Lebron James after the game tonight: "That's a young team that just doesn't quit and it starts with their head coach." But what the hell does this jerkoff know about NBA basketball.
This thread gets bumped after every loss. It's a joke. Lose on the 2nd night of a back to back against the world champs? Fire the coach.
We still run a lot of PnR. I have no idea why you would say this. Our offense is becoming more diverse and complex, now that we have a core group to work with. I think McHale really does deserve a lot of credit. He's taking the youngest team in the NBA - which means lots of mistakes, lack of savvy, and a lack of physicalness that was shown to a large degree tonight - and has constructed one of the scariest offenses we've seen since the Phoenix Suns were at their peak.
McHale is OK as a coach, not great but passable, he's the right coach for ah rebuilding/young team, when our young guns are ready, expect us to hire a real coach, to be fair, even our head coach is young, in terms of coaching, and is learning along with the players, just enjoy the ride guys
no he wasnt. im fine with this loss too. they played hard and were competitive. nevertheless, mchale is a horrible head coach.
I want to see the last two plays we ran after calling timeouts. I remember thinking we didn't draw up a good play to deal with Harden being double teamed on the first one.
You can take that position, but this isn't the game that's going to make your argument. McHale's weakness is in-game adjustments usually but this game wasn't one of those games.
Every time James Andersen drove in the lane, it's a charge. Including a fast break possession where we could've cut it to single possession with 3? min left. You act as if this Miami game is the first time people griped about the inconsistent substitutions and rotations of McHale. The game is about rhythm, and when you don't know when you're gonna get playing time next, you can't possibly play well. I admit, bashing McHale is a lot easier for those of us who were never sold on his hiring in the first place. Then again, he's given the doubters more than enough ammunition throughout the year. Feel free to let me know when McHale draws up a good inbound play or outcoaches the suits on the other side of the court.
wrong. the rockets cut the lead down to 3 yet mchale refused to put lin and harden or one of them in. miami goes on a run since mchale pushed his luck with a harden and lin sitting on the bench. no way in hell should both harden and lin be off the floor at the same time when the game is still to be had. no way in hell should james anderson be taking the last shot of the game. even that last play, i mean wtf was that play? throw the ball to harden in the corner so he could be trapped by multiple defenders? mchale is a horrible coach. its a fact. go ask any twolves fan.
One way to judge a coach is to see how the play is set after a timeout in critical minutes. From this perspective, McHale has done a really disappointing job. Not once on those occasions did I find the subsequent play a good one. That says something!
McHale made some questionable adjustment/rotations as usual but bottom line, Rox just not talented enough to win consistently with elite teams.
We don't have near enough talent to win against a team like the heat, the fact that we were in the game is because of his coaching, i think he is great in alot of things except one which he is horrible- His substitution patterns/ putting the best players out there to make plays. He put in freaking Anderson in the last two min of the game, he hasn't don't jack to be given that type of confidence, and what happened? Anderson cost us critical plays in the most critical part of the game. Not saying he isn't a good coach, he has great zeal and is a wonderful leader for our young team, but again he lacks in putting the best players on the court in key moments. It's happened time and time again. Overall I still like him.
Anderson was fine. But it's again the 2 min span at start of 4th q where only TD but none of Harden and Lin is on the court that did the team in. Does McHale ever learn that he cannot do that just because TD was playing OK with either Harden or Lin earlier? No space gain, just aimless perimeter dribble and passing.
You know I actually didn't have much of a problem with his substitutions tonight, or maybe I'm just getting used to his incompetence Anderson played well for the most part but yeah, he shouldn't have been in there during those crucial minutes, eh, just another one of McHale's "ridin' the hot hand". Only thing that's still frustrating me is that halfway through the season and this team STILL runs no plays to close a quarter/half. None. Those last possessions can be so important to keep and/or build momentum. I'm not sure how many failed ISO attempts it's gonna take for him to do something about it.
People keep saying we didn't have the talent to beat them tonight. That might be okay to say when they're healthy but they played without Bosh.
