The Golden State Warriors went through a series of struggles and roster shakeups this past season and even without any extra struggles, they had the odds stacked against them considering they play in a Western Conference that was threatened by the defending champion Oklahoma City Thunder, Victor Wembanyama-led San Antonio Spurs and Luka Doncic-led Los Angeles Lakers. 

They finished 37-45 this season, 10th in the Western Conference. It was their worst finish to a season since the COVID-19-shortened 2019-20 season, where they finished 15-50. 

That 10th-seed finish was enough to land the Warriors a place in the Play-In tournament and int he first round they actually managed to upset the Los Angeles Clippers to move on, but soon had their own hopes squashed by the Phoenix Suns to end the Golden State season.

The Warriors are certainly in a transitionary period as a franchise, with the old guard of Steph Curry and Draymond Green near the end of their careers, but not yet at the end of their powers, and the next wave of Golden State players not fully caught up. 

Still, when head coach Steve Kerr was looking retrospectively at the season, he was quick to acknowledge his own shortcomings when it came to his guidance and leadership when he spoke candidly in a "DubsTalk" podcast interview. 

"I didn't have a great year," Kerr said (via NBC Sports Bay Area). "I think coaches are similar to players. You have years that are better than others, you have years that are worse than others."

Of course, Warriors fans would rather consistency from their head coach than any kind of ebb-and-flow of his leadership, but Kerr's accountability is refreshing and consistent with the personality and coaching style that he's show to the league over the course of his more than a decade of head coaching. 

That being said, the pressure is on for Kerr to have a "bounce back" year as a head coach and for the franchise as a whole to do the same. Their competitive window is rapidly closing, if it hasn't already, especially if the Warriors want to ensure that Curry plays meaningful basketball at least one more time before he retires. 

Even in Kerr's "down year," though, he must have impressed enough for Warriors ownership to offer him a two-year contract, though Kerr himself has spoken about how serious of a conversation it was between him and team ownership to see if he was even the right man for the job still. 

Still, Kerr has at least two years to show that he and his franchise still have it and for the sake of basketball in the Bay, his fans are hoping that they aren't two more rough years.