[CHRONIC] Rockets fans accept mediocrity — and that's exactly what they get

Houston fans are realists.


We knew we had no shot without Yao, we hoped for the best and for the most part we were satisfied with the result because of our own tempered expectations.

There is no reason next year not to expect a Championship.

 

Jerome Solomon needs to be fact-checked more often. I haven't seen inaccuracies in anything Jonathan Feigen writes.

 

@dmorey: @JeromeSolomon Chron circulation is down every year since you joined. Wow, "analysis" w/o thought, context, or an alternative plan is easy!

 

You are confusing Les with Uncle Drayton.

 

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Texans are mediocrity, Rockets are not. This guy was talking a wrong team. Texans owner extended the coach's contract because he can save his money rather than find a better one, and declared that current coach can led this team to super bowl, what a joke! I do not know how many Texan fans would buy his theory, if they do, then Texans fans accept mediocrity.

 

Not sure Campionship or just contending. Even if Yao comes back full strengh, I feel this team is still lack something to win it all in its first year. And that's a big if for Yao's condition.

This year, given the talent available, the team did quite well, especially first half of the season. Solomon is way over his head.

 

i think this guy has never checked the clutchfans forum
tell me only ONE DAMN FAN WHO ACCEPTS THE ROCKETS LOSING???
we've never liked our losses never never, neither a playoff elimination nor a losing season
have we ever accepted to lose whil we had Tracy and Yao?? did we make some excuses??? everyone was upset, and whether it was Macgrady's fault or JVG or.... we never accepted these losses
so this is BS to say we accept mediocrity
for this season, i defy this man to build a 42 winning team in the NBA, we can wait ...
we are not Clippers fans,damn

Spurs and mavericks are very good teams, but San Antonio are 4 time champions, while Dallas can dream like Utah :grin:
i don't see what this guy wants to say but he likes to make some noise and may be a war between texans

We've never accepted mediocrity, and we'll be Rockets fans forever

 

A lot of the article is bad, but I don't see anyway to escape the central argument. The Rockets have tried and tried but haven't amounted to much in a decade. They gambled on franchise players that couldn't take the burden, they gambled on injury-prone stars and lost, they rebuilt and rebuilt and rebuilt and have nothing to show for it in a decade.

Given there are 30 teams, and at least 20 of them are trying hard to win, it's not too surprising we haven't won again in 15 years. And, there's a lot of luck to building successful franchises. And, you can't blame this year's squad, which was dealt a bad hand, or maybe any particular year's squad. But, eventually, looking at the whole body of work, you have to recognize and be displeased with the fact that they ain't won **** in over a decade.

Of course, what difference does it make? Morey probably can't try any harder. Yao can't try any harder. It hasn't worked out, and we've lost repeatedly and all that's left to do is to hope it doesn't keep happening. Railing against failure doesn't help anything.

 

Who let this ***** writer writing things like this?

Damn, don't blame it on the fans. we had misfortune all these years with Yao's injury and Tmac's.

don't forget Mavs is the only team that spend their ways into the playoffs. Both Spurs and rockstets are smart teams, where spurs has alot more luck on their side. drafting parker and manu with Duncan. We got Yao, Tmac, but we constantly seeking that 3rd missing piece.

 

That's all you need to know.

 

Hats off Solomon. He has the guts to speak the truth. Yes it is harsh. But true. Here is why I like him:

1. He reminds me that he works for the Chronicle and NOT for the Rockets Organization.

2. He is not the mouth piece of the club like the "embedded journalist" Jonathan Feigen (whose 'writing' are loved by many of the board members here).

3. He reminds this truth: Loving Rockets does not mean accepting mediocrity year in year out and believing the organizations marketing gimmicks. Loving Rockets mean demanding more success from the club.

4. And finally, there is a subtle message here: if you lower the bar and the standard of excellence - every year seems to be a successful year.

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And for those who blame the injuries: Portland lost 2 of there best players and just beat the Phoenix last night. Yes, Oden was there best big man.


Now, tell me guys, can you do this next season: Demand the team to make the playoff even if Yao and Matin gets injured. Can you do that? If not - then you read a too many articles written by Jonathan Feigen.

 

If this guy want to give so much props to the mavs and spurs then he needs to gtfo of houston and write/blog for those cities. Yeah we all know we shouldn't be happy about not making the playoffs but what else were we supposed to expect? We had a 6'6" starting center. We were in the playoff hunt for the majority of the season until Ariza and Lowry went down. What more could Adelman do with Will Conroy and Garrett Temple? I believe we did pretty damn well with what we had. Just being a realist. Solomon is a joke and should be booted out of Houston.

 

You are wrong. First Oden is nothing compared to Camby. Oden has prove NOTHING in the NBA. Second Portland had Brandon Roy for the majority of the season. If we had 7'6" Yao Ming for the majority of the season dont you think we would be in the playoffs right now? 50 games with Yao would have won us atleast 8 more games then we would have.

Yes props to Portland but if you put the Rockets in a 7 game series im sure we would have one atleast one game as well.

 

He needs thicker skin, and not to be engaging in things like this.....Morey should be above it.

DD

 

the he's mad that we're not pouting about a sub par season? we finished ahead of 14 other teams, we just missed the playoffs because we had practically no room for error and when we lost trevor and kyle for a short while, due to injury, and landry to a trade, it took us a little while to get back on track...why can't we be satisfied with a team that clearly didn't have the talent to win a title? they won twice as many games as many expected them to, and we did it with 40 million dollars on the bench.

i want to win a title, they are the ultimate goal, every season is a failure if we don't win a title, but that doesn't mean we can't take pride and joy in our teams success, that's what being a fan is all about, sticking with your team through the good and the bad. solomon clearly isn't a fan

 

Previous to Yao's injury last year, no Rockets team since '96 was acceptable for the Houston fans.

 

he makes a good point that we sucked. Yes, OK Solomon... we did suck.

We had no Yao buddy. What the hell did you expect? Chuck Hayes to carry the load? The Rockets to overpay a center to fill in for Yao until he gets back?

 

A team that, coming into the season, was expected to be one of the worst in the league (starting a 6'6" center with no depth at the position, a bunch of role players, superstar center out) goes 42-40 and we are supposed to be outraged?

Why should we not be optimistic about the future? On paper, we have a contending team. And it is quite obvious that Morey will not be quiet in the offseason.