10-21-2021, 05:39 PM
(10-21-2021, 01:10 PM)Kammrath Wrote: I disagree. It makes Cuban look bad, don't get me wrong, because he let all this happen on his watch. BUT I think Donnie comes out of this looking the worst. It makes him look...
1) Juvenile.
2) Defensive.
3) Insecure.
4) Disorganized.
5) Inept.
6) Completely out of control.
The dude was the PRESIDENT of Basketball Operations and all this happened in the organization HE was supposed to be organizing, supervising, and running. Cuban has been so busy doing other things, there is no logical way to have expected him to run the Mavs organization as well on the kind of level it needed. Sure, Cuban was throwing his inputs in (like hiring Bob) and making final calls on stuff, but Cuban had Donnie in place to take care of all the things that fell apart in total disarray.
I think loyalty, relationship, and the idea of them being "family" got in the way for Cuban and he should have cut ties with Donnie LONG, LONG ago.
Cuban was the owner. The buck stops there.
Especially when you bring in a new person who can be seen as a threat by the incumbent, the responsibility is with the person making the hire to lay down clear expectations and ground rules.
Plus if Donnie was surrounding himself with folks who would be no threat to him, then too it is Cuban’s fault.