There are several different names being used to describe Jason Kidd’s attempt at a coup of the Brooklyn Nets front office. Kidd’s power move has sent shock waves through the NBA and some coaches are not happy about the way he’s conducted himself.
Sean Deveney of The Sporting News spoke to a few coaches in the league and all agreed that Kidd can’t conduct himself that way.
“I think the one thing you know not to do as a coach is to talk about another job while it is still occupied,” one veteran NBA coach told Sporting News. “You just don’t do that. This is a tough business, there are only 30 jobs and no matter what you think of a guy, every one of us puts his heart and soul into what we do every day. And so you learn to respect your colleagues. But nothing is more disrespectful than gunning for someone’s job while he is still in it.”
most of the criticism Kidd is receiving is centered around the unwritten rule that you don’t covet another persons job.
“That’s the worst part,” the head coach said. “What’s the bible say? ‘Don’t covet your neighbor’s possessions?’ As a coach, you always look at it as, ‘If this coach does well financially, it raises all of us up.’ You just have to believe if you do your job, you win games, you make progress, eventually, what some other coach is being paid is going to come back to you.
“Don’t you think every coach in the league looked at Steve Kerr’s deal and said, ‘Wow, so he has no experience?’ But you don’t begrudge anyone in the business. You can’t conduct yourself that way. He will pay a price.”