ClutchFans Game Thread: Nuggets @ Rockets 1/23/2013

James Harden - 7 TO? Could not believe Les paid top money for a top turnover machine.:grin:

 

The Rockets shoot too many 3's.

 

Are you serious?

 

I wonder if Morey still thinks coaching rarely affects the end product on the court.

 

Except Asik, Parsons, and the PFs never scored the most points in the history of the NBA in their first 5 starts and led their teams with terrible records to an 8-1 record when used as the number one option.

 

Lets make a trade with the Lakers... Our coach for their coach. Perfect.

 

Hey Lin fans (the ones that think there is a conspiracy against Lin),

The problem with suggesting a conspiracy against Lin by McHale (or anyone on the Rockets) is that there's no evidence. Well that's problem 1. Problem 2 is that there's no logical reason for McHale to do that. He doesn't stand to benefit in any meaningful way and the 2-8 record in the last 10 games would suggest that he has bigger things to worry about than trying to ruin Lin. Also, the Rockets as a team would stand to do so much better if Lin returned to the Linsanity days.

Sure there's weird sub patterns involving Lin and you guys are probably right that Lin isn't being used to the best of his abilities, but that can be said about a lot of the Rocket's players right now.

At the end of the day, a lot of players on the Rockets - Lin, Harden, Parsons, Asik, PFs, + Bench, just haven't been playing as well as they have been compared to earlier in the year.

 

I hope Les is burning Morey's ears on this.

 

How can a man who is seemingly so smart think something this dumb?

 

Then how do you explain the full quarter benching in Portland in OT?

Of course there is no indisputable evidence from the fan's viewpoint! We're not in the locker room. We're not there in the player's only meeting! We can read what we see.

How about the time where Mchale was asked about benching Lin? The one where he says, "uhhhh, I think Jeremy will be fine. He'll be fine. He'll be fine." Clearly not answering the question. There are tons of clues from the fan's viewpoint that lead me to think this and yes, it's not indisputable. You have to go in the locker room for that. But do you have access to that locker room?

 

McHale can substitute all the players in the world, and it won't make a difference, IMO. Until he changes(substitutes) his predictable offensive game plan, IMO, there won't be sustainable success.

 

I was shocked when I first heard him say it. Even small things like knowing when to call a time-out and substitutions to match up better against opposing line-ups affect the end results dramatically. And that's just minor in-game coaching. Think of all the damage a bad coach could do during practices and in setting up systems/philosophies.

 

Seriously. Winning is going to take more than just, "c'mon guys play with more energy" "work harder" "we have to beat them down the court because we're younger". IMO, that is a simpleton philosophy, if that is your whole offensive game plan. Those qualitites are important, and are the players responsibility, but what about the coach's responsibility of drawing up plays to put our young players in better positions to score in lieu of the one-on-one do it yourself, everyone stand in your spots while one person is dribbling and trying to score nonsense?

 

Did he really say that? Morey never played basketball right??? Did he play any team sport???

 

what was the record when Sampson was the coach?

 

Plain and simple is that McFail only trusts the one and only Harden, but knee jerks on every other player on the roster. There is no real consistency in the other rotations to develop the players. The bummer thing about Lin is that he's proven, though only a few games, that he can lead a team to wins but is not treated with that type of respect on this team.

 

You are so wrong! With each substitution, Mchale will have a chance of randomly generating a spark !

 

Actually what Morey said is that Coaches rarely affect teams positively, but CAN have negative impacts.

In other words, only a few coaches can elevate a team above the norm, but a bad coach can hamstring a team. Whereas many coaches succeed because they don't screw the team up too badly.

That's actually something I agree with... it's like a Waiter. Only a handful of waiters make you go "Oh wow", most waiters just don't screw it up and are passable, but a terrible waiter can ruin your entire evening.

 

A spark by definition is a momentary flash of light. I would prefer an offensive game plan saavy enough to produce light the whole game long.

 

I think mchale does not have a game plan at all... this is a huge problem... specially for a team as young as ours... unlike vets who already knows what to do most of the time, young players are looking for direction (i.e. defensive strategies, offensive strategies, etc etc) each team they go up against, they should have a different game plan... for vets, they already know what to do most of the time as they have already played against 90% of the players in the league... no amount of BBIQ can compensate with experience...