lets give adelman some credit

I have never seen an NBA coach give up when his team is down 13 with 7 minutes left.

 

I like how he stuck with Tracy Mcgrady. The last play was quite classic, Mcgrady was always going to shoot the free throws in that situation. The guy has not been hot from the line but from the field he was scorching. I would have bet he hit at least 1 in that situation.

I think his coaching hasn't been bad. Remember he still has to deal with James and Francis sitting on the bench. Two guys who now are totally and completely out of the rotation. All our woes started when Mac was injured and these two in the rotation. Adelman made a switch to Brooks and Landry and upped Scola and his role. Voila we get some wins. I hope Mac will continue to gel with at least these three. Good things to come this season, if not next season

 

How can you keyboard when your mouth is full?

 

hollinger had us with the best record in the league, and winning a championship.
i am not saying that hollinger knows best, or that the rockets could have easily done it with jvg at the helm.

but, in no way does rick adelman deserve any "a" or thank yous yet.
i want a technical (any emotion or coach from bench!) before i think he has more heart than tmac.

no thank you yet, ra.

 

out of your mind? you have a 90% ft shooter (yao) and you give it to TMAC?
no offense to him, but he sucks at fts- not to mention that he is trying out a new form and went 1-4 before those 2 misses. ugly play calling by coach. ugly.

 

Ha. Any coach whose team gives up down 13 with 7 to go should be CANNED on the spot! Teams give up that kinda' lead on a nightly basis, bro.

 

we will give him a full report card when the season is over (including the playoff).

we will have to look at the entire picture to see whether we should reward him or kill him.

 

See that'e what is wrong with a lot of people on these message boards they are too much into percentages. Yeah Yao may be a 90% free throw shooter but what does he do late in games... miss like 3 missed free throws late in the San Antonio game. Yao doesn't average most of his points in the 4th he is great in quarters 1-3 more than 4th. Not saying he is a complete choker all around, but late in games Yao chokes alot and maybe 1 or 2 times out of 10 he shows up big late in games. T-Mac is the complete opposite when you look at his career games in the season. So yes Tracy missed those free throws after he showed up the previous two possessions but what makes you think Yao could show up late in games like that or even from the free throw line? Yao has to be on a tear and have that fire inside like he had last year when T-mac went out and he hit the winning shot in Washington against the Wizards. This year he has not showed that late in games and Adelman has went to Yao late consistently and consistently he has choked so Adelman is going to Tracy by all means.

 

You have one guy shot 14/15 at theline for the night, the other guy 1/4. And you stuck with 1/4 guy?

Why don't you bet the 14/15 guy has more chance to make both FTs to lead by 4 than the 1/4 guy to make 1 and lead by 3 only?

 

I will give credit to Adelman for giving significant PT to not one but several rookies who can play, in fact anyone who can play. He is still lacking behind Popovich in benching players who are off or lack of intensity but at least, he has the guts to play rookies when the rookies are capable. NO all coaches can do that, well JVG can't and won't. In fact, I am impressed when he even allow rookies to play in 4th when the game can go either way.

I also can see players are quite respectful of him instead fearful. Anyway, he is
defnitely not as stubborn as JVG.

 

I am going to nominate you for Poster Who Tried His Best To Get Angry Responses.

Your post has no credibility at the moment. Yes it was a nice comeback, but overall, the game was very badly played with very poor defense.

Aldeman has struggled and has bad some questionable, if not down right stupid, decisions at certain points of the game. I give him credit for putting Hayes on the floor at the end, but that was a no-brainer.

I still think Aldeman deserves a bit more time because of the changes he has dealt with, but lets hold the title of "Best Coach Ever". Until someone else brings a title to Houston, that title belongs ot Rudy-T!

 

Yao shot 0/3 at the end of game is much rare than Tmac miss at least one FT at the end of the game.Maybe that's the first time in his career.And you think that becomes normal? Yao is a superstar, why not give him another chance to redeem himself?

For the particular night, Yao obviously had a very goot FT shooting night, and he just made 2 FTs not long time ago.

RA doesn't believe percentage, and the reality proved him, and you, wrong.

 

it may not have been smart percentage-wise, but putting the ball in tmac's hands was absolutely the right thing to do, because a) he carried the team on his back and deserved his shot to ice it, and b) the coach has to show confidence in his star player that he believes he can do what is necessary. we all know come playoff time, when it matters most, the ball is going to be in tmac's hands to either get the shot off or create for someone else, so we might as well get used to it. he's simply the best closer there is on our team. with all due respect to yao, who is great at carrying the team up to the finish line, tmac is the one who pushes them past it.

 

hmmmm....... maybe because he had games like against bobcats/nuggets/lakers this/last season where he made clutch FTs with seconds left to regain the lead? How about you list out games he choked at the FT line in final seconds, of course other than the spur game?

 

so you guys want Adelman

to draw a play up
for a guy like Yao. With a 2 point lead. I honestly want to ask you. Sans philly game, what are the chances of these happenning:

a. Turnover
b. Strip
c. out of bounds?

I honestly, and no joke, thought Yao was a no chance of getting the ball at any stage. That would have been the first base covered by the Sonics, either double Yao or deny him position to do anything. Would have been risky either way to dump the ball down to Yao. I honestly don't think Yao would have been the best option. We would have needed to make a entry pass inside. We would have needed him to not get stripped. Look at how long they took to call the free throw on Mac. AGES

 

Gimme a break everyone knows what happens to Yao at the end of games he either loses his balance and falls or gets fouled then loses his balance and falls.

 

a)
I don't know if winning is more important or rewarding is more important at that point.

b)
In other words, Yao is not a star and shouldn't be trusted after he missed 2 FT at the end just once? Tmac is a better closer,fine, but Tmac simply is not as nearly good a FT shooter as Yao. You know FTs are coming in that situation.

I agree Tmac brought the team back in 2nd half, but you also gotta realize Seatle made 2 runs as soon as Yao went to bench with Tmac on the floor. Without Yao Rockets wouldn't even have a chance to come back.

 

Can't give you a break, I've never seen Yao lost his balance at FT line.

 

your right
Yao shouldn't be trusted, but not cause he wont make the free throws, but that he might lose the ball.