Is Stevie in Adelman's Doghouse?

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this is the 2nd steve thread after the bobkittens game. i predicted there would be 3 so the next one should show up sometime soon.


steve missing a game due to "personal matters" sounds EERILY familiar to last year when Bonzi Wells missed games due to "personal matters". next thing you know we'll be seeing cards and posters of Francis promoting a party.

 

I feel so sorry that Steve still has such an attitude. After all he went through, he is still the old steve.

 

That's pretty obvious since you made a thread about him with 3 huge paragraphs.

 

Is there any way to sticky this post as it's own locked thread so we don't have 5 new "Play Steve" threads each day?

 

Old dogs can't learn new tricks.

He has missed a golden opportunity with James and Rafer playing so poorly.

Now he will remain the the doghouse.

 

you would think that yao would give him a talk considering how close they are

 

Yeah, you actually did, though Steve is the new Vspan in this forum

 

I could not have been happier when Steve left. I was so sick of him and his ball hogging. However, when he came back, I decided I would give him a chance before immediately hating him. So far, he has given me no reason to want him back. I agree with Adelman not letting him play. I don't think that a player should get PT when they are acting as Steve is acting. I hope he will wise up and we'll get to see Steve play, but not until he's proven that he wants to work at it.

 

Sorry to hear this. If true exactly the way Clutch says it is, then SF needs to shape up soon or leave. What a big disappointment.

I'm not a SF hater nor a fan of his, but after he re-joined the Rockets, he got my support back. If he is indeed this year's version of last year's Bonzi Wells, the Rockets shouldn't wait the entire season to do something about it.

 

You're right. They should wait until at least December 15, then see if they can trade him. Personally, I think Rafer will play his way out of the rotation soon, and then SF or Brooks could get their shot. I just don't see either one being the pass-first prototypical PG that we need. Rafer is the closest thing we have to that, so he gets the minutes. I hate it, but that's the way it is.

 

RA is just doing his job, to make the team better to win games. If he thinks SF3 is ready to help, I don't see any reason why he would not do it.

 

What I still don't understand is why isn't Francis getting a shot at playing at the 2 guard? We've got a glut of supposed point guards but at the two there is only T-mac and Bonzi. Why not bring in Francis to spell those guys and let Alston run the point or even more T-Mac to the point since he's our best ball handler and passer.

 

On the original subject of the thread I think its obvious that Francis is and has been in Adelman's doghouse. I have no idea if its personal but it doesn't sound like Francis is doing enough to change Adelman's opinion. My own view is that Adelman had some higher expectations for Francis and was really let down by him coming out of shape into training camp and also with his low BBall IQ. I hope they can patch up their differences and Francis can get into shape because I'm still convinced Francis can really help this team.

 

I am pretty sure Adelman doesn't have a doghouse. All the players that play for him say he's a player's coach. If Stevie is upset about playing time and blew off at Adelman about it, Adelman may have suggested taking a day off and gave Steve the opportunity to skip a game, but I really doubt that even happened.

I would say the odds are something is going on personally with Steve, it might have been as simple as a sick child, or maybe a personal business dealing, whatever. And I think Adelman made the decision to let him go take care of his bidness, not matter how basic it was, because Steve is not in the rotation right now.

Steve may be unhappy in his role here, but Adelman is not the type of coach to punish a player. Adelman is a player's coach.

 

WHAT ELSE DO YOU EXPECT HIM TO DO?..first you get rid of him and after 3 yrs he comes back just to be with a team that he did everything for and you sit him on the BENCH for some personal reasons..no one knows if he's out of shape or not..which i think he's not bcuz 3-4 months ago this guy is starting on a team and all of a sudden you declare him out of a shape tht he can't even play..good job coach!!

if a guy who is used to start and which he can still start...ofcourse he's gonna look at other options and not just sit on the bench..even though he came here to help this team out to get a championship..there's no way tht he will even get to play!!

People are starting over him and doing extremely bad tht their performance can cost us a game..and even then you don't play him and sit him on the bench..What does this tell you???

 

You have a point there. He certainly couldn't do worse than Luther is doing right now, and SF could at least take the ball to the basket and get in the paint to create...there's gotta be something else going on here that Rox mgt isn't addressing publicly. They are usually pretty good at being tight-lipped about stuff.