Dick Justice: Alexander looking to replace Adelman

It's horrifying how much input Less has in basketball decisions. In his own words, he told Morey "let's not pass on guys with injury history next time (like Blair), let's draft them and then trade them in a couple of years". What is Morey supposed to do? Ignore his boss? It really sucks to have to root for this guy's team.

 

I think you're reading too much into those comments. I'm very happy with Les Alexander as an owner and I've never once felt we've failed to reach our full potential because of our owner.

For a city that has Drayton McLane and Bob McNair, we should be pretty damn happy with Les Alexander.

 

I think the context was the league was so wrong on Blair. Even the Rockets had the chance to draft him but were scared by his injury history. Les commented that next time they would draft such a a guy and trade him early so they don't have to worry about injuries later on in his career (such as what happened to TMac and Yao). I think it means management is learning from their own experience.

I liked Les' time on the panel. He comes off as a knowledgeable, straightforward and down-to-earth guy. Rockets are lucky to have him as owner.

 

In the words of charlie sheen.....he's a troll

 

Offense isn't the problem. We dropped over 110 on the Spurs with 30 million out.

RA has had some issues but he's a damn good coach overall. Why would he leave right when DM finally has Mcgrady and Yao off the books?

It's not his fault that we don't have a legitimate center. I'm with Rick.

 

With Oden I think Blair fell to the right spot any ways, teams SHOULD be weary of bigs with previous injuries.

 

^^^^^This

I believe a lot of the posts would be different if people would have just seen the video of the interview before hand. I'll put the link down below for those that want to see it firsthand instead of the hearsay stuff.

It could be that even after seeing and hearing the interview, some people will still interject what they think the words really mean...etc

Keep in mind, the people asking the questions are professionals and their job for the most part is to stir up crap. And when they fail to do so, they will still write it up to sound like they and they alone uncovered the TRUTH!

LOL.. just the order of and the way the questions are (vaguely) asked will show you some of the game that is played by writers.

I read stuff all the time with quotes that the writer makes sincere inference to, only later to see the video evidence that I was duped by the writer in the first place.

http://www.nba.com/rockets/video/2010/03/04/ZOOM0001MOV-1247268/index.html


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The first thing is.... don't be horrified that after 16+ years a business owner takes part and interest in how his business is run and operated. 16 years is a long time to learn how to run a dough-nut shop or a gas station.

Les was a business man before he bought the Rockets (an NBA Franchise) and I'm sure has learned many things after 16+ years as the owner.

Les did not start from scratch when he took over as owner. I believe most of the people deemed vital, stayed on to help Les transition in.

Just like Bubba and Walley stayed around for the next 30 years to show the new owner how to run the gas station.

IMHO, I think Les has picked up somethings over these 16+ years as the owner.

As for his comments during the game about DeJuan Blair; I think you misunderstood him.

Because I don't have the audio or video link I will have to paraphrase what I think Les said.

Bill and Matt where calling the game and Les joined them to talk about his TNT Charity event and other stuff related to the Rockets.

All three commented on the Charity event, the game, the players, and the live play.

The conversation rolled around to the excellent play of DeJuan Blair and how the Rockets passed on drafting him because his medical report said that he had bad knees and would have to be (put down) shot like a race horse after playing 2 seconds for us... <<<< (I'm paraphrasing here... (Note to PETA and Pamela Anderson) No animals were hurt in writing of this paragraph).

At the time of that draft the Rockets had 2 players injured. Tmac and Yao. They were gun shy to pull the trigger and draft Blair so thats why he killed us tonight as a Spur.

What I remember Les saying about not drafting Blair was, next time we have that situation we may draft the player, play them and if it does not workout trade them. Bill and Matt, well at least Bill chimed in and said "Yeah Les thats a great idea, heck why not". <<<<< Again I'm paraphrasing.

As for the conversation Les had with Morey on the subject, this is what I remember "cuz i was there":

Les: Hey Morey, dat dere racehorse Blair runs real good. We shuda boughtum.

