Rick Carlisle threatens to get rid of underperforming Mavericks players
Mavericks coach Rick Carlisle laid it all out in public for his underperforming Mavericks: get better or get out.
Dallas is now 15-13 after a 103-99 loss to Toronto on Tuesday, and the longtime Mavericks coach has had it with his team’s uninspired play.
“Do I look happy? Would you be happy?” Carlisle told reporters, via the Sporting News. “Look, it was a 24-minute, take you to the beach, kick your butt, kick sand in your face type deal. And then we come in at halftime, we’re finally pissed, I get on their case and we decided to bust our ass in the third quarter, and we played a hell of a third quarter.
“But look, if it’s going to be like that, these guys aren’t going to be Mavericks very long. I can promise you that.”
This is probably just a tactic to light a fire under some of Carlisle’s players to get the effort and commitment out of them that he desires. After all, he can’t simply trade the entire team, though emboldened by a new contract, he certainly sounds willing to shake things up if nothing improves.
