Dameris and Followill on the Presser

[Mavs2021]

We had enough examples in the past to know that Cuban did a lot more than just check off. If he would have simply said yes/no to Donnie´s plans this would be a different story. There was no above/below. Just different people that advised Cuban (more often than not guys that aren´t even part of the front office...Schwartz, Fegan, Parsons, Voulgaris).
I really hope that Harrison will have the role you just described. Easy to identify the responsible person and decision maker. Easy to make adjustments. Easy to replace them if they aren´t doing a good job. That was the problem in the past. No matter how good/bad Donnie was. We cannot even judge it. According to the things we learned the Mavs rarely tried to execute Donnie´s plan. That´s also on him because he wasn´t able to convince Cuban/RC/whoever but it shows how difficult it was to work in Mavs front office.

The more I read since the introductory presser, the more I get the sad feeling, that Cuban basically blames Donnie/Carlisle for not executing his IDEA and only correct interpretation of the new CBA.   The failure to bring in free agents and success is a result of an execution error on their part, not an approach error. It doesn´t seem like Cuban wants change, he just wants a different person successfully executing his idea, so Cuban can say he was right all along.

I don´t think our strategies will change at all. So forget about long-term planning, drafting and developing players. It will be more of 12 months Plan Powder rollovers. Only that Harrison/Kidd are supposed to be more successful recruiters than Nelson/Carlisle. BIG FISH CITY BABY.

Only curious whether Harrison will Rosas.