Are you a Spurs fan if you think Greg Popovich is a better coach than Kevin McHale?

Repeated 1st round playoff flameouts can do that to a fan base but at least they aren't apathetic. I appreciate the questions posed but wish that they would present both sides of the argument and not cherry pick.

If there were a deal to be made where the Rockets would pay big time in tax on but could get us to the title, I trust Cuban to make that deal more than Les. Since the Pippen deal, when have the Rockets gone all-in?

Also, comparing Pops to Mchale is like comparing Trulucks to Salt Grass to keep with the food analogies persistent in these threads. Pops is a once in a generation coach. McHale has gotten two playoff appearances and only lost one series where the Rockets were favored to win.

If the proper switch happens in game 6, maybe McHale isn't as hated on this thread. At somepoint, others need to be held accountable for only having one playmaker on the roster or players that don't consistently wholesale buy into the ball movement McHale desires.

I can't find the Chronicle article anymore but Morey hired McHale because he thought he had great Xs and Os capabilities for timeouts and end of game situations based on the interview process. Maybe Pops could get a little more out of this roster but that doesn't mean this team would be title bound.

 

My only response to McHale not adjusting to Aldridge sooner is that Asik was the only bullet he had in the chamber and the twin tower lineups got exposed badly on the offensive end when the Rockets tried it earlier in the year. It was like when Spoelstra inserted Allen into the starting lineup in the finals last year later than people wanted, it was the only move had and as soon as its countered there nothing left to fall back on. There are tow ways to win in the playoffs, overcome with superior talent or superior flexibility. The Rockets did not have the flexibility and their talent didn't outshine Portland's.

At the end of the day, it still came down to their perimeter shooters outplaying ours. Parsons was not the best small forward that series and Harden only had one good game (no amount of coaching can overcome having your two playmakers outclassed by Batum and Matthews). If Harden played in games 1-5 like he did in Game 6, the Rockets at least push that series to 7 and maybe win.

The real testament to McHale's coaching abilities will be if we can get Howard back and have him and Harden playing well going into the playoffs so that it really comes down to moves to be made and not worrying about whether your stars are going to show up.

 

Well there was a certain 7 foot tall PF on the bench....

I blame him for playing Jones on LMA as long as he did and for playing Harden on Lopez. There's simply no excuse for either of those decisions when you had better options, even if you didn't know your own team well enough to know that.

 

The real Mark Cuban hired all the Mavs you know and hate.

 

the one that used fall on his ass every few seconds back then?

 

We already know you are stuck in your own little world. You been bringing up this 99ers nonsense since I've joined. It's almost like you are at the high school pep rally screaming seniors while others are saying what that suppose to mean. Lol



Come on man we are happy you join the garm in 99. Congratulations to you sir. Someone please give this man an award

 

The one that was a MUCH better defender than Jones even back then. The one that has the size to make LMA work for his points even if just a little bit. Or even better, the one that could guard Lopez so Howard and Asik could stay on LMA. That one.

 

He's the CF version of "Peaked in high school Rob Lowe"

 

Duncan would have 14 rings by now if McHale was his coach.

 

You mean the improved current version of DMo that just largely no showed in in his first real test against Portland this year at home. He's improved but was not a realistic option last year. The front office went into hibernation last year after Howard signed. This year, more has been done to make the team deeper but Howard has to come back to have a realistic shot at making a run through the playoffs.

 

The answer the OP, no, that doesn't make you a Spurs fan.

However, if you've bashed everything about the Rockets for a decade then you probably aren't a Rockets fan. Maybe you don't even realize it, but it's hard to be a fan of the Rockets when you don't like anything about the team post Hakeem and when you take Barkley's side against the Rockets.

 

Your right, Tim Duncan is better than Kevin McHale :grin:

 

No, I mean the version of DMo that was already better defensively than Jones...also we're not talking about DMo shutting everyone down and dominating in the post, we're talking about not getting absolutely run over the way Jones did. DMo would make LMA work at least a little bit to score and could also play on Lopez allowing Dwight and Asik to guard LMA. It was an obvious correct choice, but it wasn't made. Anyway, there's no point arguing about it now because it doesn't matter, I just hope McHale learned from that disaster.

 

What is the point of this thread exactly? You want us to say that Pop is a better coach than Mchale? Well obviously.

 

Now that you mention it, I think I'd rather talk about chicken and waffles. Where can I get some of those?

 

Breakfast Klub over there at Travis..if you et lucky Dwight Howard might pay for your food. :grin:

 

Tinman has everyone tied up in knots here.

It's really simple:

Cuban is a grade A douche and therefore I would not prefer him over Les. But there is no doubt in anyone's mind that Popovich is better than McHale.

Those two facts are not relevant to one another except in these mental gymnastics.

As far as being 'personal', someone's opinion about the team isn't a personal attack on you or me or anyone else. If people take that personally then they are the problem! (See: Lin fans)

 

Just going to leave this here.
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