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[mvossman]

If you are tired of the incessant negativity in this forum, maybe look in the mirror to see where it is coming from? 

Kidd has coached the Mavs to WCF twice and NBA Finals once, in a very short time. Yet you are on a post-after-post crusade to vilify him. I think your extreme hatred is misplaced and has you looking desperately for negatives, in the innocuous and in the normalities of the NBA world. 

If you don't believe me, then at least put a little faith in the acumen of people who evaluate coaches for a living. NY Knicks front office has been fairly astute in recent years, and Kidd was the guy they wanted. And Kidd is HIGHLY respected around the league. 

You hate Kidd. You've made that clear. Got it. But I think he's part of the solution, rather than the problem.

Hard disagree on this one.  

Given the reports that he was "in alignment" with the Luka trade, that is already reason to let him go.

He has history of power struggles and trying to take over more control.  I have seen nothing to suggest that giving Kidd more FO control is a good thing.  The one move most linked to him is that ridiculous McGee contract.

He can do some good things as a coach and he has had some successes here.  But I also think he has some significant flaws, especially on the offensive side of the ball that were masked by Luka.  You argued over the summer that we were going to see some beautiful flow basketball now that Luka is gone, and we have seen nothing like that.

If your argument is that is because we were "stealth tanking" I would say that is unlikely, and its particularly unlikely it came from Nico (who was trying to rush AD back on the court to save his job).  So if Kidd was stealth tanking he was doing it on his own, and that gets back to the point above about his meddling.