06-26-2021, 10:39 AM
(This post was last modified: 06-26-2021, 10:55 AM by DallasBasketball.)
What if;
Nico was in the process of being recruited for a *new* GM role not to replace Donnie but to succeed him, leaving Donnie as President of Basketball operations and out of the business of relationships and strictly in the business of basketball personnel.
Carlisle wasn’t supposed to leave, but when Donnie went *full charge* Rick kinda looked at the whole scenario and thought it was time.
Cuban was left to scramble. He worked with Carlisle before he left to help determine the direction the franchise would go. He hired a search firm as a form of due diligence. He called a meeting between his closest basketball officiants to discuss all the happenings.
Then:
Donnie was out. Nico was in. Not in the exact role they had planned for him but in an expanded one, with Finley taking on greater responsibilities and Dirk filling out other ones.
Carlisle was out. Kidd was in. The officiants and Nico, but also Carlisle contributed to this decision. Carlisle giving his input on the way out, and Nico giving his input on the way in.
Everything WAS chaos for about a week. But it wasn’t as bad as it looked on the outside. Donnie going scorched earth and the black eye on Harlelom were really the only fire’s burning. Carlisle left on good terms. In the end less has changed than it appears. An upgrade to the brain trust was met with a setback, and a downgrade at coach brought with it some MFFL help.
This is just what I think may have happened.
Nico was in the process of being recruited for a *new* GM role not to replace Donnie but to succeed him, leaving Donnie as President of Basketball operations and out of the business of relationships and strictly in the business of basketball personnel.
Carlisle wasn’t supposed to leave, but when Donnie went *full charge* Rick kinda looked at the whole scenario and thought it was time.
Cuban was left to scramble. He worked with Carlisle before he left to help determine the direction the franchise would go. He hired a search firm as a form of due diligence. He called a meeting between his closest basketball officiants to discuss all the happenings.
Then:
Donnie was out. Nico was in. Not in the exact role they had planned for him but in an expanded one, with Finley taking on greater responsibilities and Dirk filling out other ones.
Carlisle was out. Kidd was in. The officiants and Nico, but also Carlisle contributed to this decision. Carlisle giving his input on the way out, and Nico giving his input on the way in.
Everything WAS chaos for about a week. But it wasn’t as bad as it looked on the outside. Donnie going scorched earth and the black eye on Harlelom were really the only fire’s burning. Carlisle left on good terms. In the end less has changed than it appears. An upgrade to the brain trust was met with a setback, and a downgrade at coach brought with it some MFFL help.
This is just what I think may have happened.
Thank you Donnie.