Analysis: McHale and his negative impact on our players' confidence

they are not p*****s, this is the worst excuse ever. youd think a team of grow ass men would care about this crap. if anything being benched would increase their hunger

 

Next thread please... I'm tired of hearing McHale's failures... As long as the team wins at the end. If not, let's try another coach.

 

Rockets should blame Morey for trading away some of their players like Patterson, Douglas and Morris. These players are deadly shooters from downtown. These players are exactly (I mean EXACTLY) the type of players you want to surround Lin and Harden with. The ability to shoot and spread the floor. Why the hell you go out and get Thomas Robinson who can't shoot shyt. Does he help spreading the floor?? That was a stupid trade. Morris for 2nd round wtf...stupid.

 

The McFAIL apologists never fail to amaze me at what lengths they will go to to support this bad coach.

I wonder what they will say when he is finally fired?

Maybe they will say Morey is a DUMB GM for firing MCFAIL.

 

It's really not McHale's problem when 4 out of 5 starters cannot defend for crap and the chemistry is messed up from a mid season trade.

 

Yes, when the starters are playing bad and don't get to play at all in the 4th quarter for a chance to win a game, it's definitely not the coach's fault, it's the players and the GM and even the owner....but NEVER THE COACH's fault!

 

i agree with you. watching todays game you can really see the difference in the two teams' offenses. rocket's offense is just random-react, high pace driven offense, while the grizzlies looked like they were running plays. the high pace and react offense works well against tired and undisciplined defenses but against defensive teams like the pacers and indiana the rockets look like a pick-up team (although with very talented players). at this point in the seasons the opponents have great scouting and their defenses are keyed and prepared. have the rockets made adjustments offensively?

i suspect most of the practice time is spent going over defensive rotations and just drilling shooting skills. basically tiring physical practices with little strategic plays being learned. it just doesn't seem like they've built up an offensive portfolio of plays to draw upon this late in the season going into the playoffs. they don't have a variety of plays which is why they need pace and hustle to beat teams down the court before they set their defense.

in the beginning of the season the coaching staff used the explanation of youth and the trade as reasons for being unable to set up many plays and having to rely on pace. but it's been more than 70 games now and it looks like they haven't changed or adjusted their offensive philosophy. is it really because of the youth that the players can't pick up many plays? is it because of the schedule and lack of preseason camp that they can't build a more diverse offense? or is it just incompetence and/or laziness?

my question to houston fans that followed last season is did the rockets last year similarly run a react pace offense or did they have many plays and diversity in their offense?

 

yep. after losing 2 gms against two of league's best defensive teams which have better record than rox, sky's falling. Mchale lost locker room.

 

, this isn't gonna be nice in the playoffs.

 

Lol. Nope.

 

It would be nice if you could put threads on ignore like you can users.

 

I agree one hundred.These fools can take that raggedy ass coach back to Boston and go cheer for the Celtics.

 

These guys are winners in life who have far more confidence than most of us. They have been the #1's all their lives up to the NBA. They're also men, not boys. They have no confidence problems. They do have jobs which they are paid quite well to do, even if it requires sitting on the bench sometimes.

 

Maybe the people yelling "fire him!" will yell "fire him!" about the next guy.

 

This confidence stuff cracks me up... these are NBA players not YMCA leaguers. I would think the benching would give them a spark and create some competitiveness in them, I'm hoping to see them to play with more fire tomorrow.

 

LOF

Checks registered date, *SMH*

 

Bad coach? Based on a few substitution patterns and questionable strategies?

The results speak for themselves. I have not looked it up but maybe someone can confirm, this might be the youngest team in NBA history with probably the most turnover from one year to the next to ever make the playoffs, if they are able to pull this off.

Realistic expectations to start this year were probably just to be able to compete in the NBA, not to compete for a playoff spot in the Western Conference. Despite what anybody tries to say about talent has us where we are at, this team is still overachieving and McHail has something to do with it! He shouldn't get all the credit, but he deserves his fare share.

Talent itself doesn't always win you Championships. Go look at the L.A. Lakers this year. Also look up Phil Jackson, as much as I hate that guy and his Zen mumbo jumbo, his results are 9 Championships. Those results are: "talent" and his "coaching" combined= 9 CHAMPIONSHIPS. This makes him a genious of a coach, but if results were something else, he would be considered a lunatic.

I am not saying Mchale is Phil Jackson, just that as of now for the position this team is in, and under the circumstances it has endured over the season, this team is overachiving. In my opinion, he has earned at least 1 more year with this team so just hang on for the ride or jump of the bandwagon my friends.

 

"....harden is whispering to harden".
i can't tell if that is a typo, or if you're being facetious.
in fact, there are so many typos on this thread already, it basically nullifies any points trying to be made.

 

First of all... we overrate the talent on our team. We just lost two games to far superior teams.

I may not agree with McHale on every substitution and playcalling. But we have exactly one player on our roster from last year (Parsons) and a bunch of young inexperienced players. And we have a winning record and are competing for a playoff spot. McHale is obviously doing something right.

 

I basically just posted what was said here... agree completely.