TAKE DAT WIT YOU 9/8

[mavsluvr]

I still don't buy into RC not having the "option." If he didn't then he functionally was NOT the head coach. Head coaches determine the rotations and usages and roles of players. Of course they take input, but they make the call.

I would imagine that was the case, at least as far as the formal organization chart went. 

Organizational "input," especially from the boss, always comes with a greater or lesser degree of expectation that it will be considered with respect. I would suppose that Carlisle formally had the option as an adult with agency to tell Bob and Cuban where they could stick Bob's recommendations, but somehow thought it was a better option to consider them and give the ones he thought had some chance of succeeding a shot.