Nellie is great at building franchises, but he's not great at getting over that proverbial hump. It's happened three times, now. I love the guy for his personality, and his attitude, and his smarts, and what he did for the Mavs while here... but he lost interest in the team, and they've been better since he left! He hardly even coached last year.
It's Nellie's very attitude and approach, that make him such a great innovator, GM, and resurrector of franchises, are what rob him of the focus and fine tuning necessary to build a champion. He's a set-up man.
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