Jackson's Got Your Back

[polarcat]

http://www.charlotteobserver.com/bob...y/1097445.html

Great read on our newest 'Cat. There's always two sides to every story and I'm glad this article came out. Captain Jack is exactly the type of player this team needs. I hope he stays in our future plans moving forward and keeps his nose clean in the QC.

[playoffs...PLAYOFFS?]

http://www.charlotteobserver.com/bob...y/1097445.html

Great read on our newest 'Cat. There's always two sides to every story and I'm glad this article came out. Captain Jack is exactly the type of player this team needs. I hope he stays in our future plans moving forward and keeps his nose clean in the QC.

i thought this article was strange, specially with the title. weird way of addressing his past. in all honesty, i could have done without the article, it portrayed jackson in a way that some may read into it in a positive way or a negative way. this coupled with bonnel's other post that Bob Johnson's words vanished in the thin air (about only having class act players) make it even weirder.

[polarcat]

meh, i just took the article as a "different" kind of piece that is only fair considering how bad jax has been painted. yes he's made some poor decisions but sometimes both sides of a story are necessary. i would hope people don't use this article and look up to jackson as the path that they would want to take.

[TheBeagle]

Well, I thought the article wasn't well-written (coughBonnellcough), but the story it told was good. I was sort of anti-Jack from all the past stuff mentioned in the article and the whining about wanting to be out of GS....but I've quickly learned to love the guy's game and the heart he plays with and the great repoire he has with his teammates. The honesty he brings to the article is very refreshing and makes me respect the dude quite a bit.

Judging from what he says, Charlotte appears to be a good fit for him, both in terms of the Bobcats and his teammates, as well as the city.

[WAM9]

I actually liked the article. It wasn't anything earth shattering but the relatively positive press from the observer lately is a good indication that a few seats on the bandwagon are starting to fill.

[Muttley]

i thought this article was strange, specially with the title. weird way of addressing his past. in all honesty, i could have done without the article, it portrayed jackson in a way that some may read into it in a positive way or a negative way. this coupled with bonnel's other post that Bob Johnson's words vanished in the thin air (about only having class act players) make it even weirder.

The Blog about BJ does make this article strange. In the blog, Bonnell stops just short of saying that Stephen Jackson is not a good person and that bringing him in was a big gamble and in direct contradiction with BJ's statement that the 'Cats' players will always make the city proud.

Then, in the article (which I did enjoy), Bonnell explains that all away saying that Jax is just sticking up for teammates. It's almost as if the blog post was the great pass that sets up his article's jumper. At this point, I have no idea what or even if Bonnell has any actual informed opinion on hte character of Stephen Jackson, despite that seemingly being the purpose of both articles.

Personally, I'm going to lean towards the article being a worthwhile piece and the blog post being fairly pointless.

[Shrimpy_Jackson]

Just check out Jackson's post game on Bobcats.com it's fucking hilarious and I really have fallen in man crush mode with this guy. Check out Wallace creeping up on hims and whispering something everybody starts cracking up. The team looks like they really like each other and he's brought a good element here. So I call biggest Jack fan unless someone else more vocal has it. Then I'll be the Strong Silent Jack Backer....

[BRNC]

Shrimpy...Jax is what we needed...slowly this team will learn to close out games from Jax...not from LB...I said before the trade I wanted him...thought he was what we needed...that said...I've never much cared for what Jax does off the court (but it is really none of my business) but he is a good teammate, solid all-around player, wants to win, plays good team defense...what's not to like...

[WarioVsMooChicken]

Sure, Jax has a sort of thug side to him and he's made some mistakes, but is that really such a bad thing that he should be considered a bad person? (Reading the Charlotte observer comments too much grrr) He's a solid teammate, he's a hard worker (Heck, he played in the CBA), and he doesn't come off as unintelligible. I'm glad he's here as a player, and unlike a lot of people who I've seen type about him, and I don't mind him as a person either from what I've seen and heard.

[Scottley Crue]

The Blog about BJ does make this article strange. In the blog, Bonnell stops just short of saying that Stephen Jackson is not a good person and that bringing him in was a big gamble and in direct contradiction with BJ's statement that the 'Cats' players will always make the city proud.

Then, in the article (which I did enjoy), Bonnell explains that all away saying that Jax is just sticking up for teammates. It's almost as if the blog post was the great pass that sets up his article's jumper. At this point, I have no idea what or even if Bonnell has any actual informed opinion on hte character of Stephen Jackson, despite that seemingly being the purpose of both articles.

Personally, I'm going to lean towards the article being a worthwhile piece and the blog post being fairly pointless.

I'm with you on this. I really didn't understand the need for the blog post about Bob, which really does come as close as you can get to saying that Jack is a bad element without actually saying it. It seemed to me someone ordered him to do a positive piece on Jack, but then he just had to go back into negative mode (which he's been in lately) with the blog. It'd really serve Rick (and the other guys in that department) well to look at things in a positive light more often, especially where the home teams are concerned.