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Golden State was eliminated from the NBA playoffs by the Los Angeles Lakers in the second round. It was not the kind of playoff frustrations the Warriors have experienced.
Coach Steve Kerr had his season-ending press conference Tuesday and I thought you might enjoy/appreciate what he said about the coaching turnover in the NBA that certainly applies to other professional and collegiate sports.
Question: You touched on this earlier, but you mentioned how you had never seen it like this in terms of coaching being cycled out. What do you think is behind this trend? What are the causes do you think?
STEVE KERR: I think the nature of the world we live in today is behind it, the power of social media, the value of these franchises. I would say 30 years ago, most of the owners were people who had bought their teams at a really relatively low price and were probably more likely to be content with having someone go ahead and operate the franchise, and they weren’t taking hits themselves from the media about their job or their performances as owners.
You think about how everything has changed. Suddenly these franchises are worth billions and billions of dollars and social media is crushing every player, every coach, every day. There’s so much pressure on every franchise to win, and it is hard. It is so hard to be the only team standing at the end of the day.
You throw all that in the mix, and I think owners are much more likely to make big sweeping changes.
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The problem is the Nation is full of crybabies pushing their own agenda. They will do everything they can to tare down anything or anyone they don’t like. If you look at social media it’s 99% negative. The internet is a place for the whiners. They think they represent the majority, but nothing could be further from the truth.
True and sad at least how our world has change.