no defense? did you watch lin elevate to superstar defense? im going to rewatch the game just to admire the defense of lin, the offense of asik, the grit of harden even tho he was having another career horrible worst night. the hustle by various players. and lack of hustle or rebounding especially by the taller guys. Some of this has to do with how scrawny some guys are. Parsons is INCREDIBLY scrawny = tough for him to battle it out against anyone thats spent a year in the gym. But got to like that he isnt a quitter.
This, you say the exactly what I am trying to say. Before we trade for Harden, I am ok with him as coach if we are trying to tank. Now it is different, we need a new coach who knows how to run simple offensive plays.
This is not just the point guard position, this is every position on defense. There is nothing to show for.
Malony sucked, but was still better than Charlie Ward. Ward was one of the most overrated NBA role players of all time, and was a much better football player than he was a basketball player.
Mchale is a terrible coach..the reason Rockets were decent last year...is because the offense play style and chemistry was left over from Adelman. Now Mchale has to start from scratch and build his own team style and chemistry and so far he's done a terrible job of it. He doesn't even coach...I remember Jeff Van Gundy would be near mid court coaching up a storm..telling guys what to do and which plays to run. Mchale doesn't do any of that...he just waltzes back and fourth with a confused look on his face. The criticism of Mchale is justified. No strategy, no nothing..just a bunch of iso ball... How do you have 3 days of practice and comeback worse then you were....that's proof right their he's a terrible coach. Our next coach needs to be a strategist..someone who can actually draw up plays. Even JVG offense was way better...it wasn't pretty but it worked! All I've seen so far is a bunch of iso ball & players jacking up desperation shots. There is a reason we lost 7 of or last 10 games last year. Mchales stubbornness and refusal to play a real center..Ppat & Scola front court lineup was terrible...he's showing the same stubbornness with his refusal to play our rookies. This could be a playoff team..if we had a decent coach. And his refusal to play the rookies is hurting our rebuilding process. We need to see what we have in Tjones, Dmo & White. Notice how GOOD coaches like Popovich develop rookies and allows young players to contribute and improve by throwing them into the fire. ex. Kwali Leonard. Other teams our playing and developing their rookies while were not none of this..I don't play rookies, I'm old school nonsense! END RANT
You need to build your game plan around your franchise players, not build your franchise players around your game plan.
McYapper does more talking to the media than actual coaching. Speaks a ton about this and that but his work doesn't translate on the court at all. The only difference between Mike Brown and Mchale is one is a yapper and the other isn't. Both coach has no effective system whatsoever. Only reason Brown made it further is due to his depth in talent. PnR or ISO to your best player every other play is not going to cut it.
