Someone asked about our record w/o Rondo. We were 8-5 last year without him and I believe we are now 7-3 without him this year. That is 15-8, 0.652 over 2 seasons which is 53 win pace. 23 games is 28% of a season which is starting to be a pretty good sample size.
If you also look at the stats for team assists, we average about the same number of assists for the team even though we are essentially playing without a pure PG.
I am not trying to beat up on Rondo. He is a good player but opposing teams don't respect his shot and that causes other problems. He can't change the way he plays until he forces the other team to cover him (by making more shots). His shot is improving but his release is still slow and he shoots from his shoulder, a very easy shot to bother, even for a defender not really covering him.
You can learn to shoot but many skills Rondo has can't be taught, like court awareness. I doubt there are any coaches or players that don't want Rondo back, warts and all.