Nearly a month before the 2015-16 NBA season ended, New Orleans Pelicans coach Alvin Gentry decided he'd seen enough. His big-league coaching career, which began in 1988, had twisted and turned more times than he could count. But it had never caused more headaches than his first 82-game marathon with the Pellies did.
"This is the most frustrating season I've ever been through," Gentry said in March, per ESPN.com's Justin Verrier. "When I left Golden State to come here, I thought it was the best job available."
In one season, Gentry had gone from being the offensive mastermind of the world champion Warriors to the hamstrung skipper of the reeling Pelicans.