Landry Locker Sources: The Decision To Pick Up MDA’s Option Next Season Was Fertitta’s, Not Morey

Some of y’all are quick to forget that this is how MDA got here in the first place. Morey wanted someone else but Leslie Alexander demanded it be MDA.

 

Now Morey can focus on not screwing up an offseason in EPIC PROPORTIONS 2 times in a row.

 

This team is doomed

 

Tilman picked up the final years option back in July 2018. Morey was extended in March 2019.

I’m sure this has been resolved internally (between Tilman and Daryl) and it’s why we haven’t seen an extension yet, coupled with letting go assistants.

Morey is simply saying I’m done with you Mike. You’ve got a contract we will honor, but I’ve moved on.

 

Fern t*** broke AF

 

What did you say in December?

As to the OP, I'm not thrilled with Rockets management that, from the outside, looks like they're replaying the, "Who run Bartertown?" scene from the Mad Max movies.

If ownership wants to retain MDA, then extend him already and stop firing his assistants. (Or "choosing not to renew their contracts..." as the case may be.) If Fertitta has a lack of faith in Morey's judgment, then fire him. It'll look stupid after extending him for all of those years and cash, but so does this current pissing match playing out in the media. Christ, does he do this in his hospitality businesses? Reach past his personally picked management team and try to do their job for them?

 

Eh, I honestly don't think it is a bad thing long term to honor coach's contracts.

May suck next year, no doubt, but it's a good thing in that coaches will see that Tilman is an owner that will honor the contract. May help us next time we're in the market for a big name coach like Budenholzer who IIRC chose the Hawks over us at that time.

 

Tilman has fired a coach?

Rocket River

 

The owner is almost always going to make these kind of decisions. The GM can advise and such. But, the owner will have the final say.

 

Yay, regular season hype plus playoff disappointment equals money unfortunately.

 

duumb owner, he's first year of stint $uck so this year ain't no better

 

Why is this being made public though? The very title infers information that really should be kept private


Like our owner is undermining our GM

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Our GM wanted to let go of our coach



Some serious ****ing drama that shouldn't be in the damn media, I don't mind the Harden/Paul bickering **** but this is embarrassing.

 

For you and all the others out there who have been drinking the red koolaid that Morey has been serving for well over a decade I direct your attention to the Golden Rule which states that "Whomever Has The Gold Makes The Rules". Last I looked it was Tilman who paid the $2.2 BILLION that bought the team (raising $1.4 BILLION through the sale of bonds) and NOT Morey. And I've seen nothing over the past ten years that leads me to believe that Morey deserves to have carte blanc control over this team. When someone is on the hook for that much money, he is going to have a say in how his investment is being handled. I find it really laughable that folks are now sniping about D'Antoni when you all were gleeping over his being hired.

 

The report never says that Morey didn’t want to bring him back, though this is what everyone is inferring.

The story here, if there is one, would be that the owner and GM are not on the same page. That’s never a good thing for an organization.

 

EXACTLY! And then ol' Les took the money and ran. As I posted before, there were a number of openings for coaches that year and the ONLY time you heard D'Antoni's name was when Alexander hired him. I still remember his snitty ass attitude at the press conference. For those with short memories here you go: https://spacecityscoop.com/2016/06/01/houston-rockets-owner-les-alexander-defends-mike-dantoni/. What I find funny is the part where Alexander states that both he and Morey made the hire together. Yeah, right!

 

I wasn't, check my post history I as an advocate for another coach at the time and was not happy when we got MDA. He was an upgrade over Milkhair though.

As my original post said, when it comes to our roster (including the coaching) the only interference Tilman should be having is with the financials. Morey can't seem to get a completely fair shake, because every time he starts aiming for something the owner seems to always want to interfere and force his hand into a stupid pickup that Morey either has to go on to fix or that limits the team in general.

Thats the Rockets history

However, lets look at other teams, even in other sports. Tilman isn't the only person to spend an exorbitant amount of money buying a team. The numbers show that the owners who let their GM's GM are 9 times out of 10 the winners. The owners who want to force their GM's into pickups they want opposed to what the Gm wants fail.. and fail.. and fail.

Hire a GM you believe in Tilman and when it comes to our roster/coach you control the greenlight/redlight through the barriers of finance and nothing more. That is a good owner that history has shown leads to successful winning dynasties. You can hire anyone you want as a GM, who you hire, believe in him.

 

Why are you highlighting totally random words?

Is it a code?

 

I hate the direction our team is headed in. It’s hard enough to get excited about the next season when we consistently come up short year after year because we’re good but not good enough. However, this off-season more than any in recent memory has shown that there’s a clear struggle for balance of power.

It’s not even June yet and shiets already messy and it will only get worse. Nobody except for Tillman and maybe 2 or 3 of his execs knows the truth and reasons behind all the recent changes. We’ve all speculated but none of us really know.

Anytime there’s a discrepancy between the owner and GM over personnel decisions it’s a bad look especially when it comes to something as important as the Head Coach.

I know some members on this board question Morey, lost faith in him, dislike or even flat out hate him and maybe even want him gone but I still trust in Morey. I always have. Ever since he was hired as GM I always felt like his hands were tied and he had to compromise more than I feel he has to/had to as Les had the final say and was very headstrong in picking D’Antoni as coach. We won a lot of regular seasons games and made the WCF with MDA but obviously thats not good enough and Daryl actually feels theres someone out there that could do better. Now with Les gone and the franchise under new ownership we’re still hearing about Morey not all in on the HC and the new owner being adamant that he’s our guy. So what’s changed since Les? The whole reason why I was excited about Tilman was because I thought he’d take a back seat, open up his checkbook and be a super fan. Only one came of those came to fruition. The least important one.

I always felt the owner should hire the best Executives and let them do their jobs. Let them be the ones to make the ‘executive’ decisions when it comes to choosing/managing coaches and personnel. Lucky for Tilman he didn't have to hire DM and he inherited one of the best IMO. When the owner starts micromanaging and or making decisions based upon as they see fit it rarely if ever works out especially when your your top Executive disagrees.

He’s promising Championships while cutting costs, slashing payroll, picking whose coach and who gets paid or not. Not only is he the owner he also the President and GM apparently.

 

MDA is the owner's choice.. he has to go with his gut. Maybe Morey didn't make a decision anyway.