MDA didn't panic and let the bench play extended minutes in the 4th. I'm seriously curious what he is going to do when Russ comes back.
MDA is universally lauded as a brilliant offensive coach. But the guy just does not put on airs and uses his humor to keep things light and positive. Compare to McHale who was extremely sarcastic and would use his humor to target players or other coaches.
That's not the official COTY. That's Nurse. I made a thread on that. It's the one he got from his peer coaches, he shared it with Budenholzer. Unofficial Co-COTY at best.