2021-2022 MAVS NEWS: 4th in West | WCF loss [ARCHIVED]

[TXBamanut]

I didn't hear the interview, but it just keeps getting weirder.  Chaos he caused?   The more they are secret about this the bigger story it will be.

Maybe Bob did some good things and proved valuable to the Mavs.  Maybe it was just a internal power struggle.  Those things happen in teams.    If it is not Bob, it is probably going to be someone else in the future trying to get Cuban's ear.   Front offices are filled with alphas and people thing they have all the answers. 

Why not just address it and get it over with?   Say Bob did some good things but Nico has full say in how he wants to build the organization or Bob is no longer with the organization and we thank him for his services.  Or just something.   With what they have said so far, I would be asking about Bob with every Mav interview.   Now we have the current GM saying Bob created all that chaos.   Just really weird.

I worked at an organization where our top dog asked my opinion on a piece of technology in the department that I headed.  He didn't like the price tag on the tech and fought me on it, and I held my ground, because I was right.  He went to some conference and ran across some salesman in the trade booth that told him they could do it for less than half of what I told him.  He had the guy come by the office and kind of had this showdown type of thing in our facility where he presented the proposal. 

The boss looked at me, and I looked at the salesmen and said "So that's the ________ model, right?" 
He said "yes" and I said "what about **this issue** won't you need to go to the ________ model instead to handle that?" 
He looked around and said "Yes, well, uh...yes..."  So I said "Then you'll need to use ***piece of tech*** for the control interface, right?"  He said "Yes, you would."  To which I replied "So how much will that cost?" 
And he quoted a number that was within about 5 grand of what I said (total project was going to be 250k+, so it was pretty much exactly what I had told my boss it would be.  We didn't get it, because my boss didn't want to spend 250k, but he was great when it was 90k, which was total fantasy.)

I started looking for another job, because there was no lasting there, and I was gone in a year.

Moral of the story:  If the boss doesn't like your answers, then you aren't going to be there very long, even if you are right.  And if he starts trying to find someone to counter what your good faith expertise tells him, then it just doesn't even matter if you know what you are doing or not.  I wouldn't be surprised if this is where Mark got with Donnie and then he brought in Haralabob, and here Donnie is gone.

Moving forward:  If Mark wants to keep Nico and this is going to work, then Mark needs to trust Nico and let Nico hire the people that he wants around him to make decisions.  That's the job.  If Mark decides to go hire the latest whatever to take over, it's going to be a problem internally and this structure won't stay in place very long after that crap starts.  If you can't trust someone to do the job, then you need to not hire them.