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Rudy should hire Lon Kruger as an assistant head coach

Discussion in 'Houston Rockets: Game Action & Roster Moves' started by cdastros, Jan 28, 2003.

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  1. cdastros

    cdastros Member

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    For those who dont know Lon Kruger is former atlanta hawks head coach. He also help Rudy coach the world championship team of cba players to a bronze medal. The Nba players coulden't even medal so that shows something. Rudy also said that coaching with Lon was one of the best coaching experince he has ever had. What do you guys think.
     
    #1 cdastros, Jan 28, 2003
  2. robbie380

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    i think lon looks funny when he smiles. so he would be a bad coach.
     
    #2 robbie380, Jan 28, 2003
  3. dwmyers

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    Lon had real problems handling the Atlanta squad. I think he has issues with motivating professional athletes. I don't question his knowledge of the game, but I question his ability to assemble and manage a squad of winning pros.

    Dave
     
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  4. HonestAbe

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    Perhaps head of team marketing!;)
     
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  5. Jebus

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    and that wouldn't complement Rudy's shortcomings very well. The inmates would still run the asylum. What we need is a kick-your-butt type assistant to play bad cop to Rudy's good cop.
     
    #5 Jebus, Jan 28, 2003
  6. DaDakota

    DaDakota Balance wins
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    We need a coaching enema....what is Bill Fitch doing these days?

    DD
     
    #6 DaDakota, Jan 28, 2003
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    Where is Scott Brooks? and isn't he coaching at a basketball camp or something?
     
    #7 Tonaaayyyy, Jan 28, 2003
  8. London'sBurning

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    Pull a Memphis Grizzlies and hire an old coach. Anyone like Dr.Jack Ramsey as an assistant coach? :D

    All seriousness aside they need to hire Terry Tate Office linebacker :D
     
    #8 London'sBurning, Jan 28, 2003
  9. DaDakota

    DaDakota Balance wins
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    If the head coach is a Eunich, all other assistants lose their manhood too.

    If they don't listen to Rudy, then what makes you think they would listen to his assistants?

    DD
     
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    As a Illini fan, I've never like the guy where he was our coach. But I hate Lou more:mad:
     
    #10 daoshi, Jan 28, 2003
  11. xiki

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    Is this Dallas? Are the Rox looking to add one or ten more coaches?

    Either add someone for a specific reason -- a Larry Brown clone for the backcourt. A Yao personal tutor.

    Or a new head coach? Why doesn't someone just suggest that?
     
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  12. Vengeance

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    Here's something that I found interesting -- I had a party for the Lakers/Rockets game. Some of the attendees were high-school basketball coaches -- one of them was an up and coming, young Assistant coach. We were talking about the coaching staff, and he was of the opinion that the Rockets' biggest problem is that the assistant coaches are not very good. Now, I can't speak to the validity of his claims, but his argument is that virtually none of them are basketball guys -- most were guys who did other things in the organization, and moved up into coaching. His assertion was that when Bill Berry left, we lost a lot because he was such a good assistant. I wonder if he's got a point -- perhaps we need to hire some better assitant coaches. I would *LOVE* to see John Lucas come back as our assistant coach (although I doubt he would take a "demotion" like that), as he worked with a lot of our players at Westside during the off-season. He's a very good basketball mind, and oh yeah, he's a former Rocket!
     
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  13. xiki

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    Coaches, like players, have to fit in. Would Luke fit in with the braintrust? Would Kruger fit in with the talent?

    Me? I'd like to see Red Holtzman, reincarnate, take over the reins. He'd be Heaven sent.
     
    #13 xiki, Jan 28, 2003
  14. ima_drummer2k

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    This is a good post! Go on Rockets.com and check the bio's of the 3 assistant coaches. One former player with no other coaching experience and 2 former video coordinators! Could it be that they are on the staff because they are "yes men"? Is that why Bill Berry left?
     
    #14 ima_drummer2k, Jan 28, 2003
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