I was very disappointed by his post game interview last night. It is okay to make mistakes, but the problem is that he does not know what the problem is, or do you think he knew, and didn't say?? It seems Howard knows what was wrong, and felt bad about it.
If it were simply a personnel or schedule issue, no one would be saying anything. However, people have questioned McHale's plays (or lack thereof), lineups, player accountability, personal accountability, in-game decision making etc. In short, how he fundamentally runs the team.
But those other areas you pointed out are all based on your perception and the people who have questioned them are not the players but keyboard fans. You can qualify those same questions against all coaches in the NBA. Unless you are with the team at all times during practice, meetings and on the bench during games then thats a different story. I'm not saying his perfect, but to dismiss him with a 21-13 record with all the well documented injuries, Asik dilemma and tiring schedule is harsh on a bball HOF and a players coach
I don't think the team record works as a counter argument since people criticizing McHale believe that we are winning despite of him.
I think Asik may have distanced himself from the team so it'll be tricky trying to get him back. I doubt that they are 100 percent healthy but the main guys, Howard, Harden, Parsons and Lin are playing and that should be enough most nights to get the W. Last night should have been a W. The 3-1 in 4 nights was good, especially the coming back in the 4Q, the Thunder was lack of energy IMO and then last night was a giveaway. The schedule is easing up now, at least the games aren't coming as frequently. Bev will be great to get back so that the Bev/Lin combo will be back and the bench will be helped as Lin will probably be back at least part time with them.
The big thing with Mchale is rotation handling, he is overplaying the main players, in 82 games, that will catch up to the team.
IF Morey doesn't want accept reality RIGHT NOW that we still have the chance to bring in a coach that's build to win a championship and to contend. Were eventually going, go under the bus watch our light dim slowly like the Grizzlies and Thunder. The time is NOW!!. McHale is a good coach as well as all his coaching staff but, in all honesty they're truly not built for this team. Morey needs to have the balls to make a change and get us a coach that will get this team to its full championship potential. Or all his wonderful "trading and swapping of assets" will have NO remembrance in the end that he has finally been able to build and to watch it go down the drain for McHale. Maybe "trading" is much easier than "firing"
We do not have a system - offensive or defensive. Its all isos. Do you guys remember why McHale was hired in the first place? Morey needed a yes-man, and he found one in McHale. Morey wants to impose his basket-ball philosophy into coaching and that is not his strength. I know, this will make MOFs uncomfortable. You talk about coaches like Adelman, JVG, Sloan, or Larry Brown ? No self respecting coach will allow a GM to dictate coaching, that is not GMs job, thats why teams also hire coaches. Now, MOFs... don't get me wrong, DM is a proven, accomplished GM - but he should not tell coaches what to do. How would DM felt if JVG came up with new statistical model and ask DM to adopt it in his analysis? Btw, what happened to the guy from Viper, who was "groomed" to be McHale's replacement when the time is right? I think he is still an assistant coach and he is a yes-man. I think it is about time to give him the key for head-coaching job.
Mchale was a shady character in minnesota. The timberwolves franchise thought he would care about the team winning since Minnesota is his hometown. They finally realized he doesn't care about the franchise when he traded away the franchise player to his former team: The Boston Celtics. This is not news , If Mchale didn't care about his hometown minnesota team, how much more a rival team he played against in the 80s. Its only a matter of time before we finally realize a con man in celtics green is conning us. The victims are always the last to know.
I agree with this 100%. KM is a politician and a good counselor, but he does not profess his knowledge of the game too well to his pupils. People often make the mistake of judging coaching ability based on prior success on the court.
This can't b stated any better. Mchale is pretty much figurehead. His only respect comes from accolades as a player.
His knowledge of the game came at a time when zone defenses were strictly prohibited and teams were encouraged to give the ball to the star player and let him do his thing. Probably the reason why he thinks iso ball is so good. It is not that simple anymore when you have zone defenses. Teams are now using zone and man to man or a hybrid or combination thereof to catch teams offguard. Teams can switch from zone, man to man, man-zone , taking their cue from a coach's hand signal. Likewise, you must have unpredictable offensive patterns so that the defense has difficulty adjusting.
Sorry, but 21-13 is worthless. Prorate that over an 82-game season and we're looking at a team on pace to finish with 50-51 wins. That's what the Yao-McGrady teams frequently won and we saw how little they accomplished. And as hard as it is to believe, the West is even better now than it was back then. Right now, I don't think there's a snowball's chance in hell we catch OKC, Portland, or San Antonio. And the Clippers, Mavs, Suns, and Warriors are all playing well and are neck-and-neck with us in the standings. That means if Minnesota, Denver, and/or Memphis ever get their collective sh-t together, we could actually find ourselves fighting just to make the playoffs.
If true, we're the Dallas Cowboys of the NBA (minus the championships and popularity). Jerry Jones won't hire the right coach same as Morey. Both teams are destined to underachieve. McHale may have given up trying to run plays due to Harden's attitude.
No doubt. Not a huge Karl fan, his teams almost always underachieve in the playoffs. Definitely better than McHale.. 10x better.
My old post: http://bbs.clutchfans.net/showpost.php?p=8299558&postcount=4260 Chron: Rockets praise McHale’s leadership (link)
It was confirmed that McHale didn't know the X and Os back in Minn and his assistants had to fill in on that. He is merely a Celtics-connected hiring by Morey for the rebuilding. McHale's handling of Lin for example may fully stem from Sampson's bias against Lin.
