The Raptors’ next coach must come from outside their system

Fans of the Toronto Raptors this season shouldn’t be too surprised that the Raptors relived Nick Nurse of his head coaching duties if they saw how Toronto played this season. The Raptors were playing below expectations, and once they weren’t playing well, changes from the coaching staff were inevitable.

Toronto had largely the same system for over a decade. It started with Dwane Casey, and Nurse added his own tweaks to the formula. Recent seasons show that the formula for success the team had originally has started to show some cracks.

Regardless of who the next coach of the Raptors will be, it should be someone outside of their system. Even though it would be cool to see Patrick Mutombo,…