Which coach would be the best fit for the Rockets?

Can we get Brown as head coach and the others as assistants?

 

GP says we need to hire from within. Sounds like you support the Smith theory.

My take:
Payton is calling out Les on Rudy's move. If Les promotes one of our coaches then we can assume that Les was happy with Rudy's methods and this really was Rudy's decision. If not then we know Les is the bad guy. Nice move Gary, or am I just being seeing conspiricies everywhere? Maybe reading all the drivel on this board has gotten to me!

 

My man Jimmy Cleamons!

 

Where the hell is Paul Silas' name?

 

Larry Brown is a winner. Period. Here is his NBA coaching record. This does not include the 3 ABA COY award winning years or his 'Final Four' college years with both UCLA and Kansas.

NBA CAREER COACHING

REGULAR SEASON--------------------------------------------------- POST SEASON
YEAR -----TEAM----- -----WINS----- LOSSES------ PCT----- WINS----- LOSSES------ PCT
1976------ Denver------- -----50----------- 32 ----------.610 --------2------------ 4 ------------.333
1977------ Denver ------------48------------34 ----------.585--------6-------------7------------ .462
1978 ------Denver ------------28----------- 25---------- .528------- 0------------- 0------------ .000
1981 ------New Jersey ------44 -----------38 -----------.537------- 0------------- 2------------ .000
1982 ------New Jersey ------47----------- 29----------- .618------- 0------------- 0------------ .000
1988 ------San Antonio----- 21 ----------61------------ .256------- 0------------- 0------------ .000
1989 ------San Antonio----- 56 ----------26------------ .683------- 6------------- 4------------ .600
1990 ------San Antonio -----55-----------27------------ .671-------1-------------- 3------------.250
1991 ------L.A. Clippers---- 44---------- 29------------ .603------ 2 --------------3----------- .400
1992 ------L.A. Clippers ----41 ----------41------------ .500------ 2 --------------3----------- .400
1993 ------Indiana -----------47 -----------35 ------------.573----- 10 -------------6----------- .625
1994 ------Indiana -----------52 -----------30------------ .634 -----10 -------------7----------- .588
1995 ------Indiana----------- 52----------- 30------------ .634------ 2 --------------3----------- .400
1996 ------Indiana----------- 39----------- 43------------ .476------ 0-------------- 0----------- .000
1997 ------Philadelphia -----31----------- 51------------ .378------ 0-------------- 0----------- .000
1998 ------Philadelphia -----28 ----------22------------- .560------- 3------------ 5 ------------.375
1999 ------Philadelphia -----49 ----------33------------- .598------ 5 -------------5------------ .500
2000 ------Philadelphia----- 56---------- 26------------- .683------ 12----------- 11----------- .522
2001 ------Philadelphia----- 43---------- 39------------ .524 -------2 --------------3 ----------.400
2002 ------Philadelphia -----48---------- 34------------ .585------- 6-------------- 6 -----------.500

TOTALS ----------------------879-------- 685----------- .562------- 69------------- 72-------- .489

 

We get a lot of people here wanting Larry Brown as head coach.But before giving my take(jumped off the Silas bandwagon ),I'd like to get some info on Mike Dunleavy.
How are his X's and O's?Has he ever coached a succesfull NBA team?How does he handle his relation with his players?(tough?players coach?)


ALA

 

Oops!Didn't check the other thread before typping this post.Got all the info I wanted on Dunleavy,but I'm still not sold on the guy...


ALA

 

The biggest drawback with Larry Brown being our coach is that I'm not sure he'll be here for the long run. He's had health problems in the past, and almost after every season he's been unsure he was going to return to coach the next season. While no doubt he's best candidate for the job, we need someone who will be more stable and grow with the team, and I think Paul Silas is the next best option.

 

I'm not opposed to Larry Brown as a coach but I would rather have Van Gundy.

Both are proven winner...

 

Thats quite a selection of quality coaches. We cant go wrong with anyone of those guys.

Outitan, what makes you think Les gives a damn about what Gary Payton thinks?

 

I'm starting to warm up to the idea of Larry Brown.

But until he ditches Philly, I'm sticking with JVG.

 

Mike Dunleavy was the former coach of the Trailblazers and took them to the 2000 WC Finals in a 7 game series against the eventual Champion Lakers. Or maybe it was in 99' that he did it. I know that the Trailblazers have talent out the ying yang, but he did about as good a job as could be expected out of his stoner teammates. I think he'd be a perfect fit for the Rockets and is my pick of the four coaches. Granted I never watched a lot of Trailblazer games and the style Dunleavy implemented when he coached them, but I'd take him over Larry Brown if only because Larry Brown is a defensive coach, and we're already a pretty good defensive team. I'd simply like someone that could get our guys to run the fastbreak the proper way and would teach this team how to run a good motion offense, or pick and roll offense. I honestly don't care what kind of offense as long as we average more then 98 points a game. Averaging 100 ppg next season would be fantastic but probably not realistic. The plain fact of the matter is this team isn't very offensive minded, so I say we fix that first.

The benefits of having Larry Brown however would be a strong sense of discipline from his teammates. While he couldn't always control his main player in A.I, I think he'd have a better shot at doing that with Francis, who I think is just a better version of A.I himself. Atleast we'd know we'd be getting the most out of our players with Larry Brown but everytime it seems like he's going to quit his relationship with the Sixers, he always comes back next season for more, so I honestly don't think he's an option.


Silas is an underrated coach and he'd be a nice fit, plus since the Hornets are moving into our division next year, his insight into his old players could prove crucial if we run into another wire to wire finish to get in the playoffs next season.

I'd like all 3 as head coaches, but my personal fave is Dunleavy. I remember people crediting a lot his success towards his assistant coaches, and we could definitely use some good assistant coaches. He's also the closest thing we have to a championship coach that's coached in the Western Conference.

 

Not a damned thing. I never said Les was concerned about this statement did I? Payton made a comment about the Rockets head coaching move, I thought it related to the board discussions, I posted it. Considering all the talk about bringing in Payton I think it is rather relavent....

 

ditto, i've stated pretty much the same thing in another thread. Nice break down of the candidates...

 

Dude your giving way too much respect to the opinions of some loud mouth player who has no connections or associations with Houston. You posted the same thing in another thread a couple of times, so when you post it again here I took notice. I mean we are talking about the same Gary Payton who's played in Seattle for the past 10 years or longer, right? Not to be mean, but I guarantee you nobody cares how Gary Payton feels Les should go about hiring a new head coach. So, if Les doesn't hire Boylen or Smith as head coach, fat head in Seattle thinks Les is a bad person who wasn't really concerned for Rudy's health? Well then if were going look at it from Gary Paytons perspective, for the sake of this teams future success, I hope Les turns out to be bad bad man.