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I don't really have a strong opinion. Being a coach is not just X and O but even more about psychology. While he doesn't look as a strongest coach in the X and O category, he seems very good with getting players to buy in. A couple of remarks though based on the text I left.

I don't think that is really true. On more then one occasion he publicly blamed the players, but I don't remember a single time where he showed accountability and said that whatever he was trying to do was not working. Or at least acknowledge that is also his job to get players to do what needs to be done. RC for example, publicly always took the blame for the loss. I am certain it was totally different behind closed doors. Different players react differently to public criticism. We have plenty of examples around the league where players didn't respond well to such things. Perhaps Kidd is sure Mavs players will react positively and so far we can't say they didn't. 

My personal impression about this is not positive. Of course I may be wrong, I am just guessing based on what I see in the media. He seems to me like a guy that is very unsure. A guy that quickly points fingers to others but never to himself. A guy that doesn't want to surround himself by strong assistants, because they could endager him. Based on this I don't have confidence he can be an elite leader.

This.

Kidd informing the media that he was told to intentionally lose games at the end of last season is proof of his personality disorder.

I wouldn't be surprised if he had some incriminating information about Cuban or Nico regarding such things.  I wouldn't be surprised if he immediately released it to the media if he was ever terminated. 

I would have preferred to wait until after the Thunder series before extending him.  There is a lot of confidence here that we'll beat the Thunder but I think the odds are close to 50/50.  If Luka plays hurt, our odds go down a lot.  

It's conceivable that the Thunder beat us convincingly and if that were to happen, we would immediately regret that extension.