I don't see anything in that video where Mario Elie says anything bad about Houston. And yeah Hakeem has said some critical things about the Rockets after he left as well. Where is all the hate for Hakeem?
Instead of giving Hakeem seven million, we got Rice for 9 million and gave Moochie 20 million. Rudy logic.
He didn't say anything bad about Houston. Do you think he would be just as happy for the Rockets when/if they win their next championship? It looked to me like he was wearing Spurs championship gear. Gravytrainer.
Logic my friend requires an intelligent mind to forumulate it, looks like you are underqualified. How it ok for a player to be taken advange of (being traded) but not taking his own advantage? If you quit a job for a better one, ur coeworkers should hate you? thats dumb and for him being a "hot head" he had no control over if he got traded, that was in the rocks hands, and he dosnt owe the team reperations. He had a contract, he paid it and both parites didnt want to renew it. It's ppl like you who jump on the wrong guys and give the team a bad image, selfish idiots like you.
By the way, accouding to Kenny Smith "Never underestiamte The heart of a champion" was what mario elie would always say durring the season, rudy just kind of said it in the tv interview. and plus the term "heart of a champion" was used before that 95 season, the part that precedes it is what houston coined.
Actually, we were going to re-sign him. He got mad because we only offered him a one year contract. I think the Spurs signed him to a two year deal. I wanted him to retire as a Rocket.
<i>"it reminded me of the time I took great pleasure dropping three's on Houston after they got rid of me." And right before Mario ran off from the reporter he went on to say, in an angry tone, that "all these years everyone in the leage thought that David was soft, but he is having the last laugh now, Barkley won no rings, Patrick Ewing won no rings, Stockton and Malone won no rings, now David has 2."....... that last coment made me laugh After that interview the host of the show went on to say that Mario never has anything nice to say about Houston.......</i> Yet Mario has come back to Houston begging for a coaching job. No way. I was all for him coming back, but I don't know after reading this. As for Barkley's "losing" mentality, say what you want about Barkley, but he had to carry teams on his back. Not taking anything away from Mario Elie because he did a great job in the role he was in, but Elie never had to take a team on his back and carry them to the playoffs and beyond.
C'mon man, haven't you ever been emotional and said things you otherwise would not of said had you had some quiet time to think it over? Maybe Elie would tell you those things were said after a emotional game or during emotional moments and with a little reflection in the future he feels a little differently now. Though I must admit, that last part about Robinson was a cool thing to say.. thats the attitude of a fierce competitor, all fired up, supporting his teammate.
Who cares about the Spurs anyways. This is a Rockets site and I believe the Rockets will get there chance to win a title. Once they do you will see Mario giving the Rockets there due.
This post is laughable. First, instead of offering any sort of insight, you claim my mind is not intelligent, call me selfish, dumb, an idiot, and say that I give the team a bad image. (It's laughable that someone who has no concept of punctuation and spelling can attempt to call me dumb and an idiot.) The concept is real simple. I'm a Rockets fan, not a Mario Elie fan. If Mario Elie makes a business decision that hurts the Rockets, I can appreciate he's looking out for number one, but I'll be damned if I cheer him for it. If the Rockets make a business decision that's in the interest of the team, then I'll sadly lament the loss of a couple of beloved ex-Rockets, but I support the team's decision to improve its situation. Perhaps some of you are new to the concept of still cheering for those who were traded and booing those who left via free agency because you're not used to many free agents leaving the Rockets. This isn't a concept local to me and a couple of others. Believe it or not, it happens around the country and around the world in all sports.
It's funny how Mario makes those comments, but this morning on HOUSTON radio he was talking about how Hakeem was better than Duncan and how he would love to be a Houston Asst. Coach.
You can't bash a guy who made the "kiss off death" shot in Game 7 at Phoenix. As for the Spurs fans on this board, I doubt that 2 of the top 5 best players in the Western Conference go down to injury in the playoffs next year. Enjoy it while it lasts you lucky bastards.
Ok, can you not read? Go look up the definition of insight, and you'll see the LOGICAL conclusions i came to in my post would qualify. You just seem like a bitter bitter person that apparently would boo Hakkem Olajawon when he came back in the Raptors uniform because regardless of his 16 years of loyalty he "walked out" on the rockets and should be booed. Oh, my superior, i guess you are soo much smarter than me and your logic is soooo much better because you spell checked your post....
Friendly reminder of years past ... 9:32 PM 1/24/1998 Elie must reconcile with club By ED SEFKO The first inclination is to call him the Punkyard Dog. In the past week, when Mario Elie jumped the gun on trade talks, he nuked the Rockets' offense, defense and, in a roundabout way, current players. In short, he burned bridges before he was sure he wasn't going to be back on the same side of the river as the rest of the Rockets. What Elie did was wrong. He took it personally that the Rockets were considering a trade in which he would have been an important part. What he failed to realize is the Rockets never, ever put any of their players in compromising positions. Rudy Tomjanovich and the rest of the staff go overboard at times in their protection of players before the public. Never has anybody purposely pointed out a player's shortcomings or criticized him for anything. It is the same with trades. The Rockets don't comment on them. Nobody gets any serious information from them regarding the inner workings of the organization. But everybody makes mistakes in this world. Charles Barkley makes them. Clyde Drexler makes them. Tomjanovich makes them. What matters is how you deal with it when you make a mistake. And that's what is important with Elie now. He's not a bad guy. But he is emotional and perpetually pessimistic. What has to happen now is Elie -- assuming a trade doesn't get rekindled -- must get back on the team emotionally. This doesn't mean he has to apologize for his remarks, although it wouldn't hurt. What has to happen is for Elie to remember the important things, such as when the Rockets had a chance to trade him for Bobby Phills but management and numerous teammates lobbied owner Leslie L. Alexander not to do the deal. That should have been a unifying, bonding moment in this team's season. But it hasn't worked out that way. Now, it would serve Elie well if he would remember he's still a Rocket and he's still playing for the coach whose system helped turn him into a quality starter in the NBA. Even people on the outside see the possibilities. "I don't think I'm a Pollyanna sort of guy," San Antonio coach Gregg Popovich said Saturday before the Spurs were waxed by the Rockets. "I think I'm pretty pragmatic. And I really believe that it (surving a crisis like the Rockets are in) depends on the character of the individuals involved. Kevin Willis and Mario Elie will try to stick it in whoever's ear that even thought about trading them. That's the way they play. "And I can guarantee you that the people who thought about trading them will be happy that they react that way. I think they're going to come after us tonight and against the next five or six teams and try to get back on track and use that as motivation, because I think they're tough-minded people and they're going to want to prove something that even the thought of trading them was crazy. I'm not saying it was or wasn't. I'm just saying that's what's going to go on in their mind. And I think it's going to help this basketball team." Maybe a return to the bench will help. Elie's fire as a reserve was part of what made him so valuable. And it's part of what caused him to go off during the trade talks. That's the way Elie has to think, because if his mind gets right again, he can get back to being the Junkyard Dog instead of the Punkyard Dog.
