Don't you guys think Adelman deserves blame for this too?

of course.

he has been outcoached for god know how many times.

slow to react. lose control of the situation.


i refuse to believe he is a good coach for us.

 

That seems to be the case.

 

he's definitely at fault also. He's still going for his starting lineup even when the bench is playing better. He needs to be more assertive sometimes and not just let them flow freely. I know his offense is based on free flowing offense and reacting to things as they happen on the court, but sometimes you have to step in and say "quit doing this" or "do this more" and he's either not doing it or they're not listening.

 

I blame Adelman for not giving Chuck playing time and I think starting the half off with Artest on Kobe would have been better

 

We only had two games that Yao played in the beginning of 2nd and 4th quarter since Adelman was here, Bulls and Lakers, and we lost both of them

What a great invention from Adelman!

 

Nah Yao didn't get more shots because he couldn't seal off gasol. When he did get the shots he made them, which is why it sucks that he couldn't shoot more and he couldnt shoot more because he couldn't seal him off to get the entry pass. It's definitely Yao's fault too.

 

Chuck?

Man we couldn't hit a shoot and Lakers were all over Yao and you want Cuck to play?

 

Why? Did Adelman cause Ron and Shane to go 0-12 from 3-pt range? Did he pull a magic trick and make Yao disappear in the 2nd half?

 

He could take one of them and put wafer in when the other team is going on a 26-6 run, just saying.

 

Adelman is proving to be just as stubborn as JVG.

 

Exactly.
I guess we should blame him for the 23 turnovers too.

Let's look at it for what it is...a bad game against a really good team.

 

again off topic

but anywhose, adelemans loyalty to starters is killing us
its too close to the PO's to be finding chemistry now, we want a home court seed so play whose playing good

 

Obviously Adleman knows since he has gotten further than Yao in the playoffs.

1)Not Aldeman's fault Yao couldn't grab a rebound to save his life.
2)Not Aldeman's fault Yao couldn't seal his man out and turned the ball over.
3)Not Aldeman's fault Yao choked in the 4th qtr.


After a bad game by Yao

1)Blame teammates for not getting Yao the ball
2)Blame coach for playing Yao the wrong way.

Since Tmac is out, there's no other superstar scapegoat to use.

 

There are some games where I think the Rockets would be better suited without Yao...

Tonight was one of those games. First off, people keep talking about how he went like 5-7 or 6-7 or whatever it was... and that's all fine and good, but when you are getting schooled defensively (Pau was eating Yao alive) and you're giving up easy rebounds, you're hurting the team. Add in the fact that the offense completely stops just to give you the ball... and you're pretty much useless.

If there is one thing I wish Adelman would have done tonight, it would have been to team up Scola and Landry more.

 

You can blame Adelman for his hands-off style of coaching, but like managing in baseball it's going to come down to a matter of "the grass is greener on the other side"--if you're winning, then he's right to let the players have control; if you're losing, then everyone wants JVG back.

Here's one thing I am thankful for--though we can never be sure how much this team would have been different had JVG stayed on (I've heard all the arguments, from "Yao Ming wouldn't be such a p*ss" to "Landry and Brooks would never have developed"), I for one do not want to gouge my eyes out when I watch us win a game. This was not the case in many JVG-led games, where it just became a battle of attrition, a "who can get to 80 first" game or "who can get their FG% to 40" struggle. It makes me wonder if JVG has ever taken an easy dump in his life. I bet he has inflammatory bowel syndrome. Stress is the #1 cause after all.

My .02 cents.