Is Brian Schottenheimer Too Nice? | Just Wondering with Norm Hitzges

Today is Monday, January 12th, and I'm just wondering if cowboy coach Brian
Shottonheimer might be too nice and what's the new Maverick's plan.
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I must tell you, I like Brian Shottonheimer. I've never had a one-on-one interview with him,
but from everything I see and hear, he truly seems something special, someone really likeable.
But might he be too likable? He came here wanting to establish a new culture. Now a lot of
coaches say that. A lot of coaches try that and so far we don't know quite honestly if Shottonheimer's
pulled that off, establishing a new culture. This year was pretty disappointing. But he's so encouraging
smiling. You never hear him call out a player in public. Well, unless it was that slight call
out of Trayvon digs and digs relationship with the franchise had begun to sourge for Shottonheimer
here. He's truly Mr. Nice Guy. But is that the quality, the necessity of a head coach?
Coach Shotton seems to be like everybody's best buddy. Now I could be very wrong here. I honestly
mean this. I could be very wrong about this. Behind closed doors, he might be a whip cracker.
But what does he seem that way to you? Now successful coaches come with all sorts of personalities.
You don't have to be stoic like Tom Landry or a dictator like Bill Belicek or a somewhat
psycho good cop bad cop like Jimmy Johnson or even coach Shottonheimer's father Marty.
I'm telling you this, when I saw the Marty Shottonheimer stare on television, it scared me.
Now all these coaches were different. But all it seems to me were at least a little bit feared.
But all of them loved their players. And I think their players knew that.
But don't players have to have at least a little fear of their head coach?
Do you get a feeling that coach Shottonheimer might strike any fear in the Cowboys locker room or
on the sidelines? Listen, I love the music of Dan Fogelberg. He is one of my all-time favorite singers.
And one of my very favorite songs of his was Leader of the Band. It was a tribute to his father.
And in it, he describes his father as a disciplinarian as having a thundering velvet hand.
What a fantastic picture. What a fantastic description. Thundering in that yes, he gave out a little
fear and velvet in that you knew he loved you. Again, I could be totally off base here with Brian
Shottonheimer. I think I'd love having Shottie as a friend. I'd love him as a next door neighbor.
But I'm just not certain. That's the best approach to long-term success as an NFL head coach.
Next, so now, what's the next new Mavericks plan?
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Well, Anthony Davis has heard again. I know this doesn't surprise a lot of you.
Ligament damage in his left hand might need surgery. Out weeks and weeks may be the season.
That ruins whatever plans the Mavericks had to trade him. And by the way,
there appeared to be an emerging possibility of dealing Davis to Atlanta before the injury.
But now, I think Dallas has to refocus totally on next year.
Don't hurry, Kyrie Irving or Anthony Davis back from injury this year?
Spend the rest of the year investing minutes in young players like the guards Ryan
Nemhard and Brandon Williams. Forget making the playoffs. Yes, I know. You heard me say that.
Forget making the playoffs. You're going nowhere. And I hate to use the phrase tanking.
But in this case, tank. Right now, you've got the seventh or eighth pick in what looks like a
very rich NBA draft. So here's the plane. Next year, your starting lineup is a healthy Kyrie Irving.
Max Christie at the off guard, Cooper Flag and healthy AD Anthony Davis at forward,
and either Daniel Gafford or the now injured Derek Lively at center. Your bench?
Oh, it's sound. It's one of those two alternating centers.
At forward, you got PJ Washington and Naji Marshall. At guard, you've got Nemhard, Williams,
Clay Thompson. And you got that number one pick. Now, that's a solid team. And if that solid team
rolls in the season is doing well, you go with it. But if not, and you have an opportunity to trade,
go for it. Trade Davis or Irving or Gafford or Marshall or Thompson or PJ Washington,
though I need to get a lot for him. So the complete team you'd build around would be Flag,
the first round pick, Lively, Christie, those two kid guards, Nemhard and Williams, and maybe PJ
Washington. Plus, whatever else you can get in a trade, it's not the plan you wanted. I know,
it's not the plan you wanted. But the presence of Flag gives you a chance to go forward with people
like Lively and Christie and the number one draft choice around him. It gives you the start,
the start for a future because there appears to be no presence right now.
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