TAKE DAT WIT YOU 11/16

[mavsluvr]

I mean, isn't that the whole point? 

If RC didn't think of it - bad. 
If RC didn't work harder to develop it - bad. 
If RC didn't convince the players it's the right choice - bad.

No matter how you slice it, something was off between Luka, KP and RC that doesn't seem to be there with Luka, KP and Kidd. Sure the offense was one of the top offenses in the league, good for him, also good to get into the playoffs. Not good to do well in the playoffs. 

Loved what RC did for Dirk. Glad he's no longer here.

I don't necessarily think that the problems leading to the collapse of the front office, resulting in Rick's departure, meant that Rick was doing a bad coaching job. The entire organization seems to have been a swamp of dysfunctionality. And aside from that, often a relationship just runs its course, and it's time to put it aside, even if no one did anything wrong and the situation worked well in its time.

Just as it is unlikely that problems at the Mavs were all on Rick, I seriously question whether hiring a new coach, even if he does well, is going to solve the Mavericks' various interpersonal issues. 

Kidd is in a honeymoon period now, and we'll learn more about how deep the affection for him is when the team has gone on an 8-game losing streak, or something similarly difficult. KP has a history of turning on coaches, and I don't know if we have any particular reason to believe that he has done a 180 on that. 

Having said all that, I do tend to think, after all we have learned, that it was time for Rick to move on, and he evidently reached that conclusion on his own. It's time to turn the page on that chapter. I am interested in the changes Kidd and his staff are instituting, and hope for the best, but am not yet ready to predict that his tenure here will be a flaming success, a descent into the abyss, or something in between. (Not saying you said anything different.)