I loathe Ty Corbin's policy of hiring his bros as the assistant coaches. It is terrible management and it is one that leads to a group of yes-men kowtowing to the boss man. I hadn't been upset with it initially, because I simply didn't know the history of their relationships. This is the definition of the wrong way that a manager assembles his team. This is Andrew Jackson's cabinet (To the victor goes the spoils).
A good manager has the self awareness to identify his own weaknesses and assemble a team of individuals to help shore up those weaknesses. That's not to say that Coach Lowe and Coach Sanders don't do that, but they have personal connections to the boss and that leads to a sense of debt. They owe their positions, going from relative obscurity to NBA assistant coaches, to their boss and that is highly likely to lead to a culture of groupthink.
A good manager has the self awareness to identify his own weaknesses and assemble a team of individuals to help shore up those weaknesses. That's not to say that Coach Lowe and Coach Sanders don't do that, but they have personal connections to the boss and that leads to a sense of debt. They owe their positions, going from relative obscurity to NBA assistant coaches, to their boss and that is highly likely to lead to a culture of groupthink.