Dameris and Followill on the Presser

[Kammrath]

I don't view it as a good sign that he was forced to acknowledge publicly at his introductory press conference that Cuban is the decision-maker, and he (Nico) is not. That was a cringeworthy part of the presentation, and Cuban sounded like the second incarnation of Jerry.

I was completely unbothered by that. Cuban SHOULD have the final say (I seriously have no clue why that bothers anyone). AND he added that he does not give responsibility without also giving authority. 

I get the impression that Nico will have TONS of responsibility AND authority. He simply needs to "show his work" and convince Cuban that the big money decisions are the right one. 

Cuban is not willy-nilly doing what HE thinks is best randomly in his gut, he is making the final call after giving others the opportunity to demonstrate what is the best way forward. I think Nico will be really good at earning Cuban's trust and convincing him that the data and evidence point toward certain directions for team building. 

I think another key is that he will have a coach that will clearly be BELOW Nico in the hierarchy. I am coming to think that RC had just as much power as Donnie and it made for chaos.