good article. nice to know there was a lot of thought put into the decision. now we can only wait and see the kind of results we get.
I like Morey's attitude on the hire. He believes in roles for coaches. The head coach has a specific job definition, which includes game management, and the assistants have job definitions as well. I'm completely opposed to coaches that want to come into a franchise (Isiah Thomas, Larry Brown) and control every aspect of the team, including game management, game planning, practices, preparation, personnel, hiring, etc. I don't really care if it works in isolated cases. The smartest way to develop longevity in a franchise is to find the best people to do each job. If you have one guy with all the responsibility, then you are going to win or lose based on whether or not they are having a good year and whether or not they decide to stay with the team. Virtually every industry has these types of job descriptions, and it is for a reason. Besides, I agree with Danny Ainge. I think Adelman was a fantastic coach, and I think McHale, while very different, is going to be successful here.
I'm reluctant to say this, because there is already way too much Morey bashing, but it appears the front office wanted more validation, a veteran coach who wouldn't resist being molded.
That would only incite more Morey bashing from those who think "veteran coaches" already know everything about everything, and can't possibly have anything more to learn. A silly thought, that many seem to possess.
Is there a prospect out there named Kevin? Kevin McHale has done very well drafting Kevins, with Garnett and Love both very nice picks. He has done much less well drafting players not named Kevin.
So much for the myth that Morey and Les knew all along who they wanted. I think we could go so far to say no one on the bbs knew how it was playing out. Good lord, how do you do a 14 hour interview. It better include a 2 hour lunch at Reef where we can get some fish that won't offend Les, and then 3 hours at Vic & Anthony's with the big boys doing the classic Texan dinner -- no vegans allowed.
The hire is slowing growing on me after initially objecting to it. I'll stick my Morey on this one and believe it is a god hire. Now it's time to go out and get impact players (specifically stars) because a coach can only do so much with the current roster assembled.
Morey should just say Adelman is a dumbass. Adelman last minute plays were atrocious. A ****ing disaster, anybody looks like a genius compared to Rick.
Wow Sampson had a 14 hour interview and didn't even end up being one of the top 3 candidates for the job. Crazy. That has to SUCK.
Yeah he made SOME questionable decisions but overall, every one of his Rocket teams overachieved and he did end up with the highest winning percentage as a Rockets coach so clearly he was doing something right.
I agree with you, his first couple of years he did excellent job but then he got cocky and JVG defense wore off.
I've been saying for a while that Morey wanted a coach for in game situations and specific player talks during practice and wanted to choose the assistants himself with set roles related to structure (offense, defense etc) which is pretty much exactly what he did
It actually reminded me a lot of how another team in the NBA is run now, from the east coast that wears rreen and Morey worked for 3 or 4 years for...
