A dispassionate Assessment of Kevin Mchale's Resume' at the time he was hired

I was about to say............................................... Then I saw your tag

 

That was hardly dispassionate. And oh yeah, Bleacher Report.

 

Obligatory "Bleacher Report is worthless", and coaching is a very different job from GMing. I don't really like McHale as a coach but let's at least back it up with legitimate reasons.

 

Well, wasn't McHale somewhat responsible for drafting the likes of KG, KLove and Al Jefferson? I mean, I guess he has an eye for talent among big guys.

However, as a coach, we can do better. Really.

 

We'd rather believe he's suddenly become a great coach, having developed a brand new offensive philosophy that just happens to reflect Morey's statistical approach, and that everything related to in-game substitutions, rotations, not playing to players' strength, 9-18 record on games decided by 8pts or less, horrible away record, even worse record on back-to-backs (poor minutes management), worst western conference record for teams in the playoff chase, collapse down the stretch last year with a veteran team, issues with Lowry last year, playing small-ball down the stretch despite needing rebounds and having Dalembert and Camby on the roster, playing small ball and believing his SFs played like horse**** because they didn't rebound like a big man, not playing Asik for many crucial games final moments, porous defense only saved by Asik, and recent losses to teams sub-.500 playing small ball down the stretch ...

... we'd rather believe all this is due to the team being young, and that McHale had suddenly become a great talent evaluator, X&Os guy ... basically a great Head Coach.

And that McHale should get all the credit.

So ... we'd rather not click into your link, and prefer to reach into the stratosphere of the unproven to believe McHale is the reason for the Rockets success this year.

 

Assume they would have had Ray Allen instead of Stephon Marbury. How do you know they would have had the exact same draft position to acquire Brandon Roy? Josh Howard? How do you know how the past would have played out had they changed it?

 

Just know that McHale as a GM managed to turn almost every situation into an inferior/bad one.

 

Congrats. You have proven that Kevin McHale is a bad GM. Since GMing and coaching are clearly synonymous positions which needs similar talents, we should fire McHale and make Daryl Morey our new coach. That's obviously the best strategy.

 

Good god, this is a dumb thread. I may just have to print it out and leave it in the restroom in case we run out of toilet paper. Oh yeah... Bleacher Report.

 

I see. You have also proven that McHale does not run a regimented system out there on the court and is not big on calling plays. This is something I was completely unaware of watching the Rockets this season. Or listening to their interviews. Or their coach. Or Morey. Or this forum.

 

Should one discount the fact that all of the Wolves playoff appearances came under the helm of Mchale. Seems fair!

 

What does personel moves as a GM have to do with character? Do you understand what a character reference is?