Late in the season, the Warriors mysteriously let go of two assistant coaches without providing much of a reason why. The public focus was too much on the playoff push to wonder what was going on. But details have now been made available and it’s more strange than you could’ve imagined.
Apparently, Darren Erman was fired for allegedly recording conversations between the coaches and players. What he planned on doing with that is unknown, but strange to say the least.
Sources said Erman, who was coach Mark Jackson’s second assistant, would record coaches’ meetings, meetings between the coaches and players, and informal discussions among coaches that took place in the team’s coaches room — all without the participants’ knowledge.
“He was taping everything,” one source said. “Taping pregame speeches wouldn’t have been that bad, but he was taping guys just sitting around talking in the coaches’ office.”
Sometimes Erman would be present during the tapings. Other times, he would leave the room and leave his phone behind to record conversations the other coaches were having.
It is unclear what Erman did with the recordings. The sources weren’t sure if he shared them with the club’s owners or front office executives.
H/T: ESPN
