Jones took heat because CBS’ inside-the-huddle cameras kept catching him crouching submissively during time-outs as assistant Bernie Bickerstaff furiously diagrammed plays and seemed to be the one coaching the team. So what if Bickerstaff happened to be black as well? This just proved that blacks shouldn’t be coaching NBA teams. Or something. Poor KC got fired a year later and didn’t get another crack at a head coaching job until 1983.
