[CSN] McHale after Rockets' tough loss to Mavericks

This team of age 25 and under are:
Harden - top 5 in score
Asik - top 5 in rebound
Lin - top 5 in steal (top 15 in assist)
Parson - a Raising star
DMo/TRob - Both look promising

Best part of it, the players build chemistry on and off court. If you haven't notice, Harden, Lin and Parson are very good friends.

So you are telling me that you cannot win with a lineup like this?

 

McHale is not a horrible coach. But some of his decision making is horrible

By now, with 20 games left and 4 teams are battling for the 6-8th seeds, you figure the team would know whose role it is to close out games. Instead he's off experimenting with rooks

Far as Sacramento and Washington, those are just toxic organizations that have no clue how to develop their players period.

 

barely above .500 most of season, or above average

 

Coaching never admits that, but yeah questionable play calls and rotation..I've never called him mcfail but he is not the coach for a young squad, I really don't think he is good at developing young players

 

Coaches often blame themselves and to the press as well. McHale is not only dumb; he's also incredibly stubborn.

 

i think that part is overrated. if he blamed himself, we would just poke fun of him like we do with kubiak's "it's on me. i gotta go look back at the tape."

 

Seems to be a recurring theme of McHale getting outcoached down the stretch :|

 

still better than that garbage response he gave during post game.

 

Good coach always take responsibility:

Here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UTfr43x5CaI

Here:

http://www.cbssports.com/nba/blog/e...oodson-takes-blame-for-carmelo-anthony-injury

Unfortunate, McHale is not a good coach.

 

Great news!!!
Having Morey as GM makes be a rocket fan so fun.

And I really like Morey as GM. He is not affraid to make trades.

 

but that's what coaches do. They don't play, they make decisions. Athletes are creatures of habit, you can be just flying by the seat of your pants.

Look at Bev. He took Douglas' job out of nowhere for no apparent reason. Then there was a week where Douglas played and Bev just sat on the bench. Next thing you know Bev is back and finising games.

 

I think it's particularly American that we expect everyone to be a nice and moral guy in addition to being coach, president, etc. The team coached by McHale is doing better than I expected so far, no doubt. I don't care if McHale is an ass or not.

 

Don't know about that, but something is not right, I just have a nasty feeling about this game.

 

glad somebody noticed.

 

That is unfair as it has a lot to do with results and all three had totally different teams. RA and JVG both are also 2nd tier to top tier (if you want to stretch it) coaches. So, saying McHale is 3rd out of 3 on that list isn't really saying much.

RA is one of the greatest coaches (sad he has never won a ring) in my eyes. I am glad that he is not our coach, because I do not think our young guys would develop as much with RA as they are with McHale (I did NOT think I would be saying that years ago). RA has one of the best offensive minds and was able to let the majority of his players have the personality on their team that they want without hindering the ultimate goal of the team.

JVG is also a good coach. His hard work and knowledge of the game really does get passed along to his players. He always had teams with a great defensive philosophy. But, JVG and RA are both coaches I would rather have if we had a second superstar and were trying to win more now.

But, McHale has done a lot of good things with this team. Plus, you look at the roster McHale had a year after RA and there isn't much different. McHale produced very similar results that RA did (W vs L). He also did so all while making decisions like choosing Parsons over Budinger, which as we see now was a good choice. Parsons may have not played under Rick Adelman (an assumption I feel good about making).

So, I think those two are better coaches, that doesn't mean that McHale is a good or bad coach. I would actually rather have McHale right now on our team than both RA and JVG. Give me a second superstar, then that opinion changes.

 

Chemistry has A LOT to do with coaching staff and management. Look at a team like the Nets. They had Johnson and were playing horrible. Then he got fired and they started playing well the first day.

Those stats you give me are also high due to our pace, but, yes even those stats would not be accomplished if the coach didn't know what was going on out there. It's a good argument to ask whether or not he has accountability issues with himself. It's a good argument to question his rotations. It's a good argument to make about his X's and O's. But the fact is, he has had a LOT of reasons to have a losing season this season and that is simply not the case.

Look at our roster as well. Parsons is playing better than he was last year. Harden is playing like a top 10 player in the league. Asik is looking like a stud on the Rockets and having a better year than last. Delfino, the vet, loves playing for our team. You have guys developing at a high rate. The only person that I can see who has not "improved" is Lin. But, no one expected Linsanity. Player development is a huge part of a coaches job. You can not disagree that the majority of our players (not all of them -- T. Jones) have made progressions from last season AND as the season goes on (example: D. Mo getting minutes).

Look, I am not a coach McHale nut hugger. But, the dude has been the coach of a team that has over performed on almost every level of basketball.

 

Interesting vid on Youtube. Is this real? What do you think?
Parsons pushes

 

Seems real... but, consider the events leading up to it.

11:22 83-89 Dirk Nowitzki makes 15-foot two point shot
11:04 Chandler Parsons makes 26-foot three point jumper (Patrick Beverley assists) 86-89
10:53 86-92 Dirk Nowitzki makes 26-foot three point jumper (Jae Crowder assists)
10:38 Francisco Garcia misses 23-foot three point jumper 86-92
10:37 Patrick Beverley offensive rebound 86-92
10:19 Chandler Parsons makes 29-foot three point jumper (Patrick Beverley assists) 89-92
10:07 89-92 Mike James bad pass (Patrick Beverley steals)
10:02 Thomas Robinson makes two point shot (Patrick Beverley assists) 91-92
9:48 Mavericks Full timeout

Judging by the fact that he hit two 3-pointers McHale must have said a smartass comment and Parsons was jokingly nudging back.

 

Yeah, I think you're right. Good call. One of the other coaches is kind of smiling. It is a good moment.

 

^^ Nice. It's all about context.