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Official Fire Bickerstaff Thread

Discussion in 'Houston Rockets: Game Action & Roster Moves' started by Zergling, Nov 18, 2015.

  1. Zergling

    Zergling Member

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    If it's JVG, I couldn't ask for any better with who's currently available.

    JVG's weakness has always been a lack of creativity on offense, but that's no longer an issue when you have a guy like Harden + Moreyball. We need to drastically improve our defense and rebounding. JVG's defensive system is the right guy for the job.
     
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  2. yaopao

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    Yup. We clearly lacked effort/heart and leave the 2 guys who actually have it (KJ and Montrezl) on the bench until we're down by 30. Pathetic. He only makes changes in the last 5 mins of blowouts.
     
  3. Houston22

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    JBB is not a coach. He's a side effect.
     
  4. Jontro

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    Doesn't JVG have a short rotation? He's very stubborn in playing young guys IIRC.
     
  5. count_dough-ku

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    Probably because most of the media figures JB is already gone the moment the season ends. Even local media types(Feigen, 790 AM) are openly discussing who the next coach will be in the middle of the playoffs and JB is an afterthought in these conversations. So why bother piling on someone like that?

    Morey on the other hand will probably still be the GM next season. Harden will still be here. Dwight will still be in the league somewhere as a starting center. That's why they're getting so much heat.
     
  6. Zergling

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    Think about this for a second. There are 30 teams in the NBA and each have a head coach. So there are only 30 human beings on the entire planet that can be head coaches at any given time, and somehow JB Bickerstaff is one of them.
     
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  7. J Sizzle

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    Last day of Bickerstaff! REJOICE, MY FRIENDS! REJOICE!
     
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    Coaching and GM decisions in sports are always fascinating to me. Kind of like Presidential elections, talent doesn't really seem to be drawn from the larger pool of society, but from a short list of former-players / family relations of former employees.
     
  9. dobro1229

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    Yep. And the gene pool does not improve with the next generation.
     
  10. joeson332

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    LAST GAME OF THE YEAR!!
     
  11. ROXTXIA

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    RE-JOIIICE!

    Re-jooooooooooice..........E-maaaa-nuel, O Come to me O Israel....

    Not to hate on a guy, but our offseason needs to start now. Need a real coach.
     
  12. BigTex

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    Think I remember that too. I remember fans were upset he never played Vspan. His teams always had a ton of older players.
     
  13. Zergling

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    At least JVG can't bring back his former Knicks players since they all retired.

    JVG and Morey have a great relationship and he's attended multiple MIT Sloan conferences. I'm sure he's a lot more analytically savvy than his last coaching stint.
     
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    <blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p>JBB is one of the worst coaches I have seen, not even sure what he’s thinking. Thats when he tries to hack?When it gives other team 2 for 1?</p>&mdash; Haralabos Voulgaris (@haralabob) <a href="https://twitter.com/haralabob/status/725523135181783040" data-datetime="2016-04-28T03:12:49+00:00">April 28, 2016</a></blockquote>
    <script src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p>Been biting my tongue on him a lot bc its obv a tough team to coach, but man he has zero clue what to do. Their gameplan nightly stinks too</p>&mdash; Haralabos Voulgaris (@haralabob) <a href="https://twitter.com/haralabob/status/725523419287150592" data-datetime="2016-04-28T03:13:57+00:00">April 28, 2016</a></blockquote>
    <script src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p>Dude played Harden 40 straight mins to start a game - started Brewer in G1. JBB for life.</p>&mdash; Haralabos Voulgaris (@haralabob) <a href="https://twitter.com/haralabob/status/725523818819760128" data-datetime="2016-04-28T03:15:32+00:00">April 28, 2016</a></blockquote>
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    <blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p>Look at this lineup right now, he has Brewer paired with Beasley. (I have no bet, just blown away at how bad he is)</p>&mdash; Haralabos Voulgaris (@haralabob) <a href="https://twitter.com/haralabob/status/725524469331152896" data-datetime="2016-04-28T03:18:07+00:00">April 28, 2016</a></blockquote>
    <script src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p>Its really remarkable seeing a coaches like Clifford, Spo and Doc prepare their team to play then contrasting it with JBB.</p>&mdash; Haralabos Voulgaris (@haralabob) <a href="https://twitter.com/haralabob/status/725526275494936576" data-datetime="2016-04-28T03:25:18+00:00">April 28, 2016</a></blockquote>
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    JB is wearing his "I'm getting fired tonight" shirt. Seriously, dude cannot dress himself.
     
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    wow, this is one of the most damning critique of a coach that I've ever seen in my life
     
  17. Os Trigonum

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    turns out there were multiple Fire Bickerstaff™ threads back in the day. This one had the most posts
     
  18. Bo6

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    that's cause he was bad.

    happy to see he's gotten better and learned from mistakes. props to him.
     
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    did he get better or is it simply he's gotten better players
     
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