(06-18-2021, 03:31 PM)Mavs2021 Wrote: Guess Doncic was the boss and curb-stomped the mid-level peasant Carlisle.Yeah, treating different people differently can actually often be appropriate in business and in life, and unfortunately, favoritism is pretty common. I don't really see Carlisle as outside the realm of common experience, but I don't deny that he has had some problems and made some mistakes.
Could be, lol.
Luka comes from European basketball. Carlisle is a little lamb compared to their tempers, but what always bothered me with Carlisle is that he never seemed to treat everybody with the same level of dis/respect. He played favours and treated players differently. He´d snap at certain players for mistakes and ignore them with others (mostly played out at the rookie/veteran or contract value level). I´m sure it´s not isolated incidents, if a young player steps up to the headcoach for abrasive behaviour.
To me, Tim McMahon might have put his finger on it. He thinks that Rick is just not a natural people person. He often presents a gruff exterior, although somewhere inside, there is apparently a caring person. He says Rick has actually tried to be a better people guy, but it doesn't come naturally to him.
Maybe in the next coaching hire, you sacrifice some of his tactical genius and intense drive for someone who is a little better at relationships. That doesn't mean that Carlisle has to be branded as the incarnation of Satan in terms of how he treated people.