Across Steve Kerr's 12 years as head coach of the Golden State Warriors, he's been at the pinnacle of basketball in four of them and has been extremely successful in many of the other seasons.

However, particularly in the past few years, some of that success has begun to dwindle, most notably seen in the Warriors missing the playoffs in two of the past three seasons.

Part of that stemmed from the front office's decision to adopt the "two timelines" idea, aiming to merge the present and the future in their team building. Along the way, Kerr has taken his fair share of heat for how he's handled this change in roster ideology and the players he's been given.

This past week, more reports have emerged about the relationship between Kerr and the Warriors' front office as discussions continue about his future as head coach.

NBA reporter Marcus Thompson, appearing on the Sports Leader show, solidified something that's been suspected among Warriors' fans and media alike.

"Players that people in the front office want, that they know Steve Kerr just won’t play. He has his system, and he’s like, 'This guy’s just not that good, or he doesn’t fit what we do.' And I think there’s a conversation about how to expand that."

Thompson noted one line that has reportedly circulated internally for years: "I like that guy, but Steve Kerr won’t play him."

Additionally, Thompson gave a specific example by bringing up Timberwolves guard Ayo Dosunmu, a trade deadline acquisition who had just dropped 43 points to win the Timberwolves a playoff game.

"The immediate question he put to people around him was direct: why don’t the Warriors have someone like that? 'He gets to the basket. He lives in the paint.' Some guys like that where they don’t fit, but Steve loves a guy like Gui Santos, who’s going to make the right reads, pass the ball. Jonathan Kuminga is the greatest example. Can this guy help you or can he not? That's the thing."

It all comes down to the difference between how the front office is perceiving the roster and how Kerr perceives it. In Kerr's case, he's trying to put the best players out there on the floor, and especially when the system revolves around Steph Curry and his magical offensive talent and gravity, it requires a specific type of player next to him.

For the front office and many Warriors fans online, they seem to be thinking in more objective terms: who is the better player, and who is more likely to help the team succeed as a whole.

That's why Kuminga was so contentious when he was on the team. The Warriors' management, fans, and media all perceived Kuminga to be a great talent, which he was. He is extremely athletic and has all the tools to be a great slasher on offense and a quality defender.

However, Kerr believed that Kuminga couldn't fit the system they needed to play to maximize the strengths of Curry, and thus, Kuminga's play time was up-and-down, to say the least.

It's another area of contention between the front office and Kerr that will need to be settled and understood before a decision on Kerr's future is made, especially with the Warriors set to draft in the lottery this year.