(06-19-2021, 04:02 PM)Jommybone Wrote: I’m a Hoosier. I was in Indy during the 90s when RC joined Larry Bird’s staff as lead assistant. He ran the offense.
I’m an RC fan. He was highly regarded in Indy, both as an assistant and as HC. The knock on him was not playing young guys or giving them a fair chance to play/grow. Same knock that was purportedly the reason they ran him out of Detroit despite his coach-of-the-year win. Lots of debate in Indy over whether that knock was justified. Same debates as here.
Don’t recall anyone ever saying what a nice guy he is. Ever. Lots of praise for lots of other things. Plays nicely with others not among them. The question now becomes, after the hiring of a new coach, how will players' feelings toward Cuban impact on being able to draw big talent?
I’m no expert, and none of my info is first hand. Just relaying my sense of the reporting of his time in Indy.
Yes, RC is sort of the opposite of a "player's coach". I feel like, at this time when the Mavs desperately need to be able to draw top free agents, more of a player's coach might be a good thing. You do have to have the best players, in the final analysis, to win a championship.
The question now becomes, after the hiring of a new coach, how will top players' feelings towards Cuban affect their willingness to come to Dallas?