Since this coaching search is in the long list of screw ups (aside from being handed 2 championships) the Rockets organization has had in the last 10 years, I thought maybe Les can set a new precedent for hiring a coach. Instead of being forced to settle with you 3rd option to coach your team, just keep one of the current assistants on as interim coach and see who may be available next season to coach the team. Any thoughts?
Naming an interim coach would set a precedent? Wha??? Rudy was an interim coach and I'm pretty sure there have been about a hundred since then.
Einstien, when was the last time a team fired a coach in the off season and did not hire one before the next season? Interim typically means until the next season.
I don't know if that's happened before or not, but that isn't what 'interim' typically means. Interim means what it always means -- temporary, in between, until later. Sorry I upset you. Didn't mean to do that. Your point wasn't clear and now it is. And now that it is, let me be the first to say it's a bad idea. Better, if we can't get the guy we want, to hire the best available on a short term contract and leave off the 'interim' label. Our guys have enough trouble respecting a tenured coach, let alone an interim one.
haha...you don't even understand what interim means and you try to put down other people. You can't be an "interim coach" if you start and end the season. *edit* whoops, didn't see Batman Jones had already defended himself. No need for me
I understood exactly what he meant. He was suggesting a short-term hire with the understanding that another search would be conducted in the offseason for a permanent replacement. If you read what he wrote instead of focusing on one word, you might get his drift. We are freethinkers!
either way it's a horrible idea. Keep one of the assistants as coach for a whole season? My God, I'd shoot myself if I have to see Larry Smith continue with his "let's see, how am I going to change up the substitution pattern THIS game" any longer. And besides, our third option (dunleavy?) is still one of the better coaches in the league. TheHorns, you rate this as one of the big screwups of the last 10 years. Well, having an assistant coach this season and then having NO OPTIONS next season would be the ultimate screwup in the history of the sport. Let's see, JVG/Dunleavy or Larry Smith/no options. Tough choice.
I forgot that we are not dealing with the most intelligent humans on this board, or at least humans who do not read very well. Otherwise known as interim b/c going in it is known he will not be your permanent (antonym for interim) coach. Meaning you can not find the guy you want this year. The best available guy is your 3rd option, meaning you are not all that high in the candidate. Next year there are other coaches who may come available which are better than... hmm let's just say a coached named... Mike
No assistants remain here- Larry Smith joining Don Cheaney at the Knicks. OoooHHH!! Excuse me - I forgot about Keith Jones- I always suspected he was the head coach anyway......
So which coach do you think will be fired by their team next season and is better than JVG and Mike Dunleavy? Gregg Popovich? Phil Jackson? Larry Brown?
I'm very happy with JVG or Dunleavy. TheHorns is not; that's what makes the world go round. I don't know who will be available next year... or who will be the hot top assistant. It just seemed to me the criticisms were unnecessary. I was just defending TheHorns' free and clear speech from attack; it's called Compassionate Conservatism.
Hey Newgirl, I have not seen you since you had 5 posts over in the Hangout, nice to see you are still around, now let the claws come out . There are always coaches which come available. Let's go back to March when you signed up to use as a barometer. Did you think that Rick Carlisle who was holding the #1 seed at the time in the East was going to be fired? Did you think that Larry Brown was really going to walk away from the remainder of his contract? Add to that the number of coaches who have contracts which will end usually yeild a candidate or two each year. I think JVG is an upgrade over Rudy, but not by much. I DO NOT THINK Dunleavy is worth even thinking about per suing, and they have shown absolutely ZERO interest in Carlisle (regardless of his personality, he is a good coach). I do not have much faith in JVG to be honest with you. Think of how all of the other coaching vacancies have been filled thus far. A guy goes, he interviews, he says he likes the job and he persue it. This situation JVG comes here and in essence says he really does not have too much confidence that this is the job he wants. Whether it be location or his family or the players, or what ever it may be, it is obvious that he was not completely satisfied with the opportunity. As Rocket fans, you hear what you want to hear. He may well take the job, but just listening to him you can tell that he was not at all "wowed" by the opportunity. Sure he says that he likes Yao, and he thinks Steve is a good player, but NOT ONE TIME have you heard him say that he really thinks this job is special or that it really stands out amongst others, and I think it shows. The Rockets do not need a coach that is pas say about this team, they need some one with fire and desire to get the most out of these players, this is a team that needs some one who believes the team is a good coach away from succeeding, and JVG actions show nothing to that effect. He is a good coach, but I do not think he is the right man for this job.
Why would you want any of Rudy Ts Assistants. That is not a consideration. Continuity is not required at this time. A clean break and a complete reversal of philosophy and coaching methods are what is needed.
I do not want any of his assistants long term, nor do I want JVG or Mike Dunleavy long term. Neither of thosae two individuals will be singing a one year deal nor are either of them under contract.
