[Feigen] D'Antoni emerges as front-runner for Rockets job

He coached team USA says a lot what they think of his offense.

 

Why is everyone calling out Les? Isn't it the front office's responsibility to hire the coach?

 

offense is the last thing we need. not worried about scoring the ball. defense is our main problem and this clown has never had good defensive teams as a head coach. that's a huge reason why his suns teams never went to the finals. **** dantoni

 

Because the reports are out that Morey wants JVG and that Les has refused to even interview him.

 

I think winning puts more people in the seats and is more entertaining, not scoring 120 a game. But I'm not an 70-year-old owner that only gets enjoyment from watching basketball, or at least that's along the lines of what he said.

 

Yeah I'm over it. Leadership comes from the top down. Now, you know exactly why we are where we are. Les' whack ass. Idgaf anymore.

I have the Texans and Baylor football to carry the torch

 

I posted it before, but again I'm wondering if this hire plays into the players they want to attract here.....their Euro-stashes, Horford.....

Obviously Pringles interviews well. I don't trust Les' decision making, I don't think he knows s*** about basketball, I think he only worries about selling tickets; but they could have done worse, coach-wise.

Still, they better get a really good assistant coach for the defense, because D'Antoni can't even spell it.

 

Nope.

 

So Dwight is definitely a no-go under MDA, right?

 

Les runs the team, not Morey. If you're dissatisfied with this organization as I and many other fans are, point the finger at the man at the top. He's the one who's presided over a whopping 3 playoff series victories in 19 seasons.

 

Mike D'Antoni has also coached as part of team USA and was well respected there.

 

Dwight was probably leaving regardless. I don't buy into this conspiracy theory that Les hired D'Antoni to make sure Dwight opted out. If Les hires the guy, it's because he really wants him as head coach.

 

Wow.

I guess at this point, Les has given up on winning titles and just wants to save himself money on bad contracts.

I'm EXTREMELY shocked Morey hasn't been fired too at this point.

 

I'll approve if he gets hired...I want/need to have hope...

 

He treated a number of employees poorly when he was in NY and LA.

There are a number of former players that will tell you that he is a very gifted coach but a bad person.

Nate Robinson:

"Mike D’Antoni was a cool coach, but he was just a bad person. He can coach. He was just mean for no reason. He had no reason to be a certain way toward players he liked and didn't like. As a man, you would talk to somebody if you had a problem with them. You would tell them. He never told me exactly what his problem was with me. I didn't know how to change it. I'd talk to him every day, but he would ignore me. It was crazy."

As far as what else colors my opinion, I know someone that used to do video with D'Antoni and he was extremely rude and unprofessional.

Also be prepared for endless excuses from Mike about why something goes wrong.

 

These are the things that concern me.

 

Damn this is horrible.
Go Osweiler and co.

 

#1 Who do you think designed the majority of the system that the Warriors run? Alvin Gentry, who learned under D'Antoni. Offense will not be a problem at all with D'Antoni as head coach. The Rockets will score a lot of points and do so quickly.

#2 This hiring has little to do with Daryl Morey and everything to do with the owner.

#3 D'Antoni has attempted to wrestle power from the front office in both Phoenix and in New York. It is very likely that he will do the same thing with the Rockets. Daryl Morey can claim he supports the choice that the Rockets make, but he wanted to go in a different direction.

 

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