Morey: Yep.

Les: Next time we can buy us a cheap racehorse we'll gitum and run him in some races. See how he does and iffin he don't do good or he brakes down, we'll just shootum or sellum to the glue factory.

Morey: Thats a great idea Les. Iffin we shootum we can sell the meat to the French. They eat horses.

Les: Yep.



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Sorry dude. I don't want THIS guy having a major role in decision-making regarding this team, especially when he OWNS the team:

[rquoter]
Hi Jonathan, Any truth to what Richard J indicated in his blog, ie, Alexander is displeased with Adelman? Thx

(Leslie is like a fan. He goes up and down with the play of the team. There was a home game recently he was about as happy as I've seen him over the years. There have been times, especially with the really bad losses, that he was furious. -- Jonathan)[/rquoter]

Another thing I was struck by was the utter lack of respect shown to Shane Battier. Worrell was like "losing Shane seemed to be addition by subtraction" and Less was like "absolutely, we play much faster now". I mean, you can't say anything at all about what Shane has meant to this team? Seriously?

 

Guys like Rudy T and Adelman perform best with veteran teams who don't need to be coached on fundamentals and just need someone to set them up to do what they do best.

Younger teams need a more hands on / disciplinary coach to get them to harness their talents correctly. Adelman is too laid back for this team...

 

Intangibles are overrated.

 

Very well summped up. Aldeman is a great coach, but as you said it correctly - on a team with established vets. Our team needs the fundementals and discipline. Which makes him expendible.

Did you see how the Spurs pack the paint and everyone boxes out for defensive rebounds? Aldeman hasnt been able to instill that basic grass root fundemetal in 3 years now.

 

From ESPN Weekend Dime [on NBA Coaching Carousel]:

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Rick Adelman, Houston Rockets

The prevailing sense in Houston is that Adelman, who was lured to the Rockets to coach a presumed title contender fronted by Tracy McGrady and Yao Ming, has little interest in staying there now that it's clear this team is trying to reinvent itself. The Rockets likewise haven't been pushing Adelman to sign one of those extensions so en vogue this month, suggesting that they aren't in a huge rush to stop him from walking.

Rockets owner Les Alexander has said repeatedly that he wants to wait until after the season before dealing with Adelman's future, but you can safely assume that Adelman -- despite suggestions that he might be growing weary of the coaching grind at 64 -- is going to get another offer (or three) from a vet-laden team(s) if his four-season run in Houston is indeed over.

The suspicion here is that Adelman will be coaching in 2011-12 -- if there is a 2011-12 season -- just not in Clutch City.

The dearth of proven coaches on the open market means someone with a résumé like Adelman's, should he leave Houston, would quickly be in demand for other vacancies.[/rquoter]
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Why do so many people have 'hating on Rockets' as a shtick?

 

I really like Adelman and as a fan, I definitely appreciate everything he's done for the team considering all the injuries, trades, etc.

I think it would definitely be best for both sides if he moves on, though. I hope he finds a great job with a team that's ready to contend right away because he definitely deserves it.

 

You have to be delusional to believe RA "quit" on this team, especially when NO OTHER coach could've got this much out of this mediocore group of players Morey has assembled. RA is the SOLE reason this team is even watchable. The Rockets realistically should've given up on Yao and his foot two years ago. Terrible assesment

 

Intangible win championships. You cant be watching the same league

 

lol. No, I'm not watching the Euro league.

 

I will be okay if Adelman chooses to leave the Rockets - either to retire or to go coach the Heat or another elite team. But I would be upset if Les Alexander and Morey don't try hard to resign him. He is such a talented coach. He's got this group playing exceptionally well. Just look at what player do when they leave Adelman's system, their play undewhelms.... (Battier, Landry, Brooks, McGrady, etc....)

Last years team was also very good. And to think that we've gone without Yao and a hobbling Brooks this season; the Rockets are still being competitive.

Bring back Adelman!!!