Vivek has no credibility with the fans at this point so I don't think they can afford to look at it that way. This organization as a whole has no cred and rightfully so. They deserve every bit of the mud slinging coming their way. They need to understand the position they are in, and look through history and what most teams have done or do in a similar position. Like I said, I can't see a name coach taking over without at the very least having a major say in team construction. Otherwise you are going to get another George Karl situation. In the end he was actually right. He knew full well where the league was heading and his first order and demand was to get Cuz out of the picture. At the time that was a heck no because this franchise goofed around for years before getting a talent of that level. In the end Vlade blew it and waited too long to choose to the point that the bad vibes were so predominant that it was not fixable and lost both in the end. A HOF coach and potentially a HOF player (nobody could have predicted Cuz falling apart at that time unless Vlade did have some heads up from Cuz's medial evaluations). One thing going for Bobby is he at least has a connection WITH the fans. I'm saying Bobby is a good stop gap in a worst case as well. Hiring a major money, name coach that still can't get this team to work is a major gamble that is probably not worth it for Vivek at this point. I think Bobby did enough so far, and in summer league to give you hope of a gamble like that paying off since honestly, the expectations are also going to be somewhat lower. So if they do better than expected the payoff is much greater. To me, it's a much better and safer bet going with an already dialed in coach like Bobby.
Karl coming in was an anomaly. Hiring long term, name coaches in the middle of the season that weren't already within your organization in some capacity is rare, and if you don't give them the ability to augment the team is apparently not going to work either, haha. If they do go with a name coach, then that name coach has to to be either able to make those changes starting from this deadline on, or he needs to run a system that fits the team you have already. I do think D'Antoni could be able to work with many of these players but I would expect him to certainly look at moving this G/PF/C depth to the wing, which is a big ask since good wings aren't being given out in trade by other teams right now. Then you get into the idea of whether he's at a point in his career where HE as a coach is even worth banking on. He hasn't protected himself as well as he could have and looking a little bumbling in NY and with the Rockets at times was damaging.
