Everyone here is mad at Harambe Vagaraus because the article says Luka hates him, but the real story is that Cuban has lost enough confidence in Carlisle that he's empowered a professional gambler to made decisions for him and it's overt enough that Luka knows who the guy is and what he's doing.
Even if you think this guy is responsible for every decision you didn't like in the last few years it's important to remember that this franchise was making some pretty shitty decisions before he had any responsibility, and that there's little chance of the next guy Cuban puts in charge of "helping" Rick faring any better. That Rick is accepting of this tells me that either he trusts the guy, or he doesn't want to get fired because he doesn't believe he can get another head coaching job. To me that's the important part of this story, that Cuban doesn't think Rick is good enough on his own, and that Rick is ok with that. Maybe that's a good thing and Rick is adaptable, or maybe Rick doesn't know what the hell he is doing anymore and is just hanging on for dear life.
Even if you think this guy is responsible for every decision you didn't like in the last few years it's important to remember that this franchise was making some pretty shitty decisions before he had any responsibility, and that there's little chance of the next guy Cuban puts in charge of "helping" Rick faring any better. That Rick is accepting of this tells me that either he trusts the guy, or he doesn't want to get fired because he doesn't believe he can get another head coaching job. To me that's the important part of this story, that Cuban doesn't think Rick is good enough on his own, and that Rick is ok with that. Maybe that's a good thing and Rick is adaptable, or maybe Rick doesn't know what the hell he is doing anymore and is just hanging on for dear life.