THE CRUCIFIX: Cato: Wood isn't thrilled w/ his role...Will depart in the summer

[Dirknows]

A player can have his stats taken away by a coach. A player cannot have his ATTITUDE taken away by a coach. At least not a mentally tough player.

And I think you might have the roles on the team confused. The GM team acquires "assets" and the coach tries to win with the players the GM acquires. Maybe the coach has input into the player acquisition process but that doesn't matter on the court. A coach should attempt to give his team the best possible chance to win the game - coaching to make a player an "asset" is not coaching to win.

Kidd taking minutes away from the 3rd best player on the team can take a players attitude.