Malone, now the coach of the Sacramento Kings, a season ago. Jackson had issues with assistant Brian Scalabrine this season and reassigned him to the D-League. Darren Erman, another promising assistant coach, was fired after reportedly recording conversations around the team, coaches, and just about anybody else.
Erman's situation didn't take too long to resolve, as the Boston Celtics quickly hired him to their staff even after finding out just what happened in Oakland. Could it have been that bad for Erman if a rebuilding team would immediately hire him despite the potential trust issues of working with someone who may have recorded conversations without the other person's permission?
That's the alleged culture Jackson has created with the Warriors, which is why it seems as if the ownership and front office have fallen more and more out of love with Jackson. Even with the franchise enjoying its most successful two-year run since 1990-92, only a deep playoff run with a team that had championship aspirations after investing $48 million in wing Andre Iguodala this past summer could have secured Jackson's job. Whether he ends up getting let go or not, a solid coaching job wasn't enough for the rumors to go away.
On the surface, the Warriors seem like a fun, freewheeling offense that shoots a lot of 3-pointers and maximizes the most of its weapons. And yet, too much frustration emanated from the fan base this season as they watched what used to be a fun offense devolve into a lot of isolation post-ups that didn't include getting the ball to Stephen Curry, the most electrifying shooter in the NBA. They had the 12th best offense in the NBA, but that's mostly because Curry did a great job with a disappointingly basic system.
Jackson managed to bring confidence to his team and his motivational tactics appeared to be some of the best in the NBA. That's an underrated part of coaching which gets overlooked far too often. Jackson may be arguably the best motivator in the NBA, as long as you buy into his core religious ideals and choose to identify with them. He'll still give you confidence to go do your job, but it's up to you and your faith in him with how high that confidence rises.