(06-12-2021, 12:56 AM)mavsluvr Wrote: it's very hard to separate performance from what he had to work with....
I think there is a general sense of frustration among fans that it seems like the team should be better than it is.
I 100% agree with this.
At times I find it helpful to process the spectrum below.
Roster Building Failure |--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| Coaching Failure
This is where I tend to fall:
Roster Building Failure |------------------------------------------------------------------X-------------------------| Coaching Failure
The reason I fall there (and I think the reason many fans do) is not so much that we believe the sunshine pumping of the front office, but because we see Luka, who IMO is the best player I have seen since MJ (wouldn't have said that till this past playoff run, but he blew me away for the first 3 quarters of the games).
I think Luka is SO transcendent that I think RC has underperformed pretty significantly. I also think KP is INCREDIBLY talented and I think RC has really failed to get even close to the most out of him in regard to winning. I think many of the weaker players on the roster RC does GREAT with and really gets MORE out of them than most. But I think RC has massively underperformed with his two most talented players, in the sense of getting as many wins out of them as I think he should.
Look, I think the roster is massively flawed as well, and Cuban/Donnie deserve tons of blame. But there is lots more going on than "bad players." I think RC is an above average coach in the league, but no way do I think he is top 5 (as many on this board do) and probably not top 10 most of the time when looking at the last decade (post championship). He has BRILLIANT moments and lots of "meh" moments as well. I 100% think RC is the wrong coach for KP and the jury is out for me on whether he is the right coach for Luka. I would give him one more year to win with Luka, otherwise I would make a change right away.