HeartBroken

smeiou78 · May 21, 2007

Almu said:

A sunny day on a beach with two crazy kids and a nagging wife didn't deter my heart from two weeks of sadness.

You want to know whats REALLY SAD? Well, I thought about the Rockets EVERY SINGLE DAY. EVERY SINGLE DAY! Is that sad? Or obsession?

I read so much last night. Catching up on all the comments and articles from the Rocket last day through last night. I read all about the firing. I have to say that I haven't been this sad since...I think it might of been when the Rockets got eliminated by the Jazz in 1997. This loss hurt like hell.

One of the best things about being obsessed about a sports team is that when they win, your mind takes you right into the celebration. The champagne is on you also. But when you lose...and you lose like we lost, its like pain that can't be explained. It can't be explained no matter how much you want to tell yourself that its just a game, it was a good effort...blah, blah, blah. You go to sleep thinking about every play. And for ME, it was the freaking worst because I had to watch the game until 4am with two idiots pretending to be sportscasters. Just horrible television. It still hurt afterwards.

I know that every theory and every comment has probably been made. I just want to give my take now that I am all nice and tanned.

Van Gundy Did It To Himself

Well, he WAS my boyfriend. But I made it clear that this was year 4. And if in year 4 you don't get the job done, you had to go. If I had to REALLY make a choice, I think I would keep him. Initially, I was so devastated by the loss that I wanted his ass outta here. But after a while, I wanted to give him one last chance. Maybe that is my love talking. But I don't know. I wanted to forgive because I came home to see Utah in the Finals and absolutely annihilated the Warriors. How good does that look now? Still, 4 years is 4 years. Injuries or not. This is a bidness. The bidness is about the rings. I want my team to win 50 of them before I die. So, Gundy had his shot. Unfortunately, he didn't deliver. Whether its all his fault or not. Them's the breaks.

Rick Adelman? Freakin Rick Adelman?!

Hmm...if he is our coach, where's the improvement? This is like a lateral move IF that.
The one thing that I don't want is that the Rockets totally abandon the defensive principles of JVG. Lets be fair. Did you see the defense played by this team against the Jazz? Compare that to what the Jazz did to the Warriors? They couldn't breathe let alone shoot playing the Rockets. They must have felt like Nelson Mandela when they were playing the Warriors. We lost to the Jazz because we should of made shots. Make WIDE OPEN shots we win. Anyways...Rick Adelman is a little bit of a downer for me. I just keep remembering how he had the Lakers by the freakin balls in 2002 and lost that series. I like the way the Kings played then but do we have the personnel for that now? And if you Gundy haters think that he is going to be a good interview, did you see this guy after losses against the Lakers? Did you see him after wins? No FREAKIN DIFFERENCE.
Still, I am hopeful that this is going to be like a Detroit Piston moment where an offensive coach kinda doesn't hurt the defense too much. I think we can safely say that we won't be suffocating any teams going forward. But maybe we can score a tad more. Maybe that will be a difference that will take us to the promise land. I am still on the fence. I don't think its an upgrade. But a safe choice. Take my team home, Addy. Smile. Be cheery! And hopefully you claim you are from NYC. You will then be in trouble around here!

We Should All Be EMBARASSED!

I think that the worse thing an organization can do is talk to other players/coaches while the incumbent is still around. I think that is classless. I think that displays a horrible image about the organization. And this one prides on having class. What Les and Maury Povich did was inexcusable. If you wanted the man fired, fire him and talk to someone else after. Gundy gave his blessing? What is that? No coach would do that if he told you he wanted to come back. I don't believe that one minute. Gundy gave you 20hrs per day minimum and this is how you treat him? Thats not right in my book. Les wanted him fired for over a year. Can you at least show some damn class while kicking out the best coach you had since you did the same damn thing to the best coach you ever had? Its like once this focker has it in for someone, he treats them like crap. Rudy had to go. But treated him like a dog on the way out. Gundy had to go. Same treatment. He treated Olajuwon like crap at the end also. I mean what does that say about your organization when you treat management like crap when you get tired of them? Just horrible, horrible treatment from a supposed first class organization. And when I read that this happened, I couldn't believe it! Unbelievable.

This has been a really tough couple of weeks from the sports aspect of it. I love this freakin team so much that the pain I feel with losses like that one really bother me to no end. Will Rick Adelman be the answer? Hopefully. As long as the stupid owner doesn't go really berserk and goes after Larry Brown.

I don't want this team to lose its defensive edge...though I think its inevitable. I actually want Bonzi on the team to provide more punch off the bench. Hopefully, this is all for the best and whomever is our next coach will do a great job. Adelman? Um...well, not really an upgrade. But whatever. I want my team to win. And if he does that, I will be very happy.
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That is EXACTLY how I feel. Are you sure we're not the same person?

Verbatim · May 22, 2007

I agree JVG did it to himself. He should have gone for the extension but he didn't. He weight his options and the employer weighed his. JVG lost and got fired. It happens, especailly in the NBA.

Did JVG do a great job during the regular seacon? Sure thing. Did he mess up in the playoffs, yes he did. This is the goal THIS year. 2nd round or it's a failure. He failed. He got fired.

Life goes on.

As for the timing of the firing. Not classless. I blame JVG for not stepping down so it looked back for the team. He got a little press and we felt sorry for him, that's it. He knew it was over. It was written all over the wall. He just want to make it hard for Les. It wasn't. He is the owner like it or not.

The new era will allow Yao to grow even more and actually give some more room for TMac to drive. Yao on the high post would open up the lanes a little. And I'm sure they will bring in someone in the off season. It happened every season so far. That person will fix with the new coach's style I'm sure.

Almu · May 22, 2007

Luffy1 said:

No, sometimes people make bad decisions and need other people's guidance.
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Luffy1...

I would respond but then, it would put me on your level of intelligence.

DaDakota, thanks for the backup.

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