When a relationship is over, it’s best to make a clean break. There is no sense of sticking around to ease the financial burden of the mortgage. Do not stay together for the sake of the kids. Just go your separate ways.
The same is true of head coaches and NBA teams. Monty Williams was a wonderfully successful coach for the Phoenix Suns and the New Orleans Pelicans before them. He could be a great head coach for a veteran-led playoff team. But the fact remains, he is a disaster of a head coach for the Detroit Pistons.