Game 50: Dallas Mavericks (19-29) @ Houston Rockets (29-17)

[KillerLeft]

Didn't bother me at all. Looks like Kidd doesn't suffer fools gladly. Flagg handling the ball is a necessity. How does he improve? By handling the ball. This Mavs team is not a championship team, when they're closer to that, it will be important that Flagg is the best he can be. I'm sure it's tiring for Kidd to be asked the same inane questions over and over.

Setting aside that your paraphrasing of the criticism doesn't do it justice and simply focusing on what Kidd said and why, it DOES bother me. That was a completely unprofessional way to lose his cool, and after such an innocuous question that it seems pretty clear he was either reacting to some other stress he brought with him into the press conference or just had a chip on his shoulder about whomever was asking. Either way, it bothers me. So stupid to throw language like that around needlessly and casually, and all from a "role model." The position of Head Coach of an NBA team comes with a visibility that extends beyond the basketball court, and I think the idea that we don't expect more from him speaks to where we are as a society.

[KillerLeft]

To dig further into what this outburst signaled, at least for me: I don't think Kidd is on board with losing, like at all. So, IF that is in fact the organization's aim at the moment (and I go back and forth on whether or not I believe it is), it sure doesn't seem like he's thrilled about it. In a way, that's an obvious statement because I imagine will to win is hard-wired into every coach's DNA, but this press conference smacked of mounting frustration to me.

Things might get much uglier around the team before they get better, and maybe they need to get much uglier, not sure.

[david75090]

Setting aside that your paraphrasing of the criticism doesn't do it justice and simply focusing on what Kidd said and why, it DOES bother me. That was a completely unprofessional way to lose his cool, and after such an innocuous question that it seems pretty clear he was either reacting to some other stress he brought with him into the press conference or just had a chip on his shoulder about whomever was asking. Either way, it bothers me. So stupid to throw language like that around needlessly and casually, and all from a "role model." The position of Head Coach of an NBA team comes with a visibility that extends beyond the basketball court, and I think the idea that we don't expect more from him speaks to where we are as a society.

Yeah, we're worried about the language of NBA coaches. We're offended. "Role model". Right. What do you think, Mr. President? He doesn't give an eff. Seriously, coaches get hot under the collar all the time. Lose their cool. It happens. Nothing to see here folks. Time to move on.

[KillerLeft]

Yeah, we're worried about the language of NBA coaches. We're offended. "Role model". Right. What do you think, Mr. President? He doesn't give an eff. Seriously, coaches get hot under the collar all the time. Lose their cool. It happens. Nothing to see here folks. Time to move on.

You can make fun of me if you want, but I'm not wrong. Certain levels of success in our society should come hand in hand with better behavior than this. I believe that very strongly, and it's an opinion that has come from quite a bit of experience. 

I agree that coaching is a profession rife with frustrations (though not unique ones, really), but how a person handles those goes a long way towards revealing their character. To be fair, this doesn't happen with Kidd often, but it's not a good look, to me.

[WillE]

You can make fun of me if you want, but I'm not wrong. Certain levels of success in our society should come hand in hand with better behavior than this. I believe that very strongly, and it's an opinion that has come from quite a bit of experience. 

I agree that coaching is a profession rife with frustrations (though not unique ones, really), but how a person handles those goes a long way towards revealing their character. To be fair, this doesn't happen with Kidd often, but it's not a good look, to me.

I agree. Role models should lead by example.

Kidd did all right with what he said, but not how.

I'm sure he'd agree to that, and it's sure not easy to always keep your composure with those media quastions. But as long as you're in public, there will never be a justification to use such language.

[KillerLeft]

Kidd did all right with what he said, but not how.

Yeah, agreed. What a great, succinct way to make the point.