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[KillerLeft]

The coach is lower in the pecking order than the GM. GMs hire and fire coaches. Isn't that in the very same alignment as what I was saying?

Yes. 

Here's the quote from the NY TIMES that I was talking about:

"Last summer, Kidd contemplated leaving the Mavericks to go coach the New York Knicks. There was mutual interest between the two sides, league sources said, but the Mavericks refused to let Kidd leave and rewarded him with an extension. That gave Kidd power in any disagreement with his front office. He had more years on his contract than any of them."

Do you not see my point? I do not think any GM should be beholden to any coach. Maybe your point is that he wouldn't be, regardless of the current power dynamic, and hopefully you're right. Hopefully, the new guy has an even longer contract, makes even more money and the position comes with the requisite amount of leeway and respect needed for the guy to have a chance. But, having followed the Dallas Mavericks for decades, it sure doesn't seem like they've ever had things set up that way. My point (in the post you really hated, for some reason) was just that I hope these toxic political shenanigans aren't inherited by the new guy, and I'm sorry, but the possibility that they will be seems real enough for me to comment. 

Do I ALSO just generally not think Kidd is a good coach? Hell yes, but that wasn't the point of the one you raked me over the coals about. Again, I apologize - not here to offend anyone. I actually thought it was a talking point worth offering.