Boy's............ Stop it now, or I'll insult y'all off the board. (and I'm talking to every irate poster here)
There you go again old man. Man, there is some mud slinging going on around here this morning. I'll tell you one thing, I love my dog more than any of you. That's for damn sure.
For legally inclined - 'own' (wife + kids + dogs) = family For politically inclined - spouse + kids + pets = family
thread over *************************** Alexander reluctant to let Rudy T go By JONATHAN FEIGEN Copyright 2003 Houston Chronicle Rockets owner Leslie Alexander described what he wanted in a new coach, then stopped himself. Instead of a new coach, he said, he wanted his old coach. "Unfortunately," Alexander said, "Rudy is not available." Alexander had reached an agreement Friday for Rudy Tomjanovich, the only coach he has had since purchasing the Rockets in 1993, to step down. But Alexander said he would have wanted Tomjanovich to continue to serve as the Rockets' head coach had Tomjanovich not wanted to avoid the stress. "We spoke," Alexander said. "He said, `The truth is, Les, I don't want to coach anymore. The doctors told me stress could hurt me in the long term.' " Alexander said he called Rockets general manager Carroll Dawson late last week to ask about Tomjanovich as part of his planned evaluations of the team. Alexander said he and Dawson began talking "about how to get this team going." Tomjanovich, who has been undergoing treatments for bladder cancer that was diagnosed March 18, said he decided to move into a consultant's position. He is scheduled for a second biopsy next month to determine if his six outpatient sessions removed the tumors. When asked if he would have considered a coaching change had Tomjanovich's health not been an issue, Alexander said: "No. Of course not. "I said after the season I was going to evaluate everything. When his treatments were over (May 15), I called C.D. to see how he was feeling. He said we should make Rudy part of the evaluations (process). Was it a big surprise? It surprises you. But nothing was out of the realm of possibility."
that'a way les!!! blame it on CD. i'm sad to see rudy go, but it was time. step up to the plate les. what's your next move?
Omega, Perhaps you should have read the article with more care. CD said what he said because he knew before Les that Rudy wanted out . Following the chain of command it would be CD that conveyed the bad news to Les.
I am glad we let RT go. The team had become stagnant, and imo quit listening to RT. However, it is kind of sad that Les won't just come out and say he let RT go. I mean I would bet my house that this decision had little to do with RTs health. There was a thread on here this week with an article about how RT was itching to get back into coaching after watching the Lakers get beat. This was Les's decision (and the right one imo) but he needs to own up to it, and quit acting like it was all Rudy and CD's idea.
M the D I think the truth is somewhere in between. Rudy has had problems in the past with job running him down (exhaustion and drinking) and his doctors probably did push for him to slow down. With the team's record Les, as any good manger would, had to look at all the pieces this year but I think he was of the mind that it would be difficult to find domeone better. While over the last four years Rudy had his problems getting the best out of his players he did have qualities that placed him over most coaches. It will be difficult job indeed to find a coach who deserves to replace Rudy.
You act as if Les did it this way because he's a coward or something. In my opinion, he helped preserve Rudy's status as lifetime Rocket by saying he stepped down on his own terms. If he had just fired him, it would've made Rudy look bad as well.
Carlos I don't know if you saw the thread or not, but it was an interview with Rudy this past week, and in it he talked about how his competitive drive was starting again and how he couldn't wait to get back. This was Les's decision, and there again I have no problem with it, but I just think it's a cop out to put it on RT's health. At the most it was 25% RT's health and 75% Les wanted a change.
DoD- that's one way to look at it, another is that you just S##t canned a guy, and then have him go out there like it was all his idea and you had nothing to do with it. If it were me, I would have a harder time saving face for the guy who just canned me than worrying about saving my own. I guess it's just how you look at it.
Les did the right thing for the Rockets organization. Thank you Les for having to balls to make this decision at this time knowing your reputation would take a hit by a minority of the fans and the media. You could have let Rudy suffer through another miserable lottery season. The majority of Rockets fans support a change.
Some of you guys should check out ALL of the quotes on www.chron.com . Afterwards, you would realize that this is Rudy's decision and not Les'. As far as saying that his family and dog are more important than the Rockets, I don't see why Les is taking heat for this. Whats more important, yalls jobs or yalls family?
