yes, predicting it now!!!! his half time smacking of Yao getting pushed around and waiting for the double team was awesome his "get in their face" comment on what the Rockets needed to do--was dead on. Okur dropping those 3s said it all--we play weak and scared.... Elie is our next coach...crazy not to.
I think Rick Addleman would be a great choice for a coach. He did an excellent job with the kings and he is the offensive minded coach we need. I believe we need a proven coach rather than a rookie.
I'm torn on Rick Adelman. He'd probably get this team further than JVG(how can he not?). But he's had some pretty talented teams in his coaching career and was never able to get over the hump. Then again, he got beat by the likes of Isiah, Magic, MJ, Shaq, and Kobe, so maybe he deserves a little slack.
I vote for Mario Elie as our next coach ... I am sick of seeing a Rocket team consistently not bring it when the much is at stake. I tried to give JVG the benefit of the doubt but, Sloan flat out punk'd him in this series. Right now this team depends too much on the health of Yao and T-Mac. We need to dump Rafer, Juwan and possibly Chucky. We need quality and beef on our front line so we stop getting b*tchslapped by SA, Utah and Phoenix. We need a REAL point guard who can REALLY shoot the damn ball and well as pass it for easy looks for his teammates. We need T-Mac and possibly Yao to restructure their contracts so we can get some REAL help in the FA. KG anyone? Hakeem needs to tutor Yao on how to better manipulate his size to maximize his potential. BUT ... We also need a field general with a bulldog mentality to impose his will on this team. We are too soft physically and mentally. A Mario Elie coached team would never play like the **** we saw tonight. Hey why not? Any opinions ...
Mario should be given a shot. You know he will convince Dream to help out Yao. His coaching staff will more than likely include some ex rocket players.
