Is Kidd really the best head coach for this team?

[DallasMaverick]

I think the best coaches "lose it" on purpose, because sometimes this is the only way left to change the dynamic. Either to force a frendlier whistle or (more common) to put a fire under the players who were just not responding. This doesn't mean they lose it all the time and complain to refs continusly, it means calculated outbursts here and there during the season. I think RC is very good at this. Malone is a second example that comes to my mind.

I think it’s easy to look for a stereotype, perhaps modeling a coach that’s been successful in the past. Maybe RC or Malone. Or Spoelstra. And to think “if we only had THAT kind of coach, we’d be successful.

But success and winning don’t always follow a stereotype. Remember Bruce Bochy, manager of the World Series-winning Rangers? 

Super laid-back. Super self-controlled. Never rants. Doesn’t yell at players and coaches. Can’t possibly light a fire under his players, or get favorable calls from umps.

Except he’s a champion now.

Can Kidd win? We’ll see.