Kidd is the Defacto DAL GM

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I definitely agree. But there is a line crossed when a coach goes out of his way to NOT play or best utilize a player that he didn't want in the first place. RC did that a couple times. I believe Kidd is doing it with Wood. It is an attempt to basically strong-arm the GM into doing exactly what you (the coach) wants in regard to roster construction. 

A coach SHOULD have input in the roster construction, but he also needs to trust the talent evaluators and adjust his coaching to fit the talent he is given.

I disagree 100% with your principle. I think it is way wrong. Coaches need to be deciding the coach-y things. The last thing I want to see is Cuban, or a protege, to micromanage the coach stuff. Ugh.

Frankly, I also don't trust your ability to read Kidd's mind, nor your assumption Kidd is deciding minutes using the most nefarious rationale possible. Quite a leap with such flimsy basis, all based on a super small sample size of games. Gotta say it feels like a Kidd-hater looking for a reason to hate and to try to get others to do so as well.