A Positive Thread - How's that for something new!!!

Great take and I agree completely.

However, people have every right to express their opinions no matter his emotional it may be. Just because a fan goes negative, does not mean they are not Rocket fans.




I can't say that I am happy about how we are playing but I can see the problems and hope we start addressing those issues. We have no cap room and no tradable assets. We must find a way to get it done with what we got.

 

It's been stated here and elsewhere that the reason why he does this is not to get them to get a fast break or anything, but so they can get into their halfcourt set with more time on the shotclock and run their set plays all the way through and getting a good shot rather than having to rush something up aat the buzzer. Apparently JVG himself has said as much.

He is apparently NOT trying to urge them to go in and take a quick shot unless of course somebody is wide open underneath; his style is to limit the number of possessions, etc.

 

I think you're right Sam that JVG is pushing for a quicker half court set, but I thought (and I stress thought) I read a quote in the Houston Chron. article where JVG stated he was pushing his team to fast break more or something to that effect.

 

Yeah he says that all the time; "sure we should run, why can't we run" But in-game he never appears too concerned when we elect to hold it up and run high screen roll play 1A or whatever.

 

Thank you!

Post of the year.

Patience is something that 15,750 members of this board need.

 

Sweet God that is sooo TRUE!

 

Good thread I like this

Yeah JVG always tells them to run up the court..and watching the torrent file of the Raptors game..Jimmy seemed to be running down the court pretty darn fast..hmm maybe the file was just on fast forward lol.

Defense is definitely very important..which is good. We just need to improve rebounding desperately. And then we have to make our open shots. Patience is the key..oh and hopefully we get some better players soon.

 

Jeff Van Gundy was brought in to win and win now.

 

this thread gets a

I completely agree - I have been critical of the team this year because they can't rebound and they can't hit open shots - but yesterday I posted a poll and over half the people on this board said that HATE Van Gundy -

People can have their opinions (and I admit he was not my first choice) but he is a well respected coach and the Rockets (and Houston as a city) are highly regarded around the league. I saw a quote from Tmac in the NBA preview magazine for the sporting news (from Sept) where he said that Yao AND JVG were both reasons he wanted to play here.

I mean, come on people, stop being so paranoid and blindly hating CD and JVG. Just because Skip to my Lou wants to take outrageous jack to play in Canada and Damon Jones holds a grudge against us for cutting him 4 years ago - does not mean that players don't want to play for the Rockets.

How about this - yes, Jones went to Miami and 'Skip went to Toronto - but CD Also did NOT sign Brent Barry to a heavy contract (SA probably regets that move) NOR did he match the offer for Fisher (who has been ineffective and hurt all season). Sura was a nice piece and gettting rid of Moochie was perfect (even though Spoon doesn't play - at least he still CAN play, if given minutes)

 

no he wasn't - and stop sounding like a crazy college alumni that expect a national championship every year

If he was brought in to "win now" then he would have had to make all kinds of off season moves (like signing Fisher for crazy money, etc) - no, this is a lang haul manuever.

Last year JVG was brought in to get control over a team that was being overrun with young players who feel that going to the superbowl is more important than catching the team flight

once he did that he was expected to build a team that could win over the lang haul

 

I call it him trying to get them to get into their halfcourt offense earlier, like I posted initially, and like somebody else corroborated.

Anyway, by the time he waves his arms at half court as they are brining the ball up the floor, it is already way too late for them to engage in a traditional fast break.

 

If Sura and Tmac didn't have to stay back on defense to secure the rebound - I think JVG would let them run (he let Spree and Houston run the break in NY)

 

I like everything about your post except for the taunting part.

As a Rockets fan, it's your job to let them know if they are playing crappy. It only drives them. Houston fans are classy, but classy fans does not help teams win games. I am all for people booing the team, I only hope we can get more people to join. I am sure JVG does too.

 

yup. We need a rebounding 4.

 

The 'hate' threads are now getting 1-2 stars while this one presently has 5.

I hope this is getting through...

 

JVG is a jack ass and I hate him more than scottie pippen.

 

Actually, I don't think that's true. That game that sparked this whole offensive streak (the Sura game) they asked him about the uptempo game they played. He said something to the effect of yes, that's what they would like to do, but you need to play solid defense, get the rebound, make the outlet pass first. I don't think JVG is opposed to running at all, especially when looking back at the last handful of games.

The Rockets are finally stringing together big quarters, and with the exception of one quarter, have been scoring pretty high in each quarter. I for one find this very encouraging, Bobby Sura's abilities are maximized when he's pushing it up and down. If we didn't have Yao, I'm sure we'd see an even more up-tempo game.