No One Disturbed That We Didn't Do a Coaching Search?

i think it's clear why JVG got the ax.

he was almost the coach of the year for getting the team home court w/o yao for 30 games. however, he is 0-3 in the first round as the rockets head coach. on top of that he is under-utilizing what little offensive talent there is on this team outside of yao and tmac.

i might have given him one more year... this time with some firepower off the bench. it would've been worth it to open up the check book.

however, adleman is a great coach where as JVG is a good coach. the move might have been a bit premature but there is no guarantee that there would be a better coach available next summer. in that situation the rockets would be stuck with JVG for the duration of the yao/tmac era. all the while never knowing if they wil ever reach thier full potetial.

at least now they have a chance. if they still cant win then we know it's not the coach since they've had a defensive coach and now (soon to be) and ofefnsive one.

 

Who said we didn't or that we won't look at any other coaches? Just because you don't hear about it, that doesn't mean it didn't happen. The Rockets are not inclined to let everyone know everytime they "talk" to someone.

And it's not like they don't know who is available...if you like someone and think they are best for the job (style, resume, etc..) then why waste time? They know who Larry Brown and Silas are (candidates before JVG) and they know Carlisle's style (same as JVG).

 

I think that's where alot of people misunderstood Adelman. He is not a fast tempo coach. Look at his Kings, they will run if they have a chance, but they play mostly half court games with Princeton offense. His Portland team ran alot, however, but that's because they have to the players to do it. Adelman adjust his game plan with the team he have.

 

The biggest misnomer of all is calling anything that the Kings ran a "Princeton Offense". The Kings ran a bunch of high-low and motion. It would be next to impossible to run a Princeton Offense with a 24-second shot clock. (And besides, if a coach really did, the board would explode, because for all of it's efficiency, the Princeton Offense kills pace.)

 

I'm not totally in love with Adelman, but I have to agree he really is the best we could grab at this point if we are moving away from the JVG playing style. For all of JVG's strengths, he was terrible at developing young talent and mostly inflexible with tweaking his offensive sets/personel in the middle of games. JVG had a method to his offense and if it wasn't working, he did little to change it - no bringing in bench players to see if they can execute better, no adapting to a different set if one player is struggling or if the opposition's defense is stopping them - he was a "wait out the storm" type of guy. Sometimes you can get by with that but in this case, he didn't and likely won't. I mean he spent the better part of two years in the regular season (with significant injuries no less) without developing any of his bench players so when he needed a jumpstat of the bench in parts of the Utah series, he had nothing but inexperienced playoff player Luther Head.

...BTW - does anyone else see Bonzi picking up his player option to come back to play for Addelman? If he can actually put Bonzi back in the system he thrived in while also incorporating Yao & TMac, we may have a very legit shot next year...

 

That's a good point - the Princeton Offense is about patience and a slow but efficient pace...

 

honestly, when did this happen?

 

Kenny Smith for coach.

 

suns can still score 100+ EASY w/o steve nash. they just miss his shooting down the stretch.

look at the suns w/o amare/diaw v. the spurs last night. can't score enough.

 

unless the first choice is Phil Jackson, anyone who thinks Les will not do more interviews is naive.

Oh and the flaw in the Adelman inverted post idea is not the speed of Yao, it is Chucky Hayes.

 

Since the 13 winning seasons, 14 playoffs appearances, and 2 conference title?

 

anyone who uses Game 5 of the Spurs/Suns series to make some point about basketball is a fool.

 

when he took portland to 2 final appearances. when he was coaching the only team to nearly destroy the laker dynasty. when he was able to coach crazy fools like artest and bonzi and got them to reach their potential.

that's when it happened.

 

nearly destroy? thats interesting

 

man we should REALLY try to pursue phil. i know laker fans don't like phil either b/c he's not working his magic w/ just kobe. and he's been taking time off on company time w/ his hip and stuff. and he's b****ing w/ jim buss now it seems like.

try to get phil please.

 

Are you serious? You're basing this off of 1 game? They just don't miss his shooting down the stretch, they miss the 11 assists he dishes out a game as well as decision making that makes the entire team.

Also, the Suns still scored 108ppg and won 54 games 2 seasons ago despite not having Amare the entire time.

 

if u SAW the series, they should have won the series one time had it not been for the horry miracle. that's why i said nearly. and if u asked laker fans, they feared that team like no other.

 

For god's sake, JUST SAY NO TO BONZI!!!

No, I don't see him playing again for the Rockets, and if he picks up his option, highly unlikely, the Rockets will trade him.

 

but then i can turn around and say they avg 102ppg w/o nash too in his 3 yrs there. so what's your point???

and look at nash going 1-8 in the 4th?? if nash had to carry an entire offense, he won't do jack. nash needs other guys to score for him consistently b/c he's not fit to carry a whole offense.

but ur also missing BORIS DIAW. diaw had his best yr last yr when amare was out.

 

Apparently you never heard of Larry Bird.

and apparently you were not born yet when Akeen destroyed the Lakers in THEIR PRIME as defending champs in '86. Houston was the best WC team to take down the lakers but drugs and injuries stopped that.

as for coaches to challenge the Lakers...the Celtics went through several; Fitch was one of them and was ours in '86 ... but only FOOLS hired him after that! That's just a fact.