(09-09-2021, 02:34 PM)michaeltex Wrote: This seems counter to the narrative after the season where there was tension between Bob/Donnie/Rick that was hurting efficiency and productivity.I didn't see that as necessarily the case, although I acknowledge I had been under the general impression that KP's relationship with Carlisle might have been somewhat strained.
If Rick "accepted" the recommendation, then he either agreed with it or disagreed and used it anyway to demonstrate Bob's inteptitude to Cuban. Maybe losing Donnie as the buffer is the reason he quit.
What I have heard about Bob's recommendations is that sometimes they worked very well, sometimes they didn't. And that the perception of the coaching staff was that they were supposed to go along with Bob's "recommendations" unless they had some particular good reason not to. Also, that Carlisle liked many of Bob's recommendations, and followed most of the ones he had doubts about because it was his perception that that is what Cuban wanted him to do.
As far as the relationships among Donnie/Rick/Bob affecting team performance, I would imagine that was the case. (To wit, for example, Luka's shouting to Carlisle during a game, "Who's in charge, you or Bob?") The podcasters were not purporting to address all of that, just KP's frustrations with his role and how that came about.