Of course all he has to worry about is the guys on the floor and how they play, and pretend that salaries don't matter.

Advanced stats go hand in hand with value and cap numbers. The NBA is a business beholden to the cap, and a player's perceived production from his loyal coach is irrelevant when it can be properly analyzed statistically and put up against what it is costing you in lost opportunity.

Hollinger knows.

The Griz are stuck. They are are going to find it very difficult to seriously contend for a chip as currently constructed, and have zero financial room for improvement without moving someone. And the main reason, the only real reason, is Rudy Gay. You CANNOT pay someone $17 mil to contribute what he does and expect to win big as a small market. The advanced stats tell the story that we see when we watch. He defends pretty well, he shoots a high volume inefficiently, and he steals high percentage shots away from the team's low post advantage. At $8 million he'd be fine (Caron Butler type), but at $17 million he's poison.

Hollins has his guys playing hard, as all good coaches do. But he is clinging to the very thing that is holding his team back.