McHale will meet with general manager Daryl Morey and owner Leslie Alexander in Florida on Wednesday

I'm commenting only on your criticism of bringing in Dream & Elie, which I thought/think was a really great idea regardless of who the HC is. I don't see that as deferring leadership -- I just see that as bringing in guys who have been exactly where your guys are & came out on the other side to provide some much needed perspective. And yes, I do credit him for taking a chance on Daniels in Game 3... we desperately needed to change things up, and that was an adjustment that worked well (and one that I didn't think he'd have the sense to make, frankly).

I don't necessarily disagree with anything else you've said.

 

Do you ever post anything? I want to hear your insight on basketball so I can laugh at it. You call people condescending and here you are. This is all you do, throw insults. Never heard ish from you

 

Lol what lack of bench? We have an amazing bench compare to many playoff teams. Poor execution is because of coach failure. Blaming assistant coach is like saying McHale can't coach if not for his assistance. (Oh wait that's right!) You know why a McHale's job is called Head coach? Because COACHING is part of the requirement. The way you say it, McHale's job is to be a cheerleader.

 

I used to think the McHale hate was irrational last year (because it wasn't warranted) but the apologists are so deluded its not even funny.

Blame execution, yet vindicate the Head Coach? Absolutely comical, don't think I'll ever hear that again.

 

At one point I stopped making sarcastic comments about how terrible McHale's rotations were because I was afraid he was hearing me and taking it as legit advice.

"McHale that undersided tweener PF you have out there is getting killed, why don't you just put Harden on their center while you're at it"

 

I'm curious... because there was a palpable change in tone from the moment Daniels came in... to the moment where he nailed the shot...

If he hadn't made it... would you have felt the same way about his decision...?

Now, consider everything else I said, which you don't necessarily disagree with.... Would you credit that decision, in consideration of everything else we know about him.... more to brilliant leadership or desperate cluelessness...?

Let's be honest here...

 

I'd been in favor of Daniels being in the playoff rotation since the New Orleans game at the end of the season so yes, I'd have felt the same way if he hadn't made the shot. I don't think McHale is a brilliant leader, but I do think that adjustment was a smart one, and I don't credit it to desperate cluelessness. Particularly because they kept Daniels around towards the end of the season while Canaan/Covington shuttled back and forth to RGV -- which suggests to me that giving him PT wasn't kneejerk or borne of cluelessness/desperation.

I'd rather he not be back this year and I don't think he's the coach to lead this team to a championship, but I also can't co-sign the notion that Every Decision He's Ever Made is an idiotic one.

 

RESIGN! RESIGN! RESIGN!
RESIGN! RESIGN! RESIGN!
RESIGN! RESIGN! RESIGN!
RESIGN! RESIGN! RESIGN!

 

whats the point of having daniels in the rotation if mchale doesnt run any plays for him. OH yea he doesnt run plays period.

 

McFail was on the 1981 Celtics team that came back from being down 3-1 in the ECF to the 76ers to win that series. He has been there and done that, but then again he's the same guy whose response on how to motivate the team was "I don't know what to do."

 

I am still disappointed in the decision to keep McHale. My only hope now is that we hire an experienced, defensive minded assistant.

I mean, did you see the last play of our season? None of our guys had ANY idea what the hell they were doing out there. It's very telling, no one on our coaching staff has a clue. Failure in late game situations over, and over, and over again is on coaching. Our cluelessness on that last play was disgusting.

 

I wonder why the rush to this decision (to keep McHale). I would think the playoff result was a huge part of the equation. I wonder if Morey and the Rockets big heads decided too fast on keeping McHale, especially now we know that Morey "belief" in how strong the Blazer was (given his tweet) is completely wrong as shown by the Spur/Blazer series. And I'm wondering if they had waited out the series, if would give them pause.

Why so quick to decide? Maybe there are other more important factors that made it an easy and early decision, but man oh man, the Rocket's style of play and coaching staff is at toilet level after seeing how the Spurs took out the Blazer.

 

McHale option is yet to be exercised. Why has still not happened? (...)

 

Morey - "A head coach is only good for 5 extra wins blah, blah."

pollaxt - "What if those 5 extra wins are in the playoffs you dummy?"

 

One only needs to compare the way the Heat defended the Nets on their last play in Game 5 with what the Rockets did against the Blazers at the end of Game 6. We looked like a junior high squad out there compared to Miami.

And regarding McFail playing Daniels in Game 3, remember that he wouldn't have even been out there on the floor to hit that 3-pointer if Parsons hadn't fouled out. It took 2 games(and losses) for McFail to make any adjustments on defense and then it took that winning shot in Game 3 for him to finally bench Cisco and play Daniels in his place. And despite Daniels lighting up the Blazers from downtown, McFail never ran any plays after that to get him open. Look at how guys like Ray Allen, Reggie Miller, and Rip Hamilton would run around screens to get open looks. But that would require our coaching staff and players to actually run offensive sets where people move without the ball and set picks. Why do that when you can just ISO?

 

McHale's 4th contract year, it is a team option or it has an early termination clause?
Because if it is a team option, does not make sense to prolong that. It speeks loudly about a lack of consensus within the organization.

If I'm not wrong, Wojnarowski (the most reliable NBA source) has yet to say something about this topic. Let's maintain a glimmer of hope.

 

I wish there were still a possibility that McFail would be let go, but for the organization to announce less than 24 hours after Lillard's dagger that they were bringing him back sounds like they've made their decision. It reminds me of when the Sonics lost in the 1st round for the 2nd straight year in 1995. They immediately announced Karl was coming back. Luckily for them it worked out the following year. I don't see the Rockets being quite that fortunate if Milk Hair is the coach next season.

 

I guess you are referring to Feigen as "the organization". Feigen literally writes "a person with knowledge of the decision said today."

http://blog.chron.com/ultimaterockets/2014/05/kevin-mchale-to-return-as-rockets-coach/#22624101=0

I go back to the same reasoning. If it is so clear, why that option has not been exercised as of today? Why the Rockets waited until playoffs, and why after a 1st round elimination has still not been exercised, if it was that clear.

I don't think that exactly sounds like they've made their decision...

 

I think they are waiting for Shane Battier to finish his season so they can hire him.

 

Do we know one way or another if the option has been picked up? If Feigen was misinformed or incorrect in his reporting, wouldn't Morey or someone with the Rockets issue a statement saying a decision hasn't been made yet?