[Chron] Morey to interview disgraced ex-college coach Kelvin Sampson

We will soon be able to go to www.HoustonRockets.com and vote for our next coach.

 

Daryl Morey is looking for a coach with more upside. Adelman has reached his peak. LOL! :grin:

 

I doubt this happens but smh

 

As I've said on the bbs before, I'm from Indiana and am a monster Hoosier fan. If the Rockets hire Sampson, I will lose it. I can't really see it happening, dude just isn't a good person, not the kind of guy you want representing your orginization.

 

There are a bunch of smilies for this site but not one that shows an animated face throwing up. I would put like a million of those to show my discontent towards hiring this guy. haha

 

Whoops, I was wrong. It was Jeff Capel who just got fired. You know, come to think of it, Sampson and Capel share a bit of a resemblance. But mostly it was the fact that they both coached at OU and got fired in the last decade.

 

I get the feeling Les and Morey already know who they want ....Big smokescreen with lots of obligatory/strategic interviews.

 

LOL wonder if I can walk in for a interview.

 

That's funny, I get the exact opposite feeling.

Who are they trying to throw off with their Big smokescreen anyways?

Somewhere in a dark room Cuban throws his hands up and shouts, "MOREY!" when he finds out about their latest coaching snag.

 

Ditto from an OU grad. Also, while he's decent defensively, this guy can NOT coach an offense for sh-t. I mean, absolutely terrible on that end of the floor. He makes JVG look like, well, Rick Adelman.

 

Several things come to mind.

The "PLAN" continues to be put forward .....very much a method to the madness IMO.

The way we quickly ushered Adelman out. (I know we're rebuilding and Rick wasn't brought here for that, but...)

Some of our "candidates" don't have a prayer in Hell of becoming the next Rockets head coach. Don't forget the PR angle plus perception around the League.
Then there is the leverage`against the "real" target with regard to $$$$$$$ during the negotiation phase. Perhaps said coach is on the fence but I doubt it.

The shield against possible tampering due to the guy still being tied up in the playoffs? lots of possible angles here.
Also, look at Les's hires .......The man gets who he wants...top notch talent.
Either way, call me a conspiracy theorist, but I think they already have a somebody in mind.

I'm not sure who it is...Brad Stevens is the coach du jour at the moment and there are plenty of qualified assistants (Bud and Casey) and former head coaches.
Even though we're "rebuilding I wouldn't rule out one of the older cats. Sloan/Brown

Anyway Spacemoth, I like the idea of Cuban sweating his a$$ off in a dark room picking up the phone and hearing DM's voice on the other line saying .....Be berry berry qwiet, we are hunting bun - E Wabbits......

....window dressing with a purpose.

 

I agree with your post. I imagine that there's probably a short list of candidates that are their real target(s), and that they already know good and well exactly what they want.

I'd be surprised if any non-NBA experienced college coach got the job, myself, unless it was someone with a love of all things stat-related...and even then I'd be surprised.

 

Are you people questioning Mr. Alexander's proven process for selecting a coach?

 

The problem with casting a wide net is that you also got a chance to catch garbage.

 

Obvious typo - I saw OJ Simpson headed towards the T-Center in a white Bronco - Les thinks he will make them play "more Phoenix-like" and put butts in seats.

 

We're not questioning Mr. Alexander...we're questioning Morey's.

Unless Morey is a Yesman to Les, this is all Morey's plan.
If Morey is a Yesman, then he is even more hopeless than we thought.

 

Looking at just his college record he is 515-285. The only thing I could find was the guy called other recruits trying to get them to come to OK and Indiana after they verbal with other schools? What is wrong with trying to get the best players for your squad. Some of there rules are just plain stupid, If a kid gets swayed because you call him he did not want to go to that school he verbal with. I think it smart to interveiw him he has good record in college and he is a Assistant Coach in the NBA and he coached on the Olympics. I say why not. Get him the right players and we may have a Winner.

 

One thing is for sure, the next coach won't be nicely paid like his predecessor.

 

Is he the coach that Greg Popovich invited to sit with the Spurs bench some years back?

I guess the Rockets MO is that if the Spurs like him, there must be something worth checking out.

Edit: Yes, here it is:

http://espn.go.com/blog/truehoop/post/_/id/4567/popping-up-in-san-antonio-kelvin-sampson