First year head coach, Steve Kerr may not have a ton of experience as a head coach, but he has already proven in his short tenure that he gets what the job entails. Sometimes you have to make tough decisions that may affect the paying customer, but are in the best interest of the team. Kerr found himself in this situation on Friday night when he decided to rest All-Star’s Steph Curry, Klay Thompson, along with Andrew Bogut and Andre Iguodola. Kerr received 3 emails from fans who drove long distances or spent a good amount of money to see the superstars play, but instead got a game full of role players.
“I heard from some fans. I received a few emails, stories about driving in from a long distance off and spending a lot of money on tickets,” Kerr said. “I have great sympathy for those people. I really do. It’s a tricky one. It’s something that I think Adam Silver is trying to address through the scheduling shuffling that he’s talking about.
“It’s real important, because our fans deserve to see the best product out there. If somebody spends a lot of money, they deserve to see the best players, the guy that they came to see. On the other hand, as coaches we have to do what’s best to prepare our teams for a really long year.”
One family was reported to have driven to Denver from South Dakota with the sole purpose of seeing Steph Curry. Kerr can not help but to sympathize with these people spending their hard earned money to see one thing, and then getting another. Kerr still has to do what is best for his team, and with exactly one month until the NBA playoffs is set to begin, Kerr is preparing his team for the stretch run.
h/t ESPN