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[KillerLeft]

I think you are spinning the article in a much different way than I think is fair. 

Beholden? Maybe a fairer word is outclassed. 

Yes, Kidd had a longer contract (true) so he had more influence (probably true). But don't confuse chicken and egg. The bigger contract was BECAUSE he was more valuable, rather than causing the value. And wasn't he a valued coach whereas Nico was an abysmal GM? Thats not about something nefarious but rather about relative value.

Are you saying that when the GM sux, you only want a bad coach too? Or you fire the good coach lest he be deemed more valued? The same can be said of coach vs player, and it falls apart there as well. NBA stars make way more than coaches or GMs. So they are evil?

For all that is said about Kidd, I observe he has stayed in his lane through the whole fiasco with Nico and Luka. Says little or nothing, just does his job in the best way he can. If they want players developed or games tanked, or a major effort to win, he goes to work. I think that has a lot to do with why they prioritized keeping him and extending him. I think he's learned over the years.

Ah, I see. We're talking about two different things. 

You're talking about how he got the contract, and comparing it to Harrison, specifically. That takeaway is interesting, because without context (paragraphs from the article are cherrypicked by SH) I can't tell if that is the point the writer is getting at or not. I assumed that it was Harrison, specifically, who denied Kidd interviewing with NY and who decided to give him the extension...that it was Harrison, specifically, who MOST valued Kidd. But, either way, it doesn't matter, because...

MY point is about whether or not the NEW guy, Harrison's replacement, is going to feel pressured in any way to make it work with Kidd, whether he feels Kidd is a good coach (as you do) or not. And even more alarming for me, if not you...I sure hope Kidd doesn't get too much of a voice in the DECIDING of who gets the job, personally. For me, this isn't searching for negatives. I really think it's important that the slate is wiped clean and someone great is actually PUT IN CHARGE. If that person evaluates Kidd for a while and likes him, so be it. I just hope Kidd's contractual status doesn't make him overly heavy, politically, because that is the exact type of thing that has gone wrong with this franchise for decades.