Analysis: McHale and his negative impact on our players' confidence

We gave JVG 2 years. How long do we need to see what McHale is capable of?

 

Do you not know that function is already available?

 

SMH + Facepalm ... Now I can see why Lowry wanted out of Houston so badly. McHale is not a leader of this team, he has no answers for what the other team does, he can't take responsibility for his own team.

 

Your reasoning is wrong

Morey is GM of the year for great moves but the coach is terrible
This is the most underperforming team in the league by pythagorean expected wins
Those who have seen every game have seen coaching single handedly lose 6-8 games. Worst record in the league in games within 7 points

McFail isnt Phil Jackson though you bring up Phil. McFail is more like the LA coach before Phil who underperformed despite the great roster Jerry West put together

Right now this team is like the movie Moneyball. Analytical GM, stubborn eye test coaches misusing the roster and rotations.

 

What is he doing right? This sounds like the same logic that had some people thinking Mike Brown was a good coach. These guys are not good coaches. They just happen to be blessed with a superstar.

Maybe McHale will get better, but as it stands now he's a bad coach that happens to have a good team and a superstar. People eventually realize Mike Brown was not good at any aspect of coaching and the same thing will likely happen to McHale.

 

My brains hurts reading this crap.

 

How many games did McHale single handily win?

 

agreed. mchale as a head coach has to bear at least some responsibility. he's the head coach. as talented as your team is, they still go in/out at your command which controls the pace of the game. it's time for him to man up to his decisions.

if he decided to teach his starters a lesson, then it's on him that they got within 9 points from the bench and didn't give the starters a chance to finish the game with a win.

if he wanted to save the starters' energy for the clippers game, then he can't be hypocritical and preach about how young players shouldn't be tired and grateful for being paid to play basketball (like he does all the time).

time to man up and stop making excuses. if this was the US military, then you take the blame cause you're directing the actions of your militia. learn to manage

 

Fire McFail!

I saw Parsons' face and was sad to see his depressed expression.
I still can't believe why McFail would do such thing to sabotage his starters.
Why isn't he fired yet?

 

http://scores.espn.go.com/nba/boxscore?gameId=320129006

I'd fire any coach that benched their starters like that......

 

I thought this would be a 38-42 win team. Everything is gravy on top to me. Once they get howard and trade lin and asik, they will be contenders.

 

I can't tell if this kinda crap is serious or you are just 12 years old. The starters need to learn to "put their big boy pants on" here VERY SOON, and get their act together if they are going to hold on to their playoff spot.

This isn't Girl Scouts. They needed a serious reality check from the coaching staff. Chandler is sad.... Good. Jeremy Lin is sad... Good... Now what are you kids going to do about it???? How about come in Toyota Center tomorrow night, and play your A#$ off.

This is playoff time.... if you need McHale to dress up as Bozo the Clown in the locker room, and give lollipops to the players to make them happy enough to play well, you are seriously out of touch with the reality of professional sports dude. Its time to sack up, and bust your A#$.

 

Please!! Howard is playing with Kobe, Nash, Pau and they're not contenders. He can't shoot mid jumpers, horrendous free throw shooter, average low post game and teams now are not even doubling him anymore. if he doesn't rebound and block shots, he's useless.

 

Those guys are also 14.6 million years old....

 

Given the roster, I think Mchale's doing a fantastic job.

 

If Howard is as dominant as you think, then it shouldn't matter. Kobe is still playing like he's his prime, Nash has been the healthiest in a few years. Still they're struggling to make the playoffs?

 

haha, it's hilarious that you make yourself out as r****ded as you seem to be. it's funny how you totally left harden out of your little rant.

as to teaching your starters a lesson? perfect timing with the end of the season right here and you were within 9 points. would've made a lot more sense to "teach" them this lesson a few months ago. maybe if he commanded the respect he thinks he deserves, then we might not be in this pridicament. i'm assuming you watch basketball but you've never really played it in a competive realm or else you'd actually know what you're talking about.

you pay your starters millions for a certain reason. don't go and interview about how your players shouldn't be tired to suit up and get paid if you're either trying to save them for the clippers game or trying to teach them a lesson. He's a cop-out and needs to man up as one.

I'm positive myself and the rest of the Rockets organization did not see this unnoticed. This doesn't bode well for Mchale.

 

Analysis: OP is an Asian LOF.

 

for a team to run set plays, you need a coach who can actually draw them up. mchale doesn't. he really doesn't know how to "coach.. now i know why he doesn't like coaching young players. when they're confused about a play, and looks to him for instructions or advice, he just smiles and pats their behind.

 

there is possibility that mchale really just wanted to bench HARDEN but couldn't bench him alone as he doesn't want to cause any rift with the superstar player. Tony Allen, a defensive specialist as you know, took it to Harden on BOTH ends of the court. on the other hand, Parsons did very little wrong and was also benched. so, it doesn't really make any sense to bench all of the starters unless he really just wanted to send Harden a message indirectly.