Fire Carlisle

[omahen]

I think Carlisle is considered by Cuban to be like Donnie and Dirk as lifers...it would take a couple of horrible seasons or something happening that makes firing him the only choice possible...

He is still for now the only Coach I want to be running the Mavs...he will maximize the talents of Luka and KP and be able to punish them for not giving maximum effort which I don't think would happen...

Well to try to play devil's advocate, if Carlisle turns in at least 2-3 underwhelming seasons with KP and Luka at the helm I can see him easily being fired. 

I think that duo should net 50 wins easy by year 2. If the Mavs aren't hitting that then Carlisle can (and should) be definitely looked at to be replaced. 

However, I doubt that'd happen because Carlisle is still a great coach, and with just Luka he managed to lead the Mavs to 33 wins. RC is apart of the Mavs triangle because he's great at what he does.

Well. Focusing on the last part of your post. Last season they wanted to compete for play-offs but only managed 33 wins after giving up half way through the season. It could be argued that a team of Luka, DJ, Barnes, Wes and DSJ looks similarly good on paper compared to Luka, KP, Powell, Jackson and Wright. 

Not to mention absolutely same game plan regarding the starting line-up and rotation no matter who they were playing - speaking before the TDL trades when they were still trying to be competitive. It could be seen from space that some things just aren't clicking yet no changes were made as far as coaching is considered. It was driving me mad. I really hope this was solely out of need to showcase some players for trades and nothing more.

There should be no excuses this year. With the exception of devastating injuries, Play-offs are the goal. if we don't make it, responsibility should be taken. Either by persons responsible for team building (they failed to spend some 12 million on additional assets, not trading Lee so far,...) or by the coach. Or will you fans be again so easily convinced how a "33 win season" is actually a great acomplishment. Like this offseason was great accomplishment despite high flying announcements and goals set before the summer. I sure know I am not satisfied with the summer as I expected more and I will sure not be satisfied with anything less than playoffs.