Depends how/when you look at it, I guess. He made some excellent roster moves to put that team together. Without him making those moves, they might not have had the pieces to win as much as they did. So he deserves the credit there.

At the same time, yes, it was shitty of him to tell Phil Jackson that he’d be fired even if they had a perfect record and won the chip. Among other things.

It’s all pretty nuanced. Multiple things can be true at the same time.