NBA Coaches Who Stopped Caring
Basketball. All roads lead to NBA play-offs, so is it the right time to fire coaches? That is what Atlanta Hawks did. They fired Head Coach Nate McMillan. Sports commentators are still dunking each other about that.
Other teams do not have the Hawks’ privilege. They have coaches who don’t like the general manager and players. We easily label some players as bad boys, but never coaches, who can be so bad that they would intentionally lose championships for personal agendas. Ridiculous you say. All coaches want the Larry O’Brien Trophy and subsequent bling bling. Which is? Championship rings.
A coach that has tasted that glory is more dangerous because that itch has been satisfied. We saw that in 2020 in the ‘bubble’ where some coaches were in such a hurry to go back to their families and global commitments, they intentionally set players to fail. Other coaches had to rush back to launch their books, so the championship could wait for another year.
A coach becomes dangerous to the franchise when:
1. He has previous NBA success which makes him think he is irreplaceable.
2. He loses semi-finals and blames it on players that he ran ragged despite having a premium platinum bench.
3. He thinks he’s so large, he’s bigger than the organization that hired him despite his lack of experience as a player and a coach.
4. He hires assistants that also lack these credentials.
5. He doesn’t agree with NBA future goals.
6. He doesn’t like the talent the organization found for him.
7. On court, with cameras on, he treats players like his schoolboys and not grown men.
The best place for such a coach is his own team, not sabotage an existing franchise, built by men before him.
By: Nonqaba waka Msimang.
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