Yes. please stop with the arranged marriages. As important as having sharp guys in the room is having guys that can work well together in the room. Honestly it’s probably more important.
Just let the new coach build his staff. If Kitchens continues to perform well then he will be a strong candidate for said staff. But leave it up to the coach. These arranged marriages: between the coach and GM, between the coach and his staff, etc are just terrible ideas. Let a guy implement his staff, let a GM pick his coach.