What he said or what he didn’t say was the theme of the last hour Tuesday.

Suns GM Steve Kerr was on Tuesday and he answered the obligatory question about the future of Mike D’Antoni.

I completely read into his answer that Mike is on the hot seat. If Mike D’Antoni wasn’t on the hot seat, Kerr would have said, “Mike D’Antoni will be our coach next year and Tuesday’s game is not going to have an effect on that.” Just to make sure I wasn’t reading too much into his comments, Kerr didn’t feel the need to stop us from reading into his comments.

Mike D’Antoni has said repeatedly that the Suns are a better team than San Antonio. If that were the case, why is San Antonio advancing to the next round?

I have been amazed at the amount of coaching mistakes made by Mike D’Antoni in their first-round knockout. I have also brought up a million issues I’ve had with the decisions Mike has made during the season. This may shock you then, I don’t care what Kerr does because I think it will be the right decision.

The only thing I’m against is if Kerr has already made up his mind to fire D’Antoni.

I want a meeting to take place with a list of items that Kerr wants to see implemented. If D’Antoni decides that he can’t coach under those conditions, then he can resign. I want D’Antoni to accept Kerr’s “suggestions” and I want him to stay. However, I don’t think he will accept the suggestions and I think D’Antoni will be gone.

I am a fan of Steve Kerr. He has expectations and holds people accountable to those expectations. I don’t think D’Antoni does that with his players and that’s why I’m so hard on D’Antoni. Kerr will have no problem being judged by the same standard that he is setting up for himself.

Here’s what I want to see Kerr get D’Antoni to agree to.

1. No AAU coaches on the bench

2. A new defensive minded assistant

3. There will be a constant effort to develop rookies

4. 10 players will play at least 5 minutes a game

5. Raja will never play over 25 minutes a game unless there is foul trouble or injuries

6. If Boris doesn’t dunk it twice a game, he’s on the bench

The Suns have lost to the Spurs. Mike D’Antoni coached them to a loss in this series. He deserves all the heat he’s getting. I understand how successful his regular season win total is, but he’s a .500 head coach in the playoffs.

That number will never improve unless he’s willing to stop making excuses about injuries and suspensions and realize that his coaching philosophies don’t mesh with the reality of the NBA. If he changes, the Suns will win a championship.

If he doesn’t, the Suns should be the one making a change.