[chron] Morey clear bottom line is wins

OK, we now know that he is a genius.

 

Does that mean CD and JVG have not been clear about this so far? What was the bottom line for them?

 

with CD ready to step down the rockets needed to move foward and keep up with the newest trends of the NBA. that being stats and info. many teams are on the cutting edge of technology and are using it to gather info, keep stats, and make decisions.

with realgm's trade checker actually selling on the NBA market and 82games.com selling stat formulas to teams, a numbers guy is what is needed to keep up with the jones'.

the new breed of GM's and president's of basketball operations will be number guys. these aren't your fathers front office execs who make decisions on gut feelings.

while CD is awesome and i'd love him to stay in controll morey sounds like the kind of guy that we will need to "stay in the game."

 

Is there another bottom line in this bussiness? but how?

Man, stating the obvious shows the guy dosnt know shiat about being GM just yet. Hope he will catch on sooner than later.

 

Guys I think we have our Man..

His bottom line is Wins people..

Wins ... What were we thinking this whole time. Hell how come I never thought of that...

6 championship banners in a row here we come

 

Hmmm.... what if we went out there and tried to win? It's so crazy, it just might work.

 

What do you expect him to say in front of the media? We will lose all the way to the draft next season?

 

Classic combination of a newsmaker trying not to make news, and a newsman trying to make it sound like something.

 

Feigen has been driving me crazy all season. I've gone from a huge Feigen fan to thinking he's the worst beat-writer I can remember in a span of 8 months.

I don't really have a problem with this nothing-of-an-article, if he couldn't get a quote worthy of writing about, he couldn't. It happens.

But that article about JVG's reaction to Morey's hiring just blew my mind. JVG's quotes were diplomatic and Feigen writes "JVG clearly wants to stay in Houston" without getting him to say "I want to be the Rocket's coach next year". Instead he gets a quip about JVG really warming up to the city of Houston. Feigen should have written "JVG's intentions are obvious to me".

We know that Jonathan, glad you and JVG are simpatico, but at least try to get quotes than we can understand without your overall impressions. And the next time you interview Morey at least ask him his general impression of anyone on our roster. I hear Yao and T-Mac are pretty good...

 

This guy sounds like JVG, Jr.

There... that should've given half the board a heart attack and the other half a chuckle.


If the bottom line is "wins" then JVG is in trouble, but then JVG often says the same thing. When he adds that JVG is a proven winner, things start getting confusing. When you're that confusing, A) you're too stupid to express yourself well or B) trying to hide something/lying or C) I'm stupid. And it ain't A) or C) pal!!!

 

I was thinking he might be Les, Jr. The ages match.

 

I COMPLETELY agree...

Feigen is horrible. He adds nothing as an "insider" and his game recaps are atrocious. There's no point in reading him because I come out dumber. McClain works for the same company. He needs to spend a few hours with him and take some damn notes.

His writing itself is horrible but, man, atleast provide fans with valid information and not just waste. I hope they get someone new quick because he covers the Rockets poorly. It's that "quanity for quality" thing--- he figues that just because he has an article per day means he's getting something done. As Bill Walton once said,never mistake activity for achievement.

 

i kinda like morey as our assistant GM. JVG and CD are clueless about business because they overused the old knicks. Sure that veterans are good, but our teams aren't going anywhere. This is youngster's sport, we need ppl who can run.

 

is it me or does it feel weird that we are bringing someone from the outside into run our org....

i don't ever remember the rockets not having an ex player, someone from houston or someone thats been the org awhile as the gm or headcoach.....

jvg/dawson
rudyt/dawson
chaney/patterson?
fitch/patterson?
harris/patterson or thomas? i don't go that far back...hehehe....

i really don't know some of these and made guesses....but ya, it's been awhile since we've brought a coach and gm from the outside in.....

 

It does feel weird, but as franchises are becoming larger corporations the handwriting is on the wall. I don't object to "outsiders" coming in, but right now we have CD who's leaving and I'm left with feeling personally vested in Les. Yuck.

 

posted this in another thread

don't mean to derail, but morey was on the morning show yesterday on 610 and that dude was not impressive. I meant to start a thread, but I got busy, and now I've forgotten some of the things that bothered me. one though was he said bill james was the michael jordan of statistical analysis. the guy was straight up revenge of the nerds. carry on.


he just didn't seem to have a lot of knowledge of the game, or more importantly he didn't seem to have a passion for the game. all he talked about was statistical analysis. but that may have been on the hosts more than him.

he also was talking about his time in boston and he said danny ainge was a proven winner. now I know he isn't going to say anything bad about ainge, but something about that bothered me also.

 

this is a MOST questionable move. Morey is 32! hardly any substantial experience in life/business and no experience in basketball at all! i truly wonder if he ever played a pick-up game. most importantly, will players be able to relate to him? i

have nothing against his training (MIT and Northwestern) but come on, would you ever hire a young gun like this--with hardly any knowledge of the game--to run an NBA organization? true, this is an multi-million dollar business increasingly being driven by numbers (as all major sports); HOWEVER, how can you evaluate talent, chemistry, etc., without having any experience in the game of basketball at any level?

is this the best we could have done, or is it hinting towards the potential selling of this team?

 

My biggest worry is this guy turns out to be a wise bro II. At that position, you dont need the smartest people, who are often arrogant. As you put it, we need a veteran GM that can evaluate talents and make deals.

Hope he can prove my worry is unnecessary.

 

I agree. These statistical and mathematical geniuses are great numbers/data managers, but great GMs need to be people managers.

Look at the successful GMs that the NBA has --- Dumars, Colangelo, Popvich, Nelson, West... which one of these guys are mathematical genius from Harvard?

I don't know Morey, but from what I've seen, he is the kind of guy that needs to be hired by a GM to do all the works, but not a GM himself. I hope I am wrong... in fact, I hope he turns into Bill Gates.