i know what's wrong... ... rudy and larry never utilized jason collier's full potential to be one of the top 5 centers in the league. he would have been a force to be reckoned with... not to mention a true team leader.
My votes: 1. Our guards are too stupid to make good decisions with the ball. 2. Our guards are too cocky and stubborn to do what the coaches say. 3. Rudy is still in denial about the legalization of the zone defense. 4. Eddie Griffin is a kid on a team with no adults to set him straight. 5. The one guy on the team who's talented enough and smart enough to (1) command the respect of his teammates and (2) use that respect to whip them into a functional team is too new and humble to play that role, at least for now. Message to Yao Ming: Hard as it may be for you, take on that role. If you won't, you're the only guy on our roster who's got enough trade value to get us a player who will.
Weren't we behind the Suns when Rudy left. I am missing something, was Rudy doing a great coaching job. Before this team changes players I think they should look at coaching.
This sucks. Rocket fans get the shaft for the fourth consecutive year. This team must be must shaken up this summer. The Steve and Cuttino show has run its course. Hopefully the new arena and new unis will fire up this underachieving, scrotumless team....
He didn't prove himself this year. Why is the coach exempt from criticism. Because he got lucky two years and didn't have to play the Sonics or the Bulls. The guy gets too much credit for those championships in the first place and the secondly it was 8 frickin years ago. How much proving has he done since. He couldn't beat Stocton and Malone with Hakeem, Drexler, and Barkley.
He's proven himself the past 12 years. Only two losing seasons including a rebuilding. Who cares if the rings were 8 years ago. The fact remains he's proven. None of the players are. FACT. He didn't prove himself this year? That's B.S. Even if that were true, what, you have one down year, and that's it? See ya? That makes a lot of sense. The players haven't proven anything, and there's no way around that fact.
Again, I ask, was Rudy doing a great coaching job when he left? You can't blame the coaches that the offense is still iso. Whether its the guards iso, or its Yao Ming iso, or its MoTaylor iso, its still iso. It was iso before he left, it was iso last year. When is Rudy going to get his fair share of blame.
That's one of the dumbest things I've ever read here. He didn't have to play the Sonics.....LOL. You can't be serious. The players get a pass, even though they've never done a lick in the NBA, but let's get rid of the coach, because even though he's won two championships, he didn't have to play the Sonics. What a riot.
My bad, I didn't know Rudy wasn't coaching this team the last four years. I must have missed something. I also didn't know he wasn't a major factor in putting this team together. I didn't know he didn't want these players.
Exactly. Never mind the Rockets players. When are the Rudy apologists gonna "get it"? This team is a direct reflection of Rudy as a coach and GM. Not Larry Smith. Not Carroll Dawson. Not Les Alexander. He put this squad together. He allowed the ISO streetball mentality of Steve and Cat to dictate the offense. He refused to hire real assistant coaches instead of "yes" men, resulting in the inept and clueless Mr. Mean taking over in his absence. Yeah, Rudy coached the Rockets to their two and only titles, but you know what? That was eight long years ago. I'd say he's used up all his goodwill from that accomplishment now that we're on the verge of four consecutive years out of the playoffs(not to mention the two straight first round exits that preceded it). Now before you Rudy marks start piling on me for even daring to suggest that Les should replace a guy who has cancer, ask yourselves this question and be totally honest. If the Rockets had had any of the coaching staffs of the current top eight seeds in the West this season instead of Rudy and Co., do you truly believe they would be 40-39 right now and in 9th place? Cuz I sure as hell don't.
I forgot about the first round exists the two previous years. Rudy T apologists are pathetic. The guy put this team together, he shall reap what he has sown. I don't understand the excuses for this guy. You cannot blame the fact that the Rockets have the the only iso offense left in the league on the players. Yeah, the players have had their bad games this year, but the offense has been the same, win or lose, and this iso isn't going to cut it. You can't teach that old dog new tricks. RUDY'S LIVIN IN THE PAST MAN, and you guys who keep bring up the almost decade old championships are also.
Uckkkk, it's as much the players as it is Rudy. Coaches get too much credit for both the positives and the negatives. Every coach is only as good as his players, simple. It also helps to have an actual franchise player.... And while I do think the Rockets would have lost to the Bulls, the Sonics were using the zone before it was even legal.
