Okay cool. I figured the reporter said Royce just wasn't for sure was hard to understand. He seems cool about the whole bench thing not surprised though. Lets see if Sampson makes any questionable decisions today.
We generally show more knowledge in a conversation with fellow Rockets fans. Much harder to have discussions with those who don't care much for the team we root for.
You have a point there. But not every decision he makes is questionable to me. I liked how he called Patterson out on his lack of rebounding & we all saw how Patterson responded the next game (although that didn't last long Patterson stays getting out rebounded by Lin & Harden). I love how when players come off the floor he always has something to say to them. He coaches them right in the moment that is always helpful for a young team. Honestly some of the mistakes he has made just reconfirms my belief in how hard it is to be a NBA coach. I think Sampson just gets overwhelmed in the moment it's natural it happens to everyone.
+1 But we shouldn't mess up with Sampson's eyes because Sampson just had so much more experiences in basketball than any statisticians.
My point was that the team may side with a head coach one time or two, it wouldn't side with a head coach endlessly. If a head coach constantly has clashes with his starters, he would earn a reputation and the team would get rid of the coach the first chance they get. Morey traded Lowry away, so McHale has used one card. He'll have less margin for error when it comes to player management.
Not only have I never in recollection recalled a coach to call players out like Sampson does (see: Patterson), I personally think it's kind of unprofessional. You take care of your business in-house and present a united front; imho public critique is only useful if you want to burn bridges or you're in the business of public critique (ie. people like Steven Colbert), and if you want positive and sustained change from someone working with/under you the best way to go about it is one-on-one. I don't understand how Sampson lasted so long without knowing this unless this is his first time in a PR capacity... which it very well could be given the little I know of his history.
Good job for the breakdown. The coach of Houston is a joke. Neither McHale nor sampson is serviceable in the minimum acceptance level. I guess you get what you paid for. Cheap price for cheap quality. Can't complain much for that. Just feel bad for the Rox fans.
"we have a pg playing out there like a chicken without his head" ~ Larry Brown, Knicks coach, eh, former coach.
I did a short statistical analysis about Harden and Lin connection about what went well from Game 1-2 and what did not work out so well in Game 3-8. I'd like to know what everyone thinks about it http://toondad.blogspot.com/2012/11/how-to-fix-harden-lin-lost-connection.html There are 3 main factor that jumped out to validate what our fans can see: 1. His average Usage Rate (USG%) dropped from 21.4% to 16.6% as Lin deferred to Harden as the primary ball handler. I verified that Dragic and Lowry had similar USG% at 22% under Coach McHale's system so 22% seem to be the optimal USG% to shoot for. 2.Plummeting 3PT% for both Harden and Lin Fans who watched the games can tell that Harden seemed to play the Point Guard role and Lin just seemed content to let Harden be the primary playmaker and assumed the role of standing in the corner as a spot-up 3-PT shooter, which is never his strength. As a result, their 3PT% plunged from 43% and 40% to atrocious 17% and 21%. 3. Worsening +/- stat/game for both of them and Houston in the last 2 min of regulation Harden and Lin were the best backcourt duo in the 1st 2 games but gradually lost their connection in the next 6 games (decreasing both of their performance) when Lin deferred the primary playmaker and distributor role to Harden. As a result, both of their performance suffered in the next 6 games. ... I understand Jeremy Lin is still recovering from his knee surgery and haven't regained 100% of the explosiveness but he demonstrated he can be the primary ball handler in Game 1 and Game 2 to leverage Harden's strength. So why changed the winning formula? Why made both Harden's and Lin's performance suffered in Game 3-8 by making Harden the primary ball distributor? Harden seemed to score 40 points with effortless shooting in the first 2 games, but now he had to assume the most PG role with increased attention from defense while Jeremy is stuck on the corner. In summary, the key message to Houston coaches is loud and clear: Allow Jeremy Lin to be the primary playmaker and ball distributor to facilitate ball movement. He is the Point Guard after all. He will leverage Harden's strength as top scorer and secondary playmaker as proven in Game 1 and Game 2. And monitor the Lin's Usage Rate % to be at least 22% (similar to Dragic and Lowry in McHale system) to support their desire for more ball movement. Go Rockets! :grin:
So after every game no matter how terribly a coach's players have played, they should just say "Oh, I thought they did a good job"? That's not realistic, calling someone out can be used positively, as I'm sure it was intended.
Anyone who still ASSUMES Lin has average lateral quickness needs to get their eyes checked. He might not be on par with some of the elite guys, but he's plenty quick. The combine tests and numbers this year in ISO situations prove that. Harden clearly lets more guys go past him even in position , yet he gets no flack? This is what Lin meant when he's faced things like this all of his life.
Can we get you on the Rockets staff? It increasingly seems like our coaching staff are complete and utter effing morons that can't see what's right in front of them.
It's Lin's own fault for not waving his arms like crazy when he moves Harden is quick in offense, not so quick in defense.
