<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-partner="tweetdeck"><p><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Rockets?src=hash">#Rockets</a> opt not to retain Vipers HC Nevada Smith (57-43 record). Previous 2 Vipers HC are NBA assistants in playoffs (Nurse-TOR, Finch-HOU)</p>— Adam Wexler (@awexler) <a href="https://twitter.com/awexler/status/590332752651624448">April 21, 2015</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> I guess players took too long to progress?
Can someone with more info let us know what's going on with him? Didn't Morey recruit him out of some unknown place? Thought he was a bright mind in bball. It's pretty surprising.
He came from Keystone, which is a small school in the North. I know the Rockets were not happy with the development of some of their young guys down there but I don't know how much of that they related to Smith.
I thought both Capela and Johnson got plenty of good experience in the D-league. I don't know, I'm just surprised that they fired someone after only 2 years.
This article from April 11th seemed a bit uncertain about his future. Weird. http://www.themonitor.com/sports/ri...cle_d68724fc-e0b9-11e4-a73f-9338fa3aa3bb.html As a reference, here are the tenures of past Viper coaches. Seems like 2 years or less is the standard : Bob Hoffman (2007–08) Clay Moser (2008–09) Chris Finch (2009–2011) Nick Nurse (2011–2013) Nevada Smith (2013–2015)
clay moser now is an assistent with the lakers now of coarse we all know finch and nurse is with the craptors