Our coaching staff deserves an F- to the 10th power

How about the freaking two time outs when everything was falling apart and the **** was hitting the fan to tell his team "Guy's we have got to stay positive, everything is going to be alright." crap.

Sorry, but I want my coach to be barking orders and slinging around a damn marker drawing somthing up during the most crucial moments of games. This team is mentally weak and some of that comes from the top.

I wonder what Pop would've done in that situation....don't really think he'd be patting players on the back as they're choking it up and telling them to relax and everything will be fine.

 

Pop would've benched Artest games ago and dealt with the repercussions later. And it would've ended up paying off in the long run.

 

Nothing new. Adelman has been pretty horrible all year with his "Let them play out of it" philosophy.

Never seen a team go 5 minutes without a fg and not take a timeout. The Rockets seem to do it twice a week.

 

Phil Jackson does this but the difference is his teams are more talented than our Rockets.

 

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post game analysis

Adelman lost this game

 

i don't blame the coaching staff at all. i thought adelman substitued well, playing lowry more than brooks. i'll only blame yao and artest for disappearing in the second half.

 

Phil Jackson is always on top of substitutions. He makes moves early instead of waiting for **** to hit the fan.

 

I mean when it comes to timeouts. He allows his teams to play through it a lot.

 

If this team doesn't make it out of the first round, Adelman legitemately needs to be fired. This team has talent.....they've got a big man, very good support players, and they have one of the best benches in the league. When JVG was here he lacked in the support players department and had no bench, but the team was ALOT tougher and played harder.

I wouldn't mind bringing him back if he was willing to open up the offense a little more, Yao also played his best with JVG......Gundy pushed him.

 

Thats true but come on he has Kobe. Kobe doesnt let the go too long without a fg.

 

So when things are going bad and you here that your "HEAD COACH" called two timeouts during that time to just give a pep talk you're not going to give the coach any blame at all?

Let me say that again.....the guy called two timeouts when everything was going south and didn't draw up any strategies when it was clear the opposing team/coach already made adjustments and was eating his lunch.

Nope, Adelman took the "cheerleader" approach and patted backs and told them to stay positive and everything will be okay......sorry, but that's complete bullcrap. The guy is paid to coach not rah rah the team. Draw some plays up and coach the damn team. This could be a big reason why this team has had so much trouble closing games out this year.

 

Adelman helped get this team to win 22 games in a row and now u want to fire him? where did u get the idea that the JVG teams were tougher? we were were half court oriented and more boring thats for sure, but not tougher.

 

I hope they fire Rick Adelman and get JVG back. He's the best at substitution and best in terms of counter strategy of what the other team put on the floor. Rick (let's played it out) Adelman have been hurting the Rockets by employing this stupid idea. I seen how he hurt the Rockets during the regular season and now the biggest game of the season, he failed once again.

Continue using Scola on Dirk is plain stupidity!!

Sitting both Artest and Yao for a long time while having average players out there with no offensive spark.

Failed to go to Yao when he's dominating.

 

first off he called a timeout but the mavs still went on a run. you don't call a timeout right after u just call a timeout. there's nothing more you can do or say. there wasnt a point in the 4th where i felt like a timeout was needed. our defense was great the entire game, but the mavs took yao out of the game (same old story).

 

When you make the single biggest mistake in your entire life (by continue using Scola on Dirk, by not going to Yao when he's dominating)...you should be fired!! History don't mean a thing. It's like committing a murder...you should go to jail no matter how nice you have been in the past...it don't mean a thing anymore.

 

He does do that, but you're also leaving out another huge thing he does...

Phil Jackson is notorious for calling timeouts when the opposing team hits a big shot or makes a big momentum play. His team could have the lead and it won't matter....anytime he feels they just made a momentum changing play that could spark a big run and get the crowd back into he'll call a timeout to head off a potential run. (BTW, Pop does the same thing)

That is GREAT COACHING...he uses his timeouts to prevent runs, he lets his team play through runs when he knows what he told them will work, but they aren't doing it or he's just mad at them. If they happen to be running what he told them correctly and the team still hits a couple of momentum changing plays (shots/dunks) it's timeout city to head off a run

Adelman waits for the run to already happen, waits for the lead to already disappear before he does ANYTHING. Then when he does call a timeout apparently we now know the team might just get a pat on the back and a ol' "go get 'em tiger"

The way he coaches is not even remotely comparable to the way Phil Jackson coaches.

 

history doesnt mean a thing? thats redonkulous. why dont we hire isaih thomas since his history with the knicks means nothing? we went to yao the entire first half. the mavs changed their D and yao couldnt get open or seal off his man. i dont blame adelman. that was all on yao for not being able to get open.

 

I'm not questioning any timeout......I'm questioning what happened during those timeouts. Did you watch the ESPN broadcast and hear what Nancy Lieberman had to say about two crucial timeouts?

 

Mavs made a adjustment......they returned court, now it's time for Adelman to make his adjustment, he didn't......he didn't even draw up a play. Just patted backs and told them to stay positive and that everything was going to be okay.