Jerry Stackhouse Presents Conundrum for Dallas Mavericks

Jerry Stackhouse, the venerable sixth man for the Dallas Mavericks, is unhappy with his role in Head Coach Rick Carlisle's new motion and opportunistic offense.  Stackhouse has been an instrumental and fierce competitor in Mavsland in the past.  He has been a team leader in toughness on a team that lacks much toughness.  Stackhouse's decline started last season, finally culminating in a relentless cycle of one or two good games, three to four bad games, followed up and capped off with various injuries, requiring a week to 10 day recuperation period. It's clear to anyone with eyes that Stackhouse is now a declining player with a proud attitude and a reluctance to accept the inevitable.  Carlisle is an "iron-fisted" coach, masquerading as a soft-sell pushover.  Stackhouse repeatedly campaigned for more minutes under former coach, Avery Johnson, and repeatedly won that battle, resulting in sometimes very good play, but more often than not last season, resulting in ... (link)