11-02-2022, 06:35 PM
(11-02-2022, 05:59 PM)Kammrath Wrote: No need to label. Quite the contrary. I praised Kidd last year, repeatedly and thought he did much better than RC had been doing as of late.
But the evidence and the results have changed this summer and early in the season. So I am in the midst of changing my opinion.
It sure didn't take much at all, for you to go from being a "Kidd fan" to a Kidd hater. A few games and a gust of air, with your evidence simply being you "knowing" what Kidd is thinking. LOL
You've landed on him having thoughts of such an extreme self-destructive manner. That's nuts. Frankly, these are incredibly absurd ideas when you get right down to it, to think he has decided to sabotage the team (and his career, of course) because of some mythical dislike for a new player, for no reason whatsoever.
Are we to think that Wood is a finished product, that 29 other teams had no clue about, and whose only flaw is the coach? Or is it possible there's way more in play to getting him "coached up" than we see, and way more needed than minutes and play calls that cater to him personally?
BTW you say Kidd "also needs to trust the talent evaluators and adjust his coaching to fit the talent he is given" -- and goodness, that is exactly what he has done since day 1 in Dallas. In fact, his approach (backed up by all he says when asked about roster needs, and by how they play) is that these players are the team, and we need to find a way to make THIS group work.