12-04-2021, 03:57 PM
(12-04-2021, 03:21 PM)KillerLeft Wrote: Great post, and I mostly agree. And, I feel that I, as president of the Carlisle fan club, have bent over backwards to make it clear that I'm giving Kidd and his ideas a chance. At least, that's how I'm trying to approach things. I've written many times giving him credit for some specific things.
Ultimately, I agree with your assessment that he hasn't really earned this opportunity, at least as a coach, but that doesn't mean he won't rise to it, I suppose.
As to the portion I quoted, I don't think "PG with a ring" was the motivation. Sadly, I think it was more like "that's my buddy J-Kidd who I know pretends to enjoy me being around the team so much. He gets what makes my team so amazing."
Carlisle´s Pacers are currently 9-16 and he hasn´t figured out how to utilize Sabonis/Turner together either. Not like he´s setting the world on fire.
That being said, you are correct. Jason Kidd is exactly the kind of unimaginative head coaching appointment you expect a mediocre franchise to make. The Mavs should have looked at the next wiz kid like a Taylor Jenkins or Mark Daigneault. Smart people that have been coaching/teaching basketball for over a decade and with two decades ahead of them. They should have done the same in the GM position. Maybe/hopefully Nico will turn out to be such an appointment. That is basically our only hope.