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Originally Posted by GullFoss
There's three options
1) Fire the hall of fame coach, build around the player
2) trade the star player, build around the coach's system
3) find a way to make it work with coach and player
I don't think there's an obvious answer.
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The obvious (but possibly unattainable) answer is clearly #3.
This, however, would require a few things, some of which we can only speculate about (with the exception of Sec 214 and the OJ crowd?):
- was Sutter really giving the middle finger to Tre all season and playing to screw up by pissing off stars and young guys alike? (seems unlikely, but possible)
- did Tre ignore requests from Sutter for a particular type of player (again, seems unlikely, but they should be on the same page...)
- did Edwards stick his fat fingers in the pie and screw everything up by hiring/extending Sutter over Tre's head and causing the alleged rift?
If NONE OF THOSE ARE TRUE, then #3 is the solution.
If ANY one is...pffft....Edwards just pissed away a whole lot of dough. And time. And fans. Even if it wasn't his doing.
There really is no reason why Darryl can't make the system work for everyone, young, old, talented or workmen. Other coaches have managed.
There's no reason that Tre can't find/trade/upgrade players to fill position "close enough to" the style Darryl wants. Again, other GMs have managed.
If the relationships have broken down to the point of stupidity - which certainly appears possible - maybe all of 'em should go. Very unprofessional and egocentric.