Steve Kerr couldnt imagine walking away from the Warriors. Heres why

SAN FRANCISCO — It took Steve Kerr a week to come to the conclusion.“I couldn’t imagine walking away from the Warriors,” Kerr said Friday from the top floor of the Warriors’ arena, overlooking a sweeping view of the city the coach couldn’t give up.In his first public comments since signing a contract extension that will extend his tenure in Golden State for a 13th and 14th season, Kerr expressed excitement about continuing his partnership with Steph Curry, emphasized that he still has a vigor for coaching and acknowledged that some things will have to change next season.All that was no sure thing following the Warriors’ ouster in the play-in tournament, Kerr explained.Who else but his wife, Margot, helped him see the forest through the trees.“My wife said something, she said you might coach again someday, but you’ll never coach the Warriors again,” he said.

“That was really meaningful to me because I love this team.I love our players.

That struck me.… At that point, it was really: ‘What do you guys want to do.’”Kerr met multiple times with general manager Mike Dunleavy Jr.

and owner Joe Lacob over the next two weeks.He looped in Curry and Draymond Green, too, but said that neither had “any impact or influence on whether I was going to be the coach.“That’s a credit to them,” Kerr continued.

“Our best player isn’t telling Mike or Joe what to do.He understands the repercussions of that if he were to go down that path … it usually doesn’t go well.”The decision was up to Kerr and the front office with whom he touted a collaborative relationship that resulted in a process that “I don’t think actually happens in pro sports, honestly,” Kerr said.

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