Chronic: Adelman would be wise to heed Rockets' blunders

Hmm....recognizing a "perceived" problem and bringing it up is what being a fan is all about? So if I say "The Knicks' payroll is bloated" then I am a Knicks fan? "The nation of North Korea is f'ed up" makes me a North Korea fan? "Micheal Jackson has had too many plastic surgeries" makes me a Micheal Jackson fan?

No, you are wrong about "what being a fan is all about."

 

I agree that maybe the situation but the Rockets should handle it better. If the Rockets has made up its mind, then they should make an annoucement. It's an organisation vs employee. Why the organisation need to care about the posturing of an employee. They should clearly annouce they have a new direction but just wait for the right time to annouce it.

 

Here's Lopez's thoughts on this question.
Link: http://blogs.chron.com/lopezblog/archives/2007/05/rockets_whos_ru.html

May 17, 2007
Rockets: Who's running the show?

This whole Jeff Van Gundy things is stacking up to be a classic case of the right hand not knowing what the left is doing -- or that someone will be blindsided.

That's ultimately what will happen here. Somebody's getting played and deceived. Problem is, it's not exactly certain whom that might be.

Is it new GM Daryl Morey? Is his first act as new GM that of a puppet, working the mathematical and statistical numbers, but not having much of a say at all whether Van Gundy stays and who replaces him?

While Rockets owner Leslie Alexander was interviewing Rick Adelman this week -- a bizarre turn of events in itself -- Morey was meeting with Van Gundy about his future. Either Morey didn't know what Alexander was doing, or he had to tell a fib about it.

Either way, Morey comes off looking like something less than a GM in charge of personnel decisions.

Or is it Adelman, or Van Gundy or maybe another coach promised to be getting a look -- Larry Brown -- that ultimately will be pulling a knife out of their back.

Van Gundy cannot be happy that a job interview was conducted for a job that he still has. Adelman, not exactly Mr. Bubbles, is known for doing things right and respecting the game. So was he lied to about Van Gundy's status. Otherwise, why would he even do the interview and come off looking like a vulture hovering over a dying coaching carcass?

And then there's Larry Brown, whose agent already has been in contact with Rockets insiders. He was up for the job last time. He has the credentials. He's a favorite of Alexander.

Will the job be offered to him? More significantly, does anyone outside of Alexander and trusted confidant Carroll Dawson know what's going on? Probably not.

And why is CD at Alexander's side nudging this thing along, if Morey is the new GM?

Hey, it's Alexander's toy. He's playing with it how he wants. That's his right. It just makes a lot of people look bad and will leave a lot feeling jilted and deceived.

 

Who died and left you in charge of defining fandome? I must have missed the memo.



DD

 

With all this low-hanging fruit, it must be party time for the morons at the Chron offices.

 

lol. everyones getting fat.

this whole situation is disgusting.

 

So much for the Rockets being a classy organization. Way to go, Les.

 

They classfully paid JVG over $20 million dollars for 4 years of work, that sounds pretty good to me.

DD

 

If Adelman comes, I don't see how he could keep Chuck and possibly even Battier. They're not offensive players. I don't think all of the Chuck mancrushes in this forum could save him.

 

Please fix the Rockets!

 

The appropriate way to do it is to say, "Jeff, in the words of a well-known, red-wig-wearing SOB, you're fired."

 

Thank you! Some people will believe what they want to believe, but I have lost a great deal of respect for the organization.

 

Sorry, DaDakota. I usually agree with you, but on this, I don't see how you can defend Les. Paying someone is not being classy. That's simply fulfilling your obligations.

If you want to get rid of JVG, fine. Just don't play games and start interviewing people until you've fired the guy.

 

I dunno but if I had 20 million at Van Gundy's age ya know what I'd do? I'd be on the golf course and oogling beautiful women on the beach in Tahiti.

 

No, Adelman will like Battier. Battier's good for a certain amount of very efficient offense. He makes his open shots, he sets great off-ball screens, he runs the court well enough, he gets extra possessions to execute that offense, and his attitude will save Adelman from having the Rockets drop to the bottom few in defense.

 

OK, I have got you on the clock now DaD. I'm going to see just how long it takes before you turn on Adleman when his Rockets team doesn't turn out quite the way you envision.

 

December 15, 2007: The date when DaDakota posts the first "Fire Adelman" thread.

 

JVG is a brilliant coach but the players he likes for his system are clueless in any other system. They have no trade value, and they can't cover quick, agile players.

JVG's style of play was great in the 90s but not in today's fast-paced game. That why we got sliced and diced by Utah. Sacramento, Dallas, Phoenix and San Antonio would have done the same thing.

Look at all the crippled Knicks he brought in. He choose Rafer Alston over Mike James. It's the personnel he brought to the Rockets and his out of date tactics that led to his downfall -- not his coaching ability.

 

Yes, it was extremely bush league to interview Adelman while JVG was still officially the head coach but nothing about this franchise should surprise you anymore. I applaud JVG for forcing Les to go on the record by dismissing him. I suggest that you sit back and giggle at the predictable outburst of Adelman love, the unrealistic and inane trade proposals and the ever hyperbolic DaDakota posts. Enjoy the sunshine for now because come November, I see a storm brewing once they discover that the "Sacramento Rockets" team they envision won't be showing up anytime soon until Adelman can reshape this roster by bringing in players that can fit his system.

 

Man Justice must be an extreme JVG lover....Which one you guys is justice here?!