ESPN Insider Chat: Chris Sheridan's take on Rockets Season

The reason they don't draw well is that is so damn boring to watch a JVG team.

 

no, i bet if they lowered the ticket pickes, more of the true rockets fans would attend home games and it would be a much louder arena.

 

for the price of nachos and coke, i could refurnish my bedroom.

 

Well, I have to agree with his assessment of the Rockets.

 

I wish I could afford lower bowl seats.

 

I hear toilet bowl seats are coming cheap these days.

 

You are not lying. NBA is entertainment. Albeit sporting entertainment, it is still entertainment. While JVG might be a good coach, he has some of the mose ugly, boring basketball in the league. I am not going to pay an arm and a leg to go watch that kind of basketball. When we got DA, Rafer, and Swift I thought we would change our offense to a more uptempo one. That definitely didn't happen. At the beginning of the season when everyone was healthy it became even more slow.

 

How do you guys find watching your home team boring?? I dont understand it, i've watched just about every game JVG has coached for us and it doesn't seem boring to me at all. I know they're not the flashiest team, but as a rockets fan, i love watching this team play no matter how bad they are. Now when i watch other teams play, i find those games boring because there's nobody to root for. It doesn't have the same feeling as watching a rockets game. I guess only true fans could see the beauty in a JVG style offense.

 

When the Rockets were on a roll last seaon they were fun as hell to watch. They scored over 100 almost every game and they WERE a running team. They just need to get everyone healthy so they can get on the same page and "click" under JVG. Same Pattern last year. Horrible start cuz everyone had to get adjusted to JVG. With so many injuries, and new players, the adjustment this season is simply longer.

 

Sorry, no, it is boring. Excrutiating, really.

We have 2 of the most interesting players in the league and still JVG's product drives customers away. You can't give away free tickets in my office. Non-fans who take the free tickets complain later that they feel ripped off. Of course, the cost with parking and concessions for a non-fan group of 2-4 is somewhere around $ 50.00, even with the "free" tickets.

There's just not going to be a lot of people who didn't follow basketball converted to become return buyers. People are driven away. There is no excitement at the game. I have to say The Summit was far superior - more excitement, less stratification and isolation, better views, free parking, better traffic management and access, lower prices. Toyota Center sucks and the Rockets brass sucks and the game is boring. No wonder they can't sell.

 

Doesn't seem like a very effective marketing slogan.

There is a sales problem with JVG.

He is unpleasant and dismissive.
His game is ugly.
He isn't winning.

Loving the Rockets with JVG is like loving the formerly hot girl with VD. You have to be a pretty "true fan" to put up with the warts and boils. Firing the coach would be a a good shot of penicillin.

 

Shove it already my fren.

We are tired of your drivel

Don't you have hole to go back to? You and your ilk of vultures

 

The reason no one goes to Rockets home games is 'cause we've only won 3 of 'em!

 

Really? I thought I remembered the compaq center being pretty empty before JVG came along. If we aren't winning, we won't draw a crowd. That seems to be pretty much the deal with Houston basketball fans.

I do agree with the fact that the compaq center was more appealing than the toyota center to watch games at.

 

Fegwu slamming someone because they are not a homer. Who woulda thunk it?

 

Watching the Rockets was also boring before the last few seasons. They haven't been 'exciting' since Olajuwon-Charles-Drexler.

It seems most people forget how excruciating it was to watch for awhile there. There were so many ISO jokes on this board it was overwhelming.

Yao's intro and McGrady's play have been the only jolts we've had. Unfortunately, with the injuries, they've not been around.

With both of them healthy, Rockets games are much more exciting than they'd been in previous years.

 

Sure we are losing but if I lived in Houston, man I would go to every game I could.
I have NBA league pass and even though there are teams out there with more pleasant styles, theres nothing like watching a rockets game in terms of getting my adrenaline going.
Not that I have that option, but I wouldn't even bring a hot chick to watch the game with me because it would distract me from watching my team.
Also, there have been good, thrilling games this season... the win at Golden state and vs the lakers come to mind.