What did Steve Kerr do?
Context: I'm a Celtics fan, and I've been one for a long time. After watching Jason Tatum in college, I prayed that the Celtics would draft him. And they did. But even now, Tatum remains the most frustrating Celtic for me to watch. This blog post draws a parallel between Steve Kerr’s coaching decisions and the most frustrating managers I've encountered in my career. Like Kerr, these managers would point to their past successes and say, “But we won” or “We delivered.” However, benching one of your top performers to favor others, or forcing the team to conform to your style, for whatever reason, can have serious consequences. First and foremost, those successes required extraordinary efforts from the team's most experienced people, pushing them to their limits, and relying on some luck to achieve the goal. A team like USA Basketball, packed with talent and coached by seasoned veterans, shouldn't have to scrape through comeback games or narrowly win the final game. W...