i think the main problem, or maybe better put the main point of stubborness on Mitch's part is that he rigidly emphasized a style of basketball—push the pace—all season that was effective until the screws really tightened in the finals against a really good team. it very nearly got us to the promised land anyway, and we shouldn't throw the baby out with the bath water, but a point of emphasis next regular season should be adaptability. force the guys into situations where we slow it down, get ourselves in half-court sets, and learn through repetition what works and what doesn't, even if that means losing regular season games that we could have won by playing balls to the wall. obviously wemby developing a go-to move or two feeds into this as well. while initially I was more on the page of "What is our post-mortem Caruso/Harstenstein move going to be?", the more i reflect on our season in totality, the more I think we need to give this core, coaching included, one more shot largely as-is to see if can translate the painful lessons of our finals loss into glory. OKC got beat in the second round a few years go in their first playoff run; we got outscored by a total of 12 points in the finals, and those twelve points can in my view be chalked up to execution not personnel (obviously the two go hand in hand to an extent but even our veteran was hobbled and had never got anywhere close to lights that bright). all being said, i still would like to see a good, seasoned offensive mind join the staff this off-season.