NEWS: RC out | Kidd hired as head coach & assembling staff

[DallasBasketball]

Guys, this day will be the beginning of the end of the Luka era. People are severely underrating Rick and take our well oiled offense for granted. Mavs have over-achieved every damn year since Rick got here. This is such a bummer, almost makes me wanna cry. My guess is, we´ll cycle through numerous coaches in the next years only to learn, how much we lost in RC. Very sad day in Mavs history. Obviously Luka is behind all of this, which makes it even sadder. I can´t think of even one coach, who I´d think would have to potential to bring equal value to Rick. And stop it with Mosley.. my god what has he shown?

I disagree that it’s the beginning of the end, but I agree with your points on Carlisle.

On the whole, we over-achieved every single year with him. And that includes the title team. Carlisle is not without fault, he’s just so damn competent he could have been our coach until he retired. But now for the faults..

There are many faults for Carlisle
- his issue with rookie’s is a constant over his 20 years
- his inflexibility is something he has worked on, but it’s the yin to his yang, he can suppress it, he can improve, but it’s always there.
- he’s an asshole. Face it, psychological mastery can be used for bad or good, but without focused intention it’s dangerous. 

To me Carlisle is a Rolls-Royce, sturdy built luxury with all the gadgets inside but slow and steady. Donnie was an old reliable Chevy truck. He knows what he knows and he keeps it simple. Cuban is.. well Cuban is unpredictable, dangerous even, but fast and loud. A Maverick? Lol. Those 3 had success together. 

So is it the beginning of the end? Maybe. But there are other options than the two we know. And we’ve got Luka, for now, so he can make anyone he wants here better, as long as they are on the same page. Hopefully that is what comes from this. Luka may not want to be part of the decision making but they are sure going to have him in mind when they make them.