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Mike D'Antoni will not return as Rockets coach

Discussion in 'Houston Rockets: Game Action & Roster Moves' started by J.R., Sep 13, 2020.

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  1. HP3

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    65 wins season, never the lost in the first round. Almost beat the GOAT team....James Harden had his best playoffs and regular seasons under him...If you are just going to say he did nothing good, then we have nothing left to talk about.
     
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  2. DaDakota

    DaDakota If you want to know, just ask!

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    Yep, and he knows the cap situation and roster is not going to get him where he would like to go.

    DD
     
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  4. Carl Herrera

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    Mike D’Antoni

    is

    playing a

    dangerous game?
     
    #44 Carl Herrera, Sep 13, 2020
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    Tillman is looking at the YMCA for coaches. 100k a year plus + incentives (up to $2500 a quarter) that include leading the league in rebounds etc.
     
    #45 bleedroxred79, Sep 13, 2020
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  6. HP3

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    @kjayp You're day has finally come bro :p

    Guess, we'll find out how much the grass is greener
     
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    I think we should bring in Gene Hackman.
     
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    The truly great coaches who won championships didn't have to do it with midgets against giants either.
     
    #48 deb4rockets, Sep 13, 2020
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    TF stands for more than Total F***up.
     
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    Lue would be a great long term pickup. Sad to see MDA go, loved him as our coach and I wish we could have seen 1 more year of him + CP3 + Harden.
     
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    Lolol this is funny.
     
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    Same thing happened to Rick Adelman
     
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    Tillman will want a Trump guy, so Gene will have to say he's ready to sacrifice his morals for money first.
     
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    I feel bad for Mike, but it was obvious small ball wasn’t going to win a championship . We definitely need a head strong coach who can get through to the players. Good luck to MDA.
     
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    Exactly how it read to me as well.
     
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  16. HP3

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    Man....why are we looking at Tye Lue.......what is Daryl thinking man......that is not the move man.
     
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    One thing that sticks out for me is the OKC series.

    I thought what if MDA was coaching OKC?

    Dort would have NEVER played, he only has his 7 man rotation, 8 at best...and Dort can't shoot so he likely would have been cut by now.

    There are coaches that force players to fit into their system and coaches that make their system around their players, MDA is the former.

    How many decent players we just let go because they couldn't play here? Potential wasted because they didn't fit into the jack up 3 style we were playing?

    Donovan on the other hand knew Dort couldn't shoot but what does he do? He realizes he has other ways to affect the game and stuck him on Harden and it almost won the series, otherwise, the series is a sweep, easy. OKC also exploited us the same way the Lakers did but they were just less talented.

    MDA is what he is. He never beats the team he has to beat.
     
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    Despite the extreme frustration
    I appreciate his time with the team

    this was better than the JVG era for sure
     
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    My only issue is that we need a different style of play, and that comes from above. What are they going to do - bring in Lue and have him do the same 3 and Layups style, with small ball? Is that helping anything? Morey needs to go, and Tillman needs to reach into those extremely deep pockets, cheapo
     
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    He is one of the few selected coaches that would put a smiley face on when all hell breaks loose around him.

    'I am perfectly fine with what' s going on around me. ' Molten lava.
     
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