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I don’t get the silas hate, never have never will. Would someone else have done better with the rosters he had? I don’t think calipari could have won even 10 games with those teams. His best player was who, past his prime eric Gordon? Rookie sengun? How many games do you expect to win when your whole team has maybe 2 legit rotation level players and 0 starting level players.
I think Silas was stuck at the assistant level and when he got his first stint it was with the Rockets but not a great team. Shet happens, I wish more ex players and developmental coaches become head coaches.
The losing is not something I hold against him. Not properly developing players is my main issue not to mention the way he treated Alpi who was on his way to being our best player despite the way he was treated.
So the players who bust are cause of silas but the ones who flourish are not because of silas. Makes sense
That particular player flourished in the Turkish league becoming the MVP at 18. IMHO, He had enough fundamentals already not to get screwed up by Silas. TBH, I do not care what you think about Silas. You do you. My opinion will not change.
I dont think so. You can source JG's and Jabari's struggles to him, too. He might be a great tactician to draw plays for great, experienced players but he sucked developing the young talent. Good coaches like Ime strategizes like teaching the team how to defend by playing slow majority of the season or sending 3 coaches to Turkey to work with Sengun. In my humble opinion, coaching the US team is the easiest thing to do. As a good tactician, Silas can definitely shine in that role. However as a coach, he is still nowhere near being like a WW2 general commanding his troops on the tactical battlefield, planning strategy, and managing up his bosses, if you know what I mean.
I think silas is just your standard mediocre coach. He’s not as bad as the worst of the worst (adrian griffin, pop, guys like that) but is nowhere near the best. If he happened to be given a good team instead of this trash he would have looked fine
I have a property across from Stapes/Crypto and have gone to 80+ games over the last 12 years including several with the Rockets, and always try to catch the Rockets a couple times a year. I sit 2-7 rows behind their bench at their games depending on who i go with or if i buy tickets myself. I will say there are various coaching styles, some coaches prepare a lot pre game, are engaged with the players at various times during the game or before. Stephen Silas was absolutely and completely lost once he became a head coach for the Rockets. During the TV timeouts I would see him literally just stand near the scorer's table and just wonder off into space and day dream in games that were winnable. There was no communication between him and his staff, and zero among players. When he would try to draw up a play in a huddle or discuss anything the players were not engaged. I observed both benches at any games I went to including the Lakers/Clippers benches when Silas was around. They are not always talking to players during breaks, but w Silas it was like he was in outer space. His entire staff was lost. I can give a ton of examples of what I observed from different coaching staffs, but I will stick to what I think is most relevant and that is the difference in how Ime carries himself and the staff. There is CONSTANT communication between he and the players and he and his staff. You can see first hand that not only is Ime coaching up players, but he is contributing to the growth of his own staff. That is why we will inevitably lose parts of the coaching staff as they will become in demand by other teams because Ime is an actual leader. It was actually really sad seeing Silas towards the end. He went from being upset easily and not knowing what to do, to pretty much hopeless and gave up. He is super weak minded, and we have seen that when he was literally crying in press conferences. He is a really nice person, but he was never built to be a head coach at the highest level. You need a bit of arrogance to successfully lead in a competitive environment, and Silas was too nice of a guy to demand any respect. It felt like Silas was at the games to observe as a fan. Side note, MIke D'Antoni was constantly talking lol, like to anyone and everyone. He has an amazing personality, I honestly think half the time he was talking during breaks it may not have even been about anything serious or basketball related, he had a ton of confidence and the players body language seemed positive for the most part w MDA.
It's hard enough to win when you have a front office helping you do that, it's nearly impossible to win when your front office is directly undermining your ability to win because of draft position. Silas isn't near as bad as most make him out to be, people need to go back and look at the incredible volume of good looks his players got as a result of his offense, with KJP running the point - they just didn't convert those opportunities but that's mainly because those players were lacking talent, experience or both. I think Silas would have done well with the veteran roster he signed on to coach .... but Harden dropped a bomb on that idea. Just imagine Harden in that offense distributing to veteran players instead of The Head Honcho running the show and a bunch of dudes who belong in the China league. There's 8 dudes on the current roster on their first NBA contract - 2 more if you don't count two ways.
I agree with everything but the "nice guy" part. Nice guys do not marginalize players who are on their way to being the best on the team. Alpi flourished despite the way he was treated. I am glad Ime is giving Alpi his due now and that the team appears to be about to reward him very well with an extension.
I think that depends on how well Harden plays.......I would not count out Harden entirely especially in the Regular Season.
