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more reasons why Judas Alexander is a fake and a moron

Discussion in 'Houston Rockets: Game Action & Roster Moves' started by chievous minniefield, May 25, 2003.

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  1. chievous minniefield

    chievous minniefield Member

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    1) unpreparedness. . .

    even if you are a cheating, backstabbing sonofabitch, you don't fire a coach of Rudy's stature unless you have a real humdinger of a coach already signed, sealed, and delivered in your ********ing back pocket.

    you don't fire a coach of Rudy's stature for the right to participate in a bidding war for Jeff mother****ing Van Gundy or Paul Silas. CRIMINY! maybe even Brian Hill is available. I'm sure Judas might bump into him at one of his south florida Silver Fox canasta throwdowns.

    Judas, unfortunately for Rockets fans, is not as smart as he is conniving.

    2) the Friday factor. . .

    Rudy conveniently had his ePippeny [wherein he suddenly decides to leave the team he's given his blood, sweat, and life to for over 30 years] on the last working day of the week, a move that oddly enough is in direct harmonic convergence with Public Relations 101. you drop a bombshell that could be reacted to negatively on the last day of the week so the working hoes at home will be distracted by the swimming pools and barbecues and the humdrum of normal life and won't be motivated to rally a lynch mob for your lying sack of **** ass or target your peasy-ass dog on the street for running over.

    oh, and--what do you know?--it's Memorial Day weekend, so the distraction gets to last an extra day into next week.

    what a very, very, very convenient time for Rudy to "decide" to step down, only a few days after very forcefully asserting that he had every intention of being the coach next year.

    Judas, Judas, Judas. . . where's Kermit Washington when you really need him?
     
    #1 chievous minniefield, May 25, 2003
  2. The Truth

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  3. Mr. Clutch

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    Calling people names is lame.
     
    #3 Mr. Clutch, May 25, 2003
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  5. leebigez

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    Alexander is the best owner in Houston sports history. Right now he's about to pay the luxury tax for a team that can't even make the playoffs. How many owners would have pulled the Barkley,Pippen or Drexler trade to get another ring? How many coaches have missed the playoffs 3 straight season and came back for a fourth? How many owners allow the management to trade the real icon for a guy who couldn't get off the pine? You can say what you want, but it was the best decision he's made on his own judgement.

    Last I checked, this wasn't supposed to be a supreme court judgeship. This isn't a liftime job no matter what anyone thinks about and Rudy was given a long,long rope. The attendence has sucked because the boring 1 on 1 basketballl Rudy has created. Its not because the team is avg, but if theteam ran a little won a little maybe people would go to the games. The fact remains that even the hardest ,die hard Rocket fan have problems enjoying the sytle of ball the Rockets play. Even the dumb down era of Hakeem produced fast breaks and 100 pt games, but with what is suppose to be a young and exciting team, we score 93pts per game.

    I'm glad les didn't wait any longer for the ship to keep sinking. I mean Wilkens made the playoffs last yr despite losing his star player for 40 plus games. Silas lost Phills to death,Mashburn to vertigo during the season and the playoffs, and davis during the season and the playoff game and he was fired. What makes Rudy so special? In the last 6 yrs, we made the playoff 2 times going out in the 1st rd both times and the lotto 4 straight yrs despite having the #1,#2,and #7 pick in those 3 yrs. How many teams can say they have had that kind of luck and is still on the outside looking in? Landry was fired and the Boys went on to win 3 sb's in 4 yrs. Chuck knoll was forced out and the steelers have still made it back tothe sb. Hell ,even Phil Jackson wasn't invited back despite 6 rings in 8 yrs with Chicago.
     
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  6. Band Geek Mobster

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    Great post chiev.

    This team would have been playoff bound if Rudy didn't get put on the shelf with cancer...and we wouldn't even be talking replacing him...

    Edit: Nevermind lee, misread post...
     
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    He just wants everybody to remember this day. It's Memorial Day weekend, isn't it? Cannot blame him on that.
     
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  8. ragingFire

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    Les is among the best sport owner you find any where.
     
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    Have you called people on that when they launch a tirade against Francis?
     
    #9 GB_Rocket, May 25, 2003
  10. JPM0016

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    ok, lets break down what Les Alexander did.

    I'm conflicted with what happened, i honestly believed Rudy T deserved 1 more year as head coach. However i think he would have had to make some major changes. The offense would need to revamped for the 3rd year in a row. The Inside Out game would need to be reimplimented from the Hakeem days. There would also have to be more discipline but with the way Rudy was i didn't see it changing.

