ROSTER TALK: Mavs favs for Vogel if no HC job exists. Kyrie handshake deal?

[Kammrath]

What we are saying is that if he is, then right away…not at some point…it is Cubans fault. Firing Kidd is not changing anything until Cuban gets a GM who has the skins on the wall to ask him to back off.

Look here his my position as simply as possible, just one more time:

1) Everything comes back to the owner/ownership. This is ALWAYS the case in every team situation. This is a given fact that doesn't need to be argued for. Ownership ALWAYS has the final power and therefore must ALWAYS answer for all failures in the organization. Cuban therefore is ALWAYS at fault when the organization falters. ALWAYS. ALWAYS. ALWAYS. I have never, ever said otherwise. 

2) But underneath ownership there are always complexities and nuance in every organization. People are empowered (or not) to do jobs on behalf of ownership. Those people need to be held accountable for doing their jobs. Yes, they answer to ownership, but they also need to be held responsible for their failures and ineptitude.

3) It has been reported by Cato (who is no friend of Cuban) that this past summer Cuban empowered Nico/Kidd to make the moves they did. And the moves made were done by Nico/Kidd.

4) It has been reported that Kidd didn't want Dragic, did want Facu, and did want McGee. One can speculate that Kidd did not want the Wood trade based on how Kidd has been really, really hesitant to play him and feature him and lean on him. 

5) Cuban may have meddled a lot with GM decisions in the past, but we have no evidence that he has ever meddled with coaching decisions. Therefore, Kidd should be called out when the coaching decisions and rotations are suspect at best. Yes, Cuban ultimately is responsible for hiring Kidd, but Cuban is not responsible if Kidd makes stupid coaching decisions other than needing to fire him if it continues.

I want to continually call your attention back to point #1 anytime you think I am exonerating Cuban. I. AM. NOT. But I think always and endlessly saying "it is Cuban's fault!" anytime something goes wrong with the Mavs is pretty childish. And the owner is not going to be fired. But hopefully he can learn lessons and make better decisions in the future. And if you don't think he can, then I would encourage you for your own mental health to find another team to root for.