The highest-paid head coach in NBA history was still scolded miserably

The Warriors officially announced that they have officially signed a contract extension with Steve Kerr.

Kerr's contract extension is two years, and Curry's contract expires in the same 2025-26 season, with a total contract value of $35 million, which also makes him the highest-paid coach in NBA history.

Spurs Popovich ranks second with an annual salary of $16 million, and Pistons Monty Williams ranks third with $13 million.

"We're thrilled that Kerr will continue to coach the Warriors in the future, and he deserves this contract extension. He has been an integral part of our past success, and his achievements are rare in coaching. ”

In the team's statement, Lacob praised Cole.

Why do you want to quote these two sentences from the Warriors boss in particular?

This speaks volumes: what the fans see is really different from what the owners see.

Kerr, who is in his 10th season in charge of the team, has led the Warriors to six Finals and four championships in the first nine seasons.

There is no need to go into detail about what he has accomplished in this role, and the changes his coaching philosophy has brought to the NBA, and when he retires, he will be in the Basketball Hall of Fame.

However, such a good coach was still criticized by media people and fans, and it can be said that he was scolded for being "incomplete".

Especially this season, the Warriors have a bad record, and almost every time they lose, Kerr will be pulled into the conference room to be "tortured".

A lot of times, I personally don't understand.

That's right, his biggest slot, one is meritorious basketball, and the other is a small lineup.

I've said more than once that if the Warriors want to improve their record, they need to give up merit basketball.

But I've never said that Kerr is a manager without a level. The level of people is too high, and it can be said that this salary is well deserved.

It's often like this in this world, the Warriors win, the Warriors win the championship, that's Curry, Durant, Klay is awesome, Kerr takes such a good card, he should have won, flowers and applause often have nothing to do with him.

However, there is no coach in competitive sports who should have won in the first place, and who has a good card but does not lead the team to win the championship, is that not much...

The Warriors have been so successful over the years, and after getting used to a good life, everyone will easily forget that the year before Kerr went, the team was in the first round.

It was he who boldly enabled the second-round show to chase his dreams and gave up the all-star David Lee at the time, which led to the later story...

"The Warriors have a great lineup, not how strong Kerr is", there are a lot of such voices.

But in fact, this logic is wrong.

If this standard is used, then the Zen master and Popovich are nothing... The Zen master has an OK combination, and Bobo has a GDP combination, can you say that the coach is not level?

The team and the coach are always mutually successful.

If Kerr had chosen to play for the New York Knicks, he wouldn't be where he is now...

Then let's talk about those two major slots.

First of all, meritorious basketball.

Not an afterthought, Brother Di's exact words a few months ago: "To a certain extent, I can understand Cole. ”

If he didn't do that, he might be the one who walked away.

How you deal with the veteran players is very important in a team. After all, people are accompanying you from the rain of bullets, saying that the substitute is the substitute?

Now that Kerr has received such a big contract extension, it proves two things: one, the owner is satisfied, and two, the Warriors locker room is fine, no matter how the fans scold, Curry and Klay are at least absolutely supportive of the coach.

Cole's ability to deal with this problem shows that the EQ IQ is too high.

Besides, this team has won 4 championships, what's wrong with playing meritorious basketball?

The second point is for the use of small lineups.

There is an element of helplessness, after all, the team is just these people, but more importantly, it is Cole's stubbornness.

However, people have capital stubbornness, after all, his coaching philosophy and his employment philosophy have achieved great success.

It's impossible to change a coach's big thinking.

"That's how I won the championship, why did you let me change it?"

Evaluating a coach is an overall evaluation, not staring at his shortcomings and playing hard.

Many Warriors fans were taken too hard by the rhythm of the media people... I can't wait to say that every problem of Cole is amateurish.

If you really think Cole is not good, Brother Di has a proposal:

Can I use the mid-season championship champion coach + talented first-round pick Schifino for a change?