Lol people wanted him gone when he couldn't get out of the first round. Now people want him back. Honestly, you can forget about all of that since it came out today that Les only had a good relationship with Rudy T and McHale out of the Rockets coaches he's had.
Lol, you guys are blinded by your love of JVG the commentator. JVG as a coach was awful. He deserved to get fired in 07. His teams underachieved, couldn't get past the first round. Not to mention his offense was absolutely awful, ugly and boring. Lacked any offensive creativity and relied too much on his stars for his offensive shortcomings.
I totally agree! Anyone feel free to correct me if I'm wrong, but I give all the credit to JVG for turning Yao into a true big man for the Rockets in the low post. He could have been coached into a jump shooting Rik Smits type player, but JVG went for it. His career might have lasted longer if his body took less of a beating, but we all ended up with legit hopes of going back to the finals. He was our monster. But, my best memory of JVG was hearing him LOUD and clear on a nationally televised game telling Phil Jackson to "**** OFF!" while arguing a call and wearing that smirk on his face. Zen master had no response for it. I thought, hell yeah, that's our coach, mf!
With T-Mac and Yao he had the Rox scoring in the 80's and 90's with regularity. Worse record than McHale. Fun guy, but I don't want low-scoring games and a number 7 seed.
He'd be the perfect coach if only because he'd be able to go toe-to-toe with Harden and call him out on his BS if he had to. The "lack of offense" is also a myth... when they had things rolling with Sura, T-mac, and Jon Barry, they were actually pretty damn uptempo (but were also able to run half-court sets when they had to, and to get Yao involved). Of course he relied on his stars... he wasn't going to lose with David Wesley, Scott Padgett and Ryan Bowen shooting the ball. That being said, I would question the mental fortitude of Dwight and Harden to be handle the intensity of a JVG/Thibs/SVG/Riley type of coach especially if things weren't going their way. Certain young players were willing to go all-out for them, some at the detriment of their bodies (Wade)... but I just don't see it with these two. A Scott Brooks-type or in-house promotion is probably the only way this core nucleus will stay together.
This is one of the silliest things I've ever read. Of course there are people that wanted him gone and there are people that want him back. That doesn't mean that those are all the same people. In other news, people voted for Obama and there are people who want Obama out of office.
People Forget the 3rd best players on those Tmac-Yao teams under JVG were Juwan Howard and Shane Battier...
God Yes. My favorite rocket head coach of all time. And a guy that isn't afraid to admit his mistakes, and learns from them. Defense still wins championships!
Great coach, but not sure if he will still have it after so many years away. Plus, would Howard's history with his brother Stan be an obstacle?
you're assuming he wants to coach this team in the first place. No one outside the Rockets org. wants to touch the team right now. Even Scottie Brooks rejected the offer.
