Steve Kerr is no stranger to catastrophic losses. As much as he\u2019s won both as an NBA coach and as a player, he\u2019s also lost in both scenarios. Most notably, in 2016, the Warriors lost in 7 to the Cleveland Cavaliers, despite starting the series 3-1 \u2014 which is an oddly similar scenario to what happened to the Toronto Blue Jays last season versus the Dodgers in the World Series.<\/p>\n
Per The Athletic, Kerr reached out to John Schneider, the manager of the Blue Jays, shortly after their loss last year, writing a handwritten letter which Schneider recently discussed with The Athletic.<\/p>\n
\u201cI don\u2019t know you,\u201d Kerr wrote, \u201cbut I felt compelled to reach out after watching your incredible leadership on display during the World Series.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThe pain [in 2016] was real,\u201d Kerr wrote. \u201cBut what always survives through the tough losses is the character and connection of the group. The loss won\u2019t define you, but the way you and your guys carried themselves afterwards will.\u201d<\/p>\n
As the MLB season begins and as the Warriors approach the play-in tournament, this sentiment rings true, and also speaks to Kerr\u2019s expertise and experience as a coach \u2014 no matter how the season goes, how you and your players react is what matters most. It\u2019s pretty sound life advice for us non-athletes too.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt was the message we\u2019ve been preaching all offseason and in spring,\u201d Schneider told The Athletic. \u201cThe run was great, and the heartbreak was real, but it\u2019s not going to define who we are. We all went through it together. What we\u2019re going to be defined by is how we persevere through it\u2026 If he can see the good in what we did, it kind of gives you a little bit of reassurance that you\u2019re preaching the right things.\u201d<\/p>\n
After that 2016 loss, Kerr won three more championships with the Warriors. Schneider hasn\u2019t won anything yet with the Blue Jays, but this past World Series proves that he\u2019ll be able to \u2014 and he recently signed a two-year extension, so he\u2019ll definitely have a chance.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Steve Kerr is no stranger to catastrophic losses. As much as he\u2019s won both as an NBA coach…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":689432,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3786],"tags":[7,479,164,4025,4024,6,255,38987],"class_list":{"0":"post-689431","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-golden-state-warriors","8":"tag-basketball","9":"tag-golden-state","10":"tag-golden-state-warriors","11":"tag-goldenstate","12":"tag-goldenstatewarriors","13":"tag-nba","14":"tag-warriors","15":"tag-warriors-features"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/116322342363791326","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/689431","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=689431"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/689431\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/689432"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=689431"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=689431"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=689431"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}