05-06-2024, 12:34 PM
My second favorite sports team is the Nebraska Cornhuskers football team. We're paying something like four different coaches right now due to how hirings and firings work in college football and this state.
I'm far less worried about the deep-pockets pro sports Mavs ending up having to pay multiple coaches if Kidd poops the bed again next year. The comment above about him regrouping the team ***very*** effectively after the Indy and Philly losses was on point. He deserves some credit this year. I also agree that beating the Kawhi-less Clipps is not an accomplishment (I would say it deserves about as much credit as getting out of bed in the morning). The two losses were due 100% to not having the team ready at all, especially the Game 4 debacle. However, the four wins did have something to do with decent coaching and rotations.
Come to think of it, since the trade deadline, the only rotations issue has been way too much THJ, but there was still substantial progress toward rectifying that (it just wasn't fast enough). I think Kidd realizes now that, when THJ is healthy, the leash needs to be really short for both ends of the court. THJ's marching orders need to be 1) you will not kill our defense, 2) you will not kill our offensive flow, and 3) you will not be cold on the shots you do take. If he isn't a plus, he sits. Like I say, I'll bet Kidd gets that and that I don't have too much to fuss about with that in the second round. In any event, I can't even remember a time in the Carlisle and Kidd eras where rotations haven't been a ***major*** bang-head issue, aside from the past two months or so. Kidd gets a ton of credit for that from me.
I'm far less worried about the deep-pockets pro sports Mavs ending up having to pay multiple coaches if Kidd poops the bed again next year. The comment above about him regrouping the team ***very*** effectively after the Indy and Philly losses was on point. He deserves some credit this year. I also agree that beating the Kawhi-less Clipps is not an accomplishment (I would say it deserves about as much credit as getting out of bed in the morning). The two losses were due 100% to not having the team ready at all, especially the Game 4 debacle. However, the four wins did have something to do with decent coaching and rotations.
Come to think of it, since the trade deadline, the only rotations issue has been way too much THJ, but there was still substantial progress toward rectifying that (it just wasn't fast enough). I think Kidd realizes now that, when THJ is healthy, the leash needs to be really short for both ends of the court. THJ's marching orders need to be 1) you will not kill our defense, 2) you will not kill our offensive flow, and 3) you will not be cold on the shots you do take. If he isn't a plus, he sits. Like I say, I'll bet Kidd gets that and that I don't have too much to fuss about with that in the second round. In any event, I can't even remember a time in the Carlisle and Kidd eras where rotations haven't been a ***major*** bang-head issue, aside from the past two months or so. Kidd gets a ton of credit for that from me.