Archer

Dear Steve Kerr: I've now heard @KlayThompson and @Money23Green say that you asked them to be accountable to help the team be better - that's good. Hard conversations are important, but... Look in the mirror, @stevekerr. Your strategies are completely outdated and your rotations are the WORST - it's the primary reason you are 22nd on defense, and THAT is why your team sucks. Defense wins championships, and you are one of the worst in the league, so forget championship, you're not even a play-in team. You were 17th on defense last year and 22nd this year. You've completely lost your way since losing Mike Brown. You desperately need an elite defensive coach, so follow Monty Williams' path and go hire one ASAP, mid-season. Swallow your pride and acknowledge you need help because it's clear your players go into every game without nuanced directions from you on defensive coverage game by game, which makes THEM look worse than they actually are. You are underprepared, and that is a disservice to your team and the fanbase. You ice your own players every game and keep them on the floor when they suck. It's okay to play a player the whole quarter (you needed to do this with Klay last game) when they are on fire. Ride the hot hand, but you won't. Enough with the robotic rotational decisions - it's called in-game adjustment. You take the ball out of Curry's hands for a majority of the game, as if you're not bailing the other team out by doing so and taking away your best player's rhythm on the regular. You want grit and better defense, but you play ridiculous combinations incapable of defending with Saric at the 5 and Kuminga/Wiggins at the 4 every game like they're not completely out of position - not everyone is multi-positional like Draymond, he is a total OUTLIER. Thinking all of your players can do what Draymond can do is actually quite disrespectful to him. You sat Trayce for roughly 25% of the season when it was clear from training camp that he's your best paint protector and best finisher around the rim and acted like Saric at the 5 was your only path (you are STILL doing this and when he at the 5 is a huge reason you keep blowing leads and momentum - WATCH THE FILM). You should be ashamed of yourself, but does anyone on your team hold you accountable or do you have a bunch of yes-men around you? You've closed games with CP the whole season when it's clear this forces your best PG in NBA history to the SG, which makes your defense comically worse because you force both your PGs to guard anyone but the other team's PG, which leaves them guarding who? You've paired these aging tiny PGs next to Klay, who not only cannot protect them, he's a liability himself half the time and then you compound on it by putting him at PF. You close games with Wiggins at the 4 when it's very clear he's too weak/small to play that position with any force. You've truly learned nothing from humiliating Team USA by putting Josh Hart and Mikal Bridges at C. Have some shame. Everything you do is the opposite of what a competitive, winning coach would do. Before you tell others to be better, YOU have to be better. You're good at managing the emotions of your players, but the actual game plan that determines wins/losses is completely awful. These are some clear paths to help save your job, career, and legacy. Do something different and make fundamental adjustments, or go down sad and tank Curry's legacy as you do - it almost feels like you are TRYING to do this. Be better, Steve. Heed your own advice and look yourself in the mirror.