[HouChron]Rockets' mediocrity sinking in with owner

Les you should ask Yao Ming what is wrong and tell him you want him to be frank and truthful and that what he says will be in private.
Then you will know the reality, Morey and Coach 'A' wiil only present excuses to you!

 

This is spot on. I also believed the starters especially our superstars are still "ingrained" with JVG style of play. I don't blamed them as JVG must have hammered those plays strictly all the time for several years. As a disciplinarian,
he make sure his game plan and style stick to the players like a the back of their hand and this make them difficult to change.

 

The problem was not guys refused to change. The problem was they did change-- for the worse. Style was not the problem. It's an excuse. Effort and playing like a team-- on both end of the floor-- were the problems.

If JVG was "ingrained" in the team, then why didn't the see any effort or defense during the SAC game, the Philly game, the Toronto game?

Look at the defense. Adelman himself said he'd mostly kept the same principles and hope the team would play similarly well on D. Did they? No. Were the few minimal changes to blame? Hardly.


There are a few guys who are professionals, who came in ready to roll. If you want to know who they are, just look at who Adelman gave minutes to when he needed to scratch out a win against Detroit. The other guys didn't do their homework, didn't know defensive rotation, didn't hold up responsiblity to their teammates. These are the guys who have lost playing time. Until these guys wake up and start contributing, the guys who fought hard are not going to get enough helpl to become good enough.

 

I was listening to Calvin Murphy last week on 97.5 fm, man I really miss him as an announcer. But really, honestly, past all of his antics and loud suits, WHO IN THE ROCKETS ORGANIZATION KNOWS BASKETBALL BETTER THAN CALVIN?

Really, seriously, they need to consider hiring this man as a coach, in some capacity. He really should be a head coach, but he needs to at least be on the team to install, ATTITUDE, TEACH FREE THROWS, TEACH HEART, etc.

He really understands the game and the problems for the Rockets superstars and their teammates better than anyone else for the Rockets or on tv ever explain. It's a shame that as a Hall of Famer, he gets no respect and consideration for his knowledge. The guy is only 5'9 and played great among giants.

I would speculate that if Calvin was the Rockets coach all this season, that our record would be about 17-6 and that we would be running and gunning. They would be playing with much more heart and desire as well, or those who won't would be sitting on the bench; even if their name is Tmac.

Les should make a power move and put Calvin on the bench as an assistant to Adelman. But I think Les must hate Calvin or something already I'm afraid.

 

LOL! Thanks for the laugh!!

 

Ya know what, for all the mediocrity we've seen out of the Rockets so far...this post is gonna be optimistic, cause we're only 2.5 games behind Dallas for 4th in the West. That's good news for the optimists and pessimists alike.

 

Yup. Win tonight, and we're right back in the mix. Particularly with NOH, Mavs, and Jazz all playing up and down lately.

 

If guys like Avery Johnson and Mike Woodson could get a shot, why not Calvin. I'll admit it's a reach but stranger things have happened.

 

If Calvin was willing to work his way up the coaching ranks and prove himself like those guys did, then OK. But Calvin can't lead men and he knows it, which is why he didn't bother even trying. He has zero in common with Woody and AJ, who were both students of the game when they played.

 

They reality is YOU DONT SPEND ENOUGH.

 

This is what Rockets usually do: Lose to some dead last teams like 76ers and Memphis. Then raise your expectation with wins over Suns and Pistons. Then it will again disappoint you when you think they are on the right track.

 

Spending is important but not that crucial. We all know which team is spending the most money now.

 

Are we not in the WIN NOW mood? Get Kidd or Bibby, pay the damn tax, give us a championship. NYK is another story.

 

Wow...when did Dallas ever became the benchmark for success in the NBA? Last time I checked, they bowed out of the playoffs faster than we did.

 

Do you think we really can get them even if we pay tax? What players we send back?

 

True but they were not near the player that Calvin was either, and that counts for something. A few years ago Reggie Theus was acting and now he's the coach of the Kings after a short stint at New Mexico. What this team needs is a leader with some passion, and if Calvin Murphy's not the dude the someone else with more passion should be.

 

It's easy to throw other people's money around. Millions of dollars isn't chump change to just say "pay the damn tax."

 

Calvin is that you??

 

Wow, that's really taken out of context. It never ceases to amaze how people twist words.

I never said Dallas was the benchmark for success. All I was trying to imply is that we're 9th in the West at the moment...but only 2.5 games behind the 4th spot, regardless of whoever it is that occupies it.