I believe that the Rockets hands down have a better overall team than the New Orleans Hornets and Memphis Grizzlies, and I also believe that with the recent playoff success each team has had with new coaches Monty Williams and Lionel Hollins, respectively, it completely validates Adelmans departure with the Houston Rockets. Yes, the superstar argument can be made, after all the Hornets do have Chris Paul. But they do not have David West,who is out with an injury, and they are tied in the series with the two time defending champs. And Memphis does have a 7 ft center in Marc Gasol a position that the Rockets lack extremely lack, but they are leading the four time champion Spurs without Rudy Gay. Look at the Rockets depth. Our bench is deep and in my view, there is no reason why we missed the playoffs. To be a championship caliber team the Rockets obviously need a great coach and two and only two important positions to be filled. We need a center and a small forward. A small forward that can not only stop the leading scorer on the other team, but contribute offensively as well. So to all those fans who thought the Rockets made bad move in letting Adelman go, I don't understand your logic!
The rules must've changed, because usually you can't start a thread until you have X amount of posts or something along those lines. But, in regard to your topic, I see one major flaw: Those teams are only in the playoffs because they won more games than the Rockets in the regular season - and they had Rudy Gay/David West for most of the regular season.
Rick Adelman coached the Houston Rockets during their last playoff appearance. The Rockets forced the Defending Champion Lakers to a decisive Game Seven. Without Tracy McGrady or Yao Ming. I do not understand your logic! Stop posting these BLOGS!
I can maybe see the argument that Adelman is not a good fit for a team that is not a contender and still looking for an identity. What you're suggesting is that Adelman is not a great coach. That's just plain incorrect. He's a Hall of Fame caliber coach.
what's going on man? glad to have you aboard. FYI, it usually does take an X amount of posts or rep points (i'm not quite sure)to start a thread, but be careful of certain threads you start. though most of the posters here are indeed well mannered individuals, some might see this thread as lacking "substance" an easy opportunity to belittle your POV... concerning your topic though, I guarantee you that Memphis thinks their team is superior than the rockets/hornets and same with Nola. while I admire your high regards for the rockets, the fact of the matter is that they're in the playoffs and we are not. Thus, as of now and until further notice…hornets & grizzlies > rockets.
The rockets are an incomplete team with a 6'6 and a few other holes in the roster. Pretty solid bench. NO had cp3 and David west, Memphis has Zach Randolph and Rudy gay plus a solid center and a good bench. Rockets coach is by far better than either hollins or Williams. You're joking right, I hope you are. You do realize Rick is the only one that has any success in the playoffs for more than a decade.
YOU ARE STUPID BECAUSE I AM A MORE VETERAN CLUTCHFANS MEMBER AND YOUR OPINION DOESNT MATTER. NOW WATCH ME BERATE AND/OR BELITTLE YOU. yay, i'm fitting in now!
I guess playoff success vs. Portland/Lakers doesn't count, I guess 22 in a row doesn't count as success either. As far as I'm concerned I'm not sitting here waiting any longer for success to validate Morey. He had a coach who had all the validation and success you could ever as for and was needed. He fired him. That's just not a way to win in the NBA and an idiotic move to boot.
Seriously, I think it's time to stop with this argument. Hornets could do the same this year, in the 1st round... pretty much means nothing, specially against a team characterized by going with the flow like these Lakers. The point here really is that we could have played 8 straight series against them and we would have lost every one. Possibly in an easier manner than at those famous series. Please, be realistic. 0-8. I disagree with the OP, but at the same time this thread could be useful to make people see that is possible to win with a different / new coach. I'm following closely the Grizzlies-Spurs series. Coach Hollins is doing a great job, he's clearly beating Popovich. And frankly, he's doing it running a very different basketball philosophy from that of Adelman. Here is an interesting conversation, for example.
My whole point was basically that the parting of ways is the right move. Rick Adelman is a Hall of Fame coach and I know he did coach a 22 game win streak, he did have 50 plus win seasons, he did move up to number 9 on wins, and for 2 straight years we have missed the playoffs. I know it sounds cliche but I want a hungry coach. A coach who revitalizes the franchise and has that drive to win. After 20 seasons and 64 years of age time takes its toll and it happens to everyone. I will continue familiarizing myself with the website and the "threads" since I am new. But I'm not new to Houston. Born and raised here since 1990! Go Rockets!!!
So now the excuse is that Adelman is too old? If you've been following, the desire to win was definately not Adelman's problem.
