Do you think Silas is the right guy for this rebuild?

No option for yes/maybe?

I think we will see a different side this yr. A step forward, but not full go til next yr. I imagine they still want a top 5 for a shot at "the prize". Will be more agressive, but still reigned in.

He's got something. Can't have that much clout with his past players and not bring it. Will he find a balance between a player's coach and a smart tactician? We'll soon see.

 

Ask me 6 months later and 10.

 

Great for tanking, not for winning. The white McHale.

 

So far he has been an A+. The only goal has been to have the worst record, and he has done the job if we won more games the last 2 years he’d be closer to an F but he has been magnificent

 

He’s cheap enough for Tilman ms a nice enough guy, that’s all you can ask for when hiring someone to coach the worst team in the league for 4 years

 

What exactly is a coach during a rebuild supposed to accomplish? And how can that be measured in an objective way?

But ignoring those 2 questions, if I had to answer the poll, I'd say Maybe. This is because I have not seen anything that definitively says he absolutely is perfect for the job or is horrible for the job.

One issue I have with this question is I don't think any coach, no matter who he is, would still be around when (/if) we get the point of wanting to contend. By then, we will fire whoever we have to bring in a "new voice."

 

Doesn't matter if he's the right guy, Tilman is not going to pay top dollar for a top notch coach. So the answer is obviously no but don't expect a quality replacement.

 

I'm in the maybe camp, though I'm leaning more towards the no side. We'll see how he does this season, there are no more excuses left. If the team comes out again with no structure, no offensive system beyond "freestyle and dribble the clock down until a rushed last second shot attempt" and no accountability when players check out, then I'll be a firm no. I do think he has the player development skills, his history shows that. What I'm unsure on is whether or not he can actually be the coach of a TEAM.

 

Hold on, weren't you the one saying FO knows what they are doing? So why raise this up?
He is perfect for the FO: Low profile coach starting his career so will do everything they ask...
On the other hand we saw some terrible coaching samples the last two years.
He can be a great locker room guy, maybe a great assistant. But he is not vocal (needed for kids) and often at games you look at his face and he seems clueless what to do.

I bought NBA2k23 and tried to buy the Rockets playbook. Couldn't find as it doesn't exist.

 

Largely agree w/ this, but I don’t think we’re going to find out w/ such a young roster whether he’s the right guy or not. Hollins & Abdelfattah should definitely help though.

And quite frankly I see Abdelfattah as our future HC. The way he’s being described sounds almost perfect, that he’s tough and very good and understanding of each player’s needs. I feel Silas has the latter down, but not the former. He’s too gentle to my liking.

Lucas is not HC material, never was, and Hollins we’d have to see. If he has actually embraced data and analytics to a degree then maybe he could be, though don’t think he’d be first on management’s list to succeed Silas.

Silas is too much three focused to my liking as well so maybe Hollins would be more inclined to tell Green to get his from midrange, as well as for Jabari.

 

prob great asst coach...
prob a good coach if u want a soft spoken guy thats not gonna piss off yer narcissist superstar(s)...
...but im not feeling the tenacity to drive youngsters and hold em accountable...
we need an authoritarian at this juncture... imo...

 

I dunno, I've seen kid's teams that play with more structure. That's where I want to see some improvement this season. If we still look like a rec league team then he's not cut out to be a head coach. If we come out and play structured, professional basketball whilst developing the players I couldn't care less if we lose every single game. That's the crux of it for me, he needs to show he can do more than letting the players dictate the offense - we don't have the talented PG we need for that style to work (Harden.) If the team carries on doing the freestyle **** it means one of two things in my mind: 1. He actually doesn't have the strategic chops to be a good coach, because he can't identify and utilize the skills of his team effectively OR 2. He has no control of the team so they're ignoring his system and doing whatever they want. Neither of those 2 situations would qualify as "good coaching."

 

The youngins like him. Now if he can parlay that into developing without burning them out, then he deserves to keep the contract Tillman is not going to write off...

 

Maybe. He will likely need players that can win to be a coach that can win.

 

Silas is going to need his rooks, 2nd year guys and rest of the young guys (Tate, KPJ, Gary Bird) to level up quickly in 2022.

But Silas success will ultimately rest on these 3 new coaches.

Silas first coaching staff has been almost completely turned over so we know TF, Patrick and Stone have not been satisfied with results thus far.

Silas admission that Rockets were barely playing the basics on offense and defense last season was concerning to say the least.

 

Ime Udoka should be available soon.

 

That's what Nia Long said.

 

Been saying since he was hired that this is the year I will decide, because this is the year he won't have something like 75% core player turnover. It's looking like - no, but we will see.

 

Silas also has to live up to his guard whisperer and/or offensive genius reputation.