What was your perspective of the Kevin McHale hire?

I always thought firing RA was a mistake. You don't fire Hall of Fame coaches that are winning.

However, I still like McHale. We just have a team full of slightly above average players, and it doesn't matter how good the coach is, you aren't going to be any better than .500 without stars.

 

I won't go into my perspective, but this was my reaction -----> & o__O

 

My perception was either 1) we wanted to tank, or 2) Les simply didn't like RA and it was more about coach/owner friction.

Since 1) clearly didn't happen, I'm going with 2).

 

I'm just effin' confused on what transpired. I can only think McHale is just keeping the seat warm for Finch, but I'm not sure that makes me feel any better. RA had his good and bad moments, but overall I the good outweighed the bad by quite a bit.

Dear Thursday,

Please hurry.

Sincerely,
NotInMyHouse

P.S. - See you next year.

 

I too thought we'd see more of the prospects playing this year. I thought Terrence and Thabeet might get a good look...and maybe that was the intention with the McHale hiring, but surely even Morey sees now that they don't belong in this league.

I think the main conflict with Adelman was that he wanted more say in the roster moves, and maybe McHale agreed to simply work with whatever they give him.

 

I like the result so far, we may have a better pick because of Lowry injure, bad play from Marin and a new coach. McHale or Adelman, this team go nowhere with the current players. I hate mediocre for no hope in any improvement year after year.

 

What's with all the asterisks in the thread title and first post?

 

I thought it was odd. We start winning and makes it much odder because I had felt he was a transitional coach to get us through the rebuilding process. Strange all around. Not only have they not started rebuilding? They seem to want to build on the current players and team as it is without taking any steps back. Very odd all around.

 

I was going to ask the same?? What am I missing?

I didn't have any detailed thoughts other than that it was a coaching downgrade, potentially a big downgrade, and that everything was coming together perfectly for a tankjob of a season.

 

I like him. At first I was skeptical because of his previous coaching record but now I think he's doing a good job. He's not a great X's and O's guy but he knows how to work hard and motivate players. I sometimes don't like how our offense looks but I realize that a big cause of that is the shortened off-season. Also, you can have the best system in the world but if you don't have the right players to execute it, then it's sort of pointless.

I think he has a great personality and he's very likable. On the other hand, he's direct and doesn't BS around. He's old school, which I like. I know you mentioned about the team's direction and I honestly think that we had one but Stern killed it. Overall, I think he's still learning and he'll get better

 

McHale is a moron. He is a clueless coach who was expected to bring in some D and yet we concede 120 odd points to the likes of Raptors and Cavs.

 

It was a move that had to be made. Adelman did not agree with the direction of the front office. He wanted stability on the roster, and he also insisted on keeping his assistant coaching staff who had way too many of RA's close friends on it that really didnt do much.

The front office rightfully wanted to change that up. I see no problem with that. Simple as that. The front office knew that this team would most likely be just a .500 or slightly better team and they weren't ok with that for good reasons. Is Rick Adelman the better coach???... of course he is. The Front office and Morey know that.

By all respects, the team is actually better at this point in the year then they were last year so Im not really sure what everyone is complaining about. Adelman's teams are fun to watch, and has a smooth offensive style thats much more appealing to watch.

McHale is a grinder who uses a Celtics type of system. Its a much uglier brand of basketball, but affective. Fans need to give this guy another year or two before you can accurately say who was better FOR THE ROCKETS of 2011/12/13. Adelman is the better coach, but not necessarily the better coach for this team.

 

honestly...it would not have made much of a difference. we would be exactly where we are for the most part, and if anything..we would have a pissed off coach who is trying to win now while the team is trying to rebuild.

 

KMac is a ok coach - not good, not horrible either. Problem is, what Les wants is so conflicting that it does not make any sense.

Clueless Owner --> Creates a clueless GM ---> Hires a clueless coach ---> Creates head-scratching fans.

RA knew what he was doing ... trying to win at any cost. What happened to all those excuses that RA is not developing TWill and Thabeet?

 

It was a backward move that gives the same impression as most of the other recent moves. No Real Direction.

 

i thought letting Adelman go was a mistake. But then again ... I thought firing JVG was a mistake.

I am still reserving judgement on McHale because of the shortened and off-seasonless season. I also think not having a star on our roster is a challange.

I truly believe most of our problems are due more to personel than to coaching. I think he's done a pretty good job under tough circumstances.

 

I wasn't happy about Adelman leaving, thought he generally did a good job.

I like the Kevin McHale hire because he is exactly the opposite of what you'd expect a front office to hire if they intend to throw away "old school" knowledge in favor of new-school analytics. McHale is pretty much as old-school as Adelman is.

So far, I've liked what he brings to the team, even though there are some struggles in this funky condensed season. The team is performing pretty much at the level of their talent overall and have not lost their spirit to fight (there are some bad losses, but no more than those suffered by most teams). I think the team can do well with McHale if they acquire the right pieces.

Both Adelman (since Yao's injury in 09) and McHale have had a hard job of guiding a team in transition: with management collecting decent-enough players, constantly looking for trades (out of necessity if you don't want to tank in order to rebound), and having more guys wanting significant minutes than there are spots in the rotation.