Concrete reasons to fire Carlisle:
- The team isn't listening. Doesn't matter how good a coach he is, if the team isn't listening then he's useless.
- Team is unmotivated and seemingly unprepared. That's on the coach.
- His rotations are insane. Lately he's been coaching like his team is playing hockey. He's wearing out old players, giving younger players such inconsistent time they can't develop or learn or really show what they've got. Players who play good defense like Ross, can't get on the court, even though everyone else sucks and defense is what they need.
- An extension of the above: Roddy isn't getting the minutes he should even in garbage time. It's hurting his development and by extension this team's future.
- Dirk hates him. I don't think Dirk has ever liked him. He's never sounded like a big Carlisle fan. But now... he's clearly done with the guy.
- A trade won't fix the team's motivation... unless you trade ALL of the players. You can't do that, so you need a new coach.
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