While he will not say it, this has to be the chief concern for Silas. He did not get a coaching job until later than most and now he is coaching a team that likely finishes bottom 3 in the standings. It is possible that if he doesn’t stick around, he never gets a chance to coach another decent team. The NBA is brutal about reputations for coaches, you lose early and often and you are branded a loser regardless of circumstances. This fact also explains why Silas was so adamant he wanted Oladipo, he felt he could win him games.
Yes it’s understandable. Although Silas isn’t 100% innocent here the losing is mostly about injuries and roster turnover. I fear he’s already got the “losing coach” brand.
Gregg Popovich must be the Only Coach in NBA to the Win the Lottery and Win a Championship. Stephen Silas has really low odds against him, when his contract ends and he is let go. I think he has 2 more years of Lottery. With John Wall being here for 2 more years It is a Guarantee Lottery.
Stephen Silas Lack of Charisma and Optimistism. Such a Downer when he talks. Huge Difference in what Rudy Tomjanovich, Uptone Voice, Positive Nature, Keeping the Spirits High when the Team is Playing Bad. Very Disappointed in Stephen Silas behaviour and not getting his team more prepared. Rafael Stone has to cleanup Daryl Motey mess. Daryl for years and years traded away First Round Picks and Second Round Picks. It Sets the Team Back For Years, Now Look at the Rockets. The Rockets have No Young Talent that Daryl Morey Drafted. Rafael Stone is trying his best to add Youth, Athleticism, Talent. So Far Top 4 Pick Hopefully Kevin Porter Jr. KJ Martin Christian Wood JaeSean Tate David Nwaba Sterling Brown
Replace Stephen Silas with Keith Jones The Reporters Always ask about who is Playing and who isnt. Just get Trainer Keith Jones in to talk. Common Sense. Stephen Silas with "I dont know" "I am not Sure" of who is or isnt playing. Keith Jones better talk.
I think Stephen Silas will get fired maybe Next Year if they are still a Lottery Team. And IF they have a Lottery Pick and they continue this trend. They better be close to .500 Next Year. Nobody cares if Stephen Silas, a Black Coach got fired, it is a Results and Reputation League. To me Basketball Players get Tired of Listening to the Head Coach and Basically Ignore the Head Coach. If they continue to Lose and Players are not playing hard for him. Then Stephen Silas will get fired.
Maybe that’s the whole point. You don’t win 6 straight and loose 19 unless you’re really trying. He’ll, we don’t even complain on ref I don’t see Silas having such a short vision. The guy literally spent 20 years as an assistant coach. He’s not gonna a rush this process. He knows what the game plan is - including getting KPJr. to develop in Gleague and work him into current lineup. Fans just trigger happy. By the time we can have in person games again, KPJr. Will be a legit all star with similar young all star pieces around him. Harden leaving is like breaking up with your 8 year relationship and trying to find a rebound expecting it to be the same as before. You gotta work in yourself and rebuild. You don’t really see the media dogging on Silas... he came out the gate with a 6 game win streak. Top defensive team. Then injuries. So, at least you know he CAN win with nothing/no one but Christian Wood.
Being fired for these circumstances would d*mn sure be an issue If he does not get at least 3 yrs I will be VERY PISSED Next year would be the year I would expect alot more from him and learn to know if it is him or the circumstances. To be far . . Morey had to have a WIN NOW mentality for the last 5 yrs or so Tanking was not an option Les was not big on waiting I like the young talent we have acquired. I have high hopes for next season but Silas will have to answer THE WALL QUESTION I think Wall is a fine player but not for a rebuilding team I dunno who is the NEXT BIG STUD in the draft but I hope we grab him Let's say it is CABE KPJ + Cabe + Tate + Wood <--- this is a solid foundation Nwaba/KMj/Brown/DJ Wilson? This is a team that can GROW together Rocket River
yeah it would be hard to imagine someone getting dealt a worse hand at the start. and at this point, the best players on the team don't care or are waiting to be traded and the young guys aren't there yet so everyone has just kind of given up. silas may or may not be a good coach, but it's pointless to evaluate him based off this year.
if only some of those 3's had been mid-rangers, we would be on a 19 game winning streak. silas you fool!
Silas will get thrown under the bus for some of the blame no matter how little at fault he actually is. He is letting the season play out, which may become his biggest fault down the line. As the team improves bigger names may actually want the job and the management may point to his win loss record as a reason to let him go. The best thing he needs to do is show, that he out coach people to win close games if not this year, then in many cases next year. We can just basically concide that we are tanking this year to increase the odds of keeping our pick at the expense of Stephen Silas reputation as a coach. Next year especially if we keep our pick, will be the development of KPJ and KMJ. Also, things like lineup decisions and overall in game adjustments.
No way we should've lost to that team at home. Nothing matters this year other than ping pong balls, so I'm not saying Silas should be fired or anything like that. I'm just saying this game is a black mark against him.
Problem is Silas is making loads of coaching 101 errors. We're outscored close to 100% of the time in the 3rd quarter indicating the opposing coaches adjustments are far better. He has allowed players to shoot from positions they are historically bad from literally hundreds of times. Even an average NBA coach would have won at least some games over the last 20 game losing streak. I would also point out during this streak we've also been losing by historic margins as well.
What do you want him to do? Give the same answer 20 post-game conferences in a row? The dude isn't a robot. Not acting like he did today would draw different criticisms from people, like "why was Silas so upbeat in today's presser? He's lost 20 games in a row, so I guess he doesn't care anymore!!"
He had many ways to do presser AND still project professionalism AND confidence. He did the the ONE thing he should NOT have done. And this isn't the first time he's done this, it's just the worst he's looked.
It isn't gonna even matter if we get Cade because we'll still be awful as long as Silas is coach. Yes, he's been dealt a trash hand this year. But the roster isn't bad enough to lose 20+ in a row. He's just not a NBA coach.
