The Dreaded Question Every Rocket Fan Is Afraid to Ask

We're the youngest team in the league. Our problems stem from the inconsistency that comes with having young players. The coaching staff is doing a great job. I really didn't think we'd be floating around .500 even after the addition of Harden. Moreover, we practically have a whole new roster that is still trying to figure out how to play together. This all takes time.

For those of you blaming the coaching staff, what exactly are their glaring mistakes?

 

LOL! The Rockets are a game out of the top 8...very close to being 5 for 5.
You are definitely under rating Parsons who has become a very good SF.

 

Hey, I cannot find fault in your logic. I am Totally OK.

 

In a cursory analysis Parsons has a PER of 15.19, 22 in the NBA among small forwards.

 

totally agree

 

Enough of the "coach replacement" talks. If LOF's want to give Lin the season to figure things out then you have to extend the same courtesy to the coaching staff, or anyone else for that matter. GET A GRIP...

 

Les Alexander isn't in the habit of firing coaches mid-contract. Both JVG and Rick left when their contracts expired not a yr or two into the deal.

Mote important, not sure why McHale should be fired. The team is the youngest (or 2nd youngest by a hair if you weigh by minutes played) and least experienced in the NBA and they have been the only top 5 youngest team to remain competitive. By all accounts, the players respect and like the coaching staff and each other. There are no Cousins vs. Westphal type internal strife. There are also no free agent coaches on the market who is an obvious improvement (Phil Jackson isn't going through that door and neither is Jeff Van Gundy).

So, what benefit is there to fire Kevin McHale and his staff now?

 

Er... why do you assume it's "LOFs" asking this question? Based on your logic, the person who started this topic is a 2008er so he's not. And the person who suggested D'Antoni is a 2009er so he's safe too right?

I'm really tried of people on this forum attributing every disagreement to a LOF vs LOH vs whatever

 

I'd be highly susprised to learn that Morey is unhappy with his coaches. Some people may be caught in a bit of a bbs sound chamber where they only hear their criticisms of the coaching reinforced by other critics here. I think McHale didn't do a great job last season, but they seem to be doing pretty well this season, considering. I think we still have quite a few seasons with McHale to come, and I doubt he leaves the organization even when he's replaced as a coach.

 

Though I don't think firing the coach at this point in the season with a young team is good I do think some change needs to happen. Even has great of a season Harden is having stat-wise I'm not impress with his play. Constant ISOs and shooting 3s early in the shot clock is not good team play.

It seems once a player has a bad game they stop going to him unless his name is either Harden or Parsons. The coaches have got to get the players to trust one another perhaps even force that. It seems other than Harden, Parsons and Delfino everyone else is afraid to shoot. They're afraid to miss a shot, afraid to get a turnover, afraid to pass. You can see it on the players faces to the point where they're looking at the sidelines to see if they're about to get benched for any mistake.

I'm not seeing confidence nor comfort from the players in this system. It seems the coaches have the mentality of each game counts and the players are going to have to play like 10 year vets because they're trying to make the playoffs. This is like watching a 30 year experienced college professor teaching english to elementary kids. None of the kids even want to talk because they know the professor will only belittle them. They just try to do what the teacher tells them without trying to do things themselves.

 

I would love D'antoni in Houston, Jeremy Lin balled out under D'antoni, and with rockets the youngest team in the league, the rockets could use the up tempo speed and the run the ball.

 

So you think yesterday's loss to the lowly Raptors is because we don't have enough 'star' power roster. By your logic, the star-laden Lakers should have won every game. How about the Golden State Warriors? They have won so many games this season but they basically only have David Lee and Stephen Curry that matches your definition of decent start player.

Asik is one of the best defensive center already and Parsons has been performing at star level most of this season. When it comes to winning roster, we are not that much behind most other teams. If you keep thinking all our unsatisfying performance is all because of we don't have winning roster, you will always be disappointed because we will never have so called perfect 'winning' roster, no team will ever have perfect roster. There are a lot of reasons why a team is performing lackluster, it's never been solely due to roster.

 

This is obviously not true. Last year Kyle Lowry, the guy who never gets into altercations with teammates or coaches nor has any blemish as a human being, spat with McHale. Hence, McHale cannot be anything but a chemistry killer who has fostered a toxic locker room.

 

Actually I would pin yesterdays loss on really poor shooting. And if you look at the results of any analytical technique, Parsons and Asik are just average players in the NBA. Young yes, but today they are average. The Rockets will start winning when two players not named Harden step up every game. Harden and one player having good games just gets you losses like the Toronto game.

 

Are the Rockets:

a)Overachieving
b)Underachieving
c)Where they should be

 

In terms of potential, probably underachieving.

In terms of everything factored together, including age, experience, etc. the Rockets are where they should be.

 

You are answering your own question. To win games, other players needs to step up, be it starters or bench players. We won the game against the Lakers not because Parsons and Asik stepped up, but mainly because our bench played great.

 

Dumb Thread.

 

Nice try, Kevin Mchale

 

No idea what this really means.