Analysis: McHale and his negative impact on our players' confidence

and who put a gun to your hear to post your comment?

 

Based on what? Written skill? Diction? Use of proper grammar and sentence structure, hence went to school and performed well or some other mind reading trick?

 

I am always amazed at some LOF's bizarre belief that the Rocket players confidence is made out of glass and shattered by McHale. It almost has to be cultural... We are talking about grown men that have overcome adversity from day 1, not some Pollyanna slack jawed 15 year old.

Second I like how any failing by the Rockets is a result of McHale or Harden. It is never that we lost to a better team. Hell a LOF in the game thread actually said that the Rockets would have a brighter future and be better right now if the Rockets kept Kevin Martin and never traded for Harden.

It is so predictable that it gets old fast.

 

Your mom should wash your mouth out.

 

Are we championship contenders? Is it win or bust for is this season? Let me remind everyone not to stray away from the bigger picture here. Making the playoffs this season would be some sort of a NBA record as it is. We should all be thankful.

 

Look how many time you cursed I heard 12 year-olds like to bully people around with nonsense.
Your comment clearly show that you are a hater and troll.

 

Oh wait, now you got me scared, how could you read McFail's mind so well?
Is that the reason why you are deeply offended because I called you McFail?

 

These are multimillion dollar elite atheletes who for the majority of them been coddled their entire lives while everyone at college,etc worships them. You think Lin is going to go 'oh mchale benched me again **** this' when hes been fighting adversity/doubters his whole career? You think Parsons/Harden gonna sulk and weep? They're grown men not children. They wouldnt be where they are if 12 minutes riding the pine breaks their spirit.

 

But wait, isn't Royce White a millionaire athlete?

Despite what we'd like to believe, these are human beings, not robots, on the court.

Coaching could have a positive/negative impact on short-term morale.

 

Another stupid LOF thread.

If you watched the game and could not see why McHale did not put the starters back in then your either stupid or you are an LOF.

 

just move on to the next game... life is too swift to be obsessed with the coach... there are many games and seasons to go.
This season is just to build the team. Playoff is just an added bonus if we managed to get in....
Some players whined or throw tantrums under criticism ..
Good players will take up the challenge..
I think, the Rockets will find out which ones they are.
After all, some of the are being paid millions to play.

 

If their million dollar contracts don't give them confidence then they're all a bunch of winnebagos

 

Mchale must answer the question: Why were DeMo and Parsons benched in the fourth quarter when they scored in the mid teens in the prior 3 quarters? Mchale should be taken to task for his strange substitution pattern in this game.

 

There wasn't really that much they or McHale could've done to win this game. The Memphis points in the paint with Gasol and Z-Bo were astonishing, they can proved they are ready for the playoffs. They also showed our weakest point on the team, transition D and reliance on perimeter 3s and layups. Its not necessarily McFails sole fault but it is pretty much his as well if that makes sense. McHale comes in with the simple game plan of spreading the floor and shooting 3s, they did well with the 2nd unit because well the Grizzlies only had Bay less shooting 3s from the outside as well. It was a counter against the Rockets small ball. The only problem is that once they start hustling and defending the 3, there's not much else the Rockets do except try to rush into the paint and try and get fouldd, score or pass to a big man to score. Only problem with that this game is your not going to do too much with grizzlies big men in the paint since they will block you, and no one is good enough to go 1v1 against them.
Also the grizzlies have amazing rebounders, they got so many second Chance opportunities, Asik barely got any rebounds. Also analyzing the rebounds, Parsons got outrebounded by Prince, Tony Allen shut Harden down, Conley just out Pg played Lin. The only bright spot I saw in this game was the bench playing and working together with s good flow. I especially liked their hustle although they still lack a key playmaking PG, Beverly hustles and has good D but lacks true PG skills. All I see are keys to improvement this off season. Let them lose, hopefully things get better when the schedule gets easier. Its not that they didn't try, but they just got schooled by a veteran team.

 

I swear some of the posters here have some weird daddy issues they're vicariously working out. "Coach is benching our players because he doesn't want them to succeed. He must be limiting Player A because he likes Player B better and he's mad at Player A."

You're really not seriously suggesting the Royce White debacle should influence the way the team treats the players. You can't be.

 

Leave Coach Mchale ALONNNNE!
there is no need for a psychoanalytic perspective. It's basketballball not prison at shawshank.

 

This.

 

Maybe LOFs got this impression because playing with confidence is what every NBA player/Coach says they have to do to perform better.


“It’s a good run,” Denver coach George Karl said. “I don’t want to get too happy about it because we’ve got a job to do and we have a challenge – it’s to move on and get home court. There’s no question that the brand of basketball we’re playing is maturing and growing, and our confidence is growing with it.”

http://www.nba.com/nuggets/news/nuggets-confident-not-cocky-midst-winning-streak

“All season long we’ve been yelling at him to shoot and now he’s starting to shoot it,” point guard Chris Paul said. “Then at the end of the day you have to have the confidence in yourself. We came out of a timeout and drew up a play for him. I’m always one of the guys telling him to shoot it, you know [he’s] always open.”


http://www.nba.com/clippers/news/odoms-shooting-comes-confidence

"It feels really good to be playing well. Obviously, once you are playing with confidence, it all becomes a lot easier. The last few games, I’ve been finding my stride. The added confidence helps tremendously. I’ve been physically ready all season, working out hard, but now playing better has really helped me become more confident."


http://www.nba.com/nuggets/news/nuggets-confident-not-cocky-midst-winning-streak

"I think I can do everything, it's just me having the confidence to do it," Rose said before practice. "Just me feeling normal."


http://espn.go.com/chicago/nba/stor...chicago-bulls-says-needs-confidence-returning

"The Rockets have 12 games remaining before the NBA’s All-Star Weekend comes to town. They seemed upbeat after Tuesday’s practice, but Harden acknowledged that the young team’s confidence was damaged by the recent slide."

http://sports.nationalpost.com/2013...boost-throughout-miserable-start-to-new-year/

 

He didn't swore - why did he need to wash his mouth out? Instead, anyone who defends Lin now has to be Asian? That's not offensive at all.

You go sit in a corner.

 

This is a good reply. Still, it's unclear whether letting the starters continue to get their asses kicked by the Griz would have been better for their confidence. It's also unclear if it would have been better for the Rockets' score.

More importantly, confidence is not the only feeling in the world. CF is more feelings-oriented than ever this season. . . . How about feelings like pride, shame, determination, etc.? I bet Harden did have some feelings about his scoring average taking a hit last night.

You seem to think the players became worse after McHale's benching. Others don't think so. I think they are the kind of players who turn events into lessons and motivators. Successful people have such qualities, of turning events into positives rather than negatives.