09-29-2020, 02:12 PM
(09-29-2020, 01:33 PM)KillerLeft Wrote:(09-29-2020, 01:04 PM)cow Wrote: Dirk rarely has anything but kind words to say about anyone. Billups, Miller and Kidd are working in the NBA as broadcasters, coaches or media personalities that have coaching aspirations. I'm not saying they have issues with Rick but you aren't going to get an unfiltered take from any of those guys. There is nuance to this conversation and simply digging your heels into one side of the fence is silly. He's had issue with some players. He's had great relationships with some players. One does negate the other and vice versa.
Also the "mentally ill" hot take is super shitty. Be better. For once we can look to our owner as an example with his handling of Delonte.
Does the "player of today" require a change in teaching tactics to be reached? Probably, but the teaching GOALS remain the same.
Like your post but I'm going to cherry pick. The player of today has changed. Players and their agents have more control than ever about where they play. Loyalty is less important and playing for a title contender in a destination city is important. That means if you are not in LA, NY, Miami or Boston (less so as a destination city), you are going to have a more difficult time recruiting and retaining players. Just look at Kawhi. A few decades ago he probably doesn't leave San Antonio. As successful as he's been, Pop's culture helped push him out the door. And it's not just Kawhi either as Aldridge has struggled in that system. That style of coaching is outdated and you can't be a hard ass with no repercussions anymore. You need to be able to connect with your players along with being a hard ass and knowing your Xs and Os. And even then, you can lose players. Look at Steve Kerr and Kevin Durant.
Kawhi then left a championship team to go to LA because that's was his location preference. Toronto probably had a better chance of repeating with him than his new formed Clipper super group.
Yes some of the Carlisle stigma is from the media but some of it is from players. There are plenty of examples to look at and then wonder why your coaching staff isn't in lock step with Donnie/Mark. I know people want to write Rondo off as a quitter and place all the blame at his feet, but the guy is still in the league and is a significant factor in why the Lakers made the finals. Rondo has the same court vision gift that we saw in Magic or see in LeBron and Luka. We gave up a ton of assets for him and the relationship between coach and player sabotaged it. Rondo deserves blame for being pig headed but so does Rick. And so does Donnie and Mark for making the trade in the first place. It's not like Rondo's personality was a mystery before coming here. He's also been able to function on other teams successfully after the Dallas fallout.