06-17-2021, 07:28 PM
(06-17-2021, 07:00 PM)cow Wrote: I think Luka is one of Rick's bigger failings. He couldn't pull his normal hard ass routine with Luka because he's just never a Luka caliber talent before. He went from being overcontrolling to just giving away the keys to the kingdom (that submarined our KP trade as much as anything). I think Luka would do fine with a newer school of though ex-player coach like Kidd, Kerr, Lue, etc. Coaching Xs and Os are important, but so is relationship building to the modern player. Luka needs to yelled at sometimes, hugged sometimes and left alone sometimes. I don't think Rick ever understood that balancing act.
Often times, the team takes on the personality of their coach. Rick Carlisle has no personality, fact. The guy is worse than a snoozefest 3:00 AM on a Monday. Smart guy though but that only takes you so far. Luka was too much of a star for him to handle.