    From Les point of view - your team hasn't been to the playoffs in 4 years. The younger players basically do what they want on the court and off. We don't want to look like the portland jailblazers. Our offense was isolation, Yao wasn't involved enough. We played streetball and it was an ugly, boring style of offense.

    It's kinda of exciting to see what a new coach can do. I'm not sure if Rudy would have made the necessary changes.
     
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  11. Dallas Rocket

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    Hats off to Les Alexander!

    For HAVING THE GUTS to make the RIGHT MOVE for the organization, a move that will villify him to many, at least for a while.

    NO TIME WOULD HAVE BEEN THE RIGHT TIME to pull the trigger. But Leeb got it right, and I've been saying this all year: this team has underachieved and this iso-selfish ball is simply no fun to watch, much less effective, over the long haul. The W-L results and stats speak volumes. The whole < sum of the parts.

    My guess is that RT was NOT going to step down, and that forced Les' hand. I'll be surprised if the performance of a new coach, with a disciplined team-oriented approach, doesn't further magnify RT's shortcomings.

    The inmates have been running the asylum. That won't get it! Rudy was simply not right for this bunch.

    I have LOVED RT as a player, and in all his organizational roles. What a class act. But change is overdue. I wish for him nothing but the best.

    D R
     
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  12. GATER

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    After the Rockets beat the Lakers on Jan 17th they were 23-15. Under Rudy, they were 12-16 before Larry Smith took over. We will have to disagree because I didn't see a playoff bound team over the last 3 months of the season.

    And please don't give me the "they only finished one game behind PHX" crap because PHX and the other playoff bound teams quit playing serious ball once they had mathematically clinched a spot. That happened with about 4 games remaining.
     
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  13. Timing

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    I agree with the unpreparedness and the friday factor but in reality Les is always doing whatever it takes to build a winner. I've been in favor of moving RudyT because frankly his approach wasn't getting it done anymore but Les didn't handle this one real well.
     
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    It's the way he did it that pisses me off. Don't fire the guy and then make him put on a huge act to make it seem it was his decision. If he has the balls to make the move then he should have the balls to face the backlash. There's no class in lying to the entire city.

    And, people keep saying that coaches don't go through playoff dryspells for this long and keep their jobs must think Rudy was just some regular coach. He's an icon and we would have been in the playoffs had he not gotten sick. Unless Mr. Mean is coaching next year, any moron can take this team to the playoffs.
     
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  15. chievous minniefield

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    the bottom line is that in today's sports reality, when you root for a team, you are actually rooting for that team's owner.

    and we are stuck with a complete slumpdick.

    it may not even be his fault that he's a total slumpdick, but he is an absolute slumpdick.

    it is his fault, however, that he is a treasonous b****.

    best owner in sports? that's laughable.

    you do realize that Judas would boof your grandmother from behind and slit your sister's throat if he thought it would help him fill one more luxury suite, right?

    pledging your allegiance to Judas Alexander is like laying down in front of a train.

    good luck with all that.
     
    #15 chievous minniefield, May 25, 2003
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    I'd be willing to put Bob McNair ahead of him in a couple more years.

    Les loves Houston so much he doesn't even live here. He very seldom goes to Comets games...only showing up when they win their championship trophies.

    I give props to Les for giving the ok for deals that brought us Drexler and Barkley. I have no doubt he wants to win (unlike Drayton McClain who won't pony up for it).

    Les is not well liked by many who work under him for his cheapskate ways.
     
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  17. University Blue

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    Now, you're speculating.

    You should look at it from a different perspective: Houston needed a new coach -- for various reasons (Undisciplined players, New offense/defense system, health Concerns, playoff drought). After thirty years with the organization, Tomjanovich "stepping down" would be a more graceful exit (for everyone involved) than a public announcement that he has been removed.

    ...

    With the new coach, it will be a different Houston team next year. Houston has not made the playoffs the last four years -- if/when they make the playoffs, it will be a different team.


    University (U Now C) Blue
     
    #17 University Blue, May 25, 2003
  18. Yetti

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    Disgusting ! You know nothing about our Owner! Is it all the emotion? We all feel bad for Rudy T but the Owner did what he had to do, no matter how you feel about it it wont make one iotas difference to now or the future of the Houston Rockets!
     
    #18 Yetti, May 25, 2003
  19. Yetti

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    You must be dreaming!
     
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  20. Smokey

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    Les didn't become a millionaire by making stupid decisions. Rudy had to go!
     
    #20 Smokey, May 25, 2003
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