Rick Adelman has the best regular season winning perentage in Rockets history. For some perspective, lets compare him directly with other notable Rockets coaches. How does Adelman compare in other areas, such as playoff win percentage, and total wins? How do Clutchfans members rank the Rockets coaches? What do you think is the most important measure of a coach?? Regular Season - Win Percentage Rick Adelman 193-135 (58.8414) Rudy Tomjanovich 503-397 (55.8888) Jeff Van Gundy 182-146 (55.4878) Don Chaney 164-134 (55.0335) Bill Fitch 216-194 (52.6829) Rockets Total 1737-1675 (50.9085) Regular Season - Total Wins Rudy Tomjanovich 503 Bill Fitch 216 Rick Adelman 193 Jeff Van Gundy 182 Don Chaney 164 Rockets Total 1737 Playoffs - Win Percentage Rudy Tomjanovich 051-039 (56.6666) Bill Fitch 021-018 (53.8461) Rick Adelman 009-010 (47.3684) Jeff Van Gundy 007-012 (36.8421) Don Chaney 002-009 (18.1818) Rockets Total 116-121 (48.9451) Playoffs - Total Wins Rudy Tomjanovich 51 Bill Fitch 21 Rick Adelman 9 Jeff Van Gundy 7 Don Chaney 2 Rockets Total 116 Championships Rudy Tomjanovich 2 Bill Fitch 0 Rick Adelman 0 Jeff Van Gundy 0 Don Chaney 0 Rockets Total 2
Yeah, I guess barely missing the playoffs with the bunch of scrubs we put out there to play was not good enough for Les and Morey. Pathetic.
do you think any of rudy's teams compared to the talent level that we have right now, (say, 1999-2002) or to any of the other depleted rosters the other coaches worked with? how do you think rudy t, jvg, or fitch, would perform with this same exact roster? how well do you think adelman would have done with rudy's or jvg's teams?
This is easy. By whoever they had last. If they can best utilize the talent they are given. For instance, winning 55 games with Tmac/Yao isn't some achievement. It is the bare minimum for keeping your job.
Taking Aaron Brooks, Trevor Ariza, Shane Battier, Luis Scola and Chuck Hayes to a winning record could not be done by any other Rockets coach in history IMO.
some more interesting tidbits of info - best and worst seasons: Rick Adelman 55-27 (67.0731) 2007-08 42-40 (51.2195) 2009-10 Jeff Van Gundy 52-30 (63.4146) 2006-07 34-48 (41.4634) 2005-06 Rudy Tomjanovich 58-24 (70.7317) 1993-94 28-54 (34.1463) 2002-03 Bill Fitch 51-31 (62.1951) 1985-86 29-53 (35.3658) 1983-84
LOL !! i don't know if i would go that far. when the best rockets season ever is 58 wins, i don't think it's fair to call 55 the bare minimum. i would say 50. 2007-08 was a fun season. the bitter ending wipes away the good memories for alot of people, but i remember some good times.
really ?? you don't think rudy could get 42 wins with that roster ?? not even jvg ?? i think any of the top 5 rockets coaches could have done it. maybe better.
If this was actually true, Adelman wouldn't have the highest winning % in team history. He would be .500.
i think it's interesting that the rankings for playoff total and playoff % are exactly the same, while in the regular season they vary wildly.
in his first year he had yao and tmac for half a year before yao went down. in his second year he had tmac for less than half a year. in the last two seasons it was kmart and scola.
Did you register a new account to start this thread? Great! I love Rudy. I'm failing to understand why I should disrespect Adelman based on the data presented here. As a Rockets fan I'm proud enough of the past few seasons and I loved winning a playoff series. Hoping for much better with McHale. It's the past, so no reason to hold a vendetta against a whole swath of posters like you do... Maybe one day you can just blend in to the crowd and have objective discussion.
