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[omahen]

So...

1. In a multitude of counselors there is wisdom, or..

2. Too many cooks spoil the broth?

Many, many arguments have been made on this forum that Cuban's consensus-building style yields poor results, and he should have a single point of accountability for all basketball, scouting, or personnel decisions.

Perhaps the uncertainty of whom to blame when something goes wrong weighs heavy on some of us...

...but it certainly leads to some interesting theories.

You have different things in here. Cuban seems to have a bunch of voices and he decides who he listens too. And often that someone seems to be below GM in the ranking (Parsons, Bob,...). Which means Cuban is the de facto GM and everyone else are just advisors. I don't think he was leading a consensus building style. He was yielding a "I am a GM and know best of all" type of leadership. 

Nothing wrong if someone surrounds himself with smart people, listen to their opinions and then decide. Smart people don't have a problem having smart advisors, best in business types. Smart people are not affraid someone will take his job, because they believe they are the best. Only weak people are affraid to surround themselves with best assistants. 

But, that someone should be able to really understand all the pros and cons of each move. To basically be a professional tasked to make best decisions. Cuban is not that. He is just an owner playing a GM. Part time involved in this business, as he is in thousand others. At the end he is the one signing the checks and he certainly has to approve all the moves. But, if an owner goes over GM head on several occasions, it means he doesn't trust that GM and a good GM would resign after a couple of that occasions. Because, if he ends up doing things he doesn't believe in, it means he is doing the job badly. Donnie didn't resign despite Cuban overruling him on several critical decisions, we know that for sure. We don't know about Nico, but we can assume, based on previous examples, that the story is similar. We can also have our doubts if Nico really is qualified enough to make best possible decision. Unfortunately so far, his track record is not really brilliant.