Coach Silas... My condolences to you and your family. My prayers are with you and your family. Please Coach Silas, take the time to be with your family, and let the players and staff take care of the basketball business.
Paul Silas was an All-NBA defender and a 2 time All Star, winning two championships with Boston and one with Seattle along the way during a very successful career as a player. Coach Silas was admired as both a head coach and an assistant in the league, coaching for several teams. He was a mentor for his son, Stephen Silas, our head coach, who, along with his family and his father's many friends, have to be feeling his loss deeply. Rest in peace, Coach Silas, an exemplary husband, coach, and player who will not be forgotten. Coach Silas and his wife, Carolyn, in 2001 (Source: Sports Illustrated).
I'm sorry for your loss, @kjayp there are no words that could do it justice. I appreciate you saying that to all of us. I lost my brother a few years ago and that loss rocked my world in a bad way. I hope you'll have a little healing now and more in your future. That **** is tough. I'll be thinking about you.
When your mum dies your childhood finishes. When your dad dies, you are not immortal anymore. This is the tipping point/critical mass (whatever you call it) for S.Silas. He will be either better or worse coach, can't stay at the same level. Hope he becomes better.
I can't understand... If u earn millions of dollars, u don't need a reason to play full of your performance. U have to do it everygame. Then I ask, why our players don't play everygame like that?
Because at the end of the day we are still human beings. In the Rockets case, these guys are young people that are still maturing. These guys love coach Silas, so it's only natural they wanted to pick up a win for their coach during hard times. In their head, maybe it will give him some temporary joy from such a difficult situation. Nothing wrong with it at all. The fact that these kids play in a men's league, it gets lost to many that they are still growing up. They are still learning not just things about the game of basketball, but things about life. Who cares if they make millions, doesn't make the learning process any faster, and in fact probably gets affected from all the traveling and up and downs of the season. My condolences to coach Silas. I been fortunate enough to have two father's, one my uncle whom raised from two years old and my actual dad whom I still have a great relationship with (spent 22 years in prison). My uncle passed away a few days before I graduated college in 2010, so I know the pain of losing a father. It sucks.
The dad was too great to catch up to or surpass as a player but not as a coach. It was inevitable that one has to live in his shadows.
I was not talking about Paul Silas' son Steph, I was talking about a fatherless son. Like every novel is semi-autobiographic, all posts here carries some trace from the poster's life.
Tip of the hat to all you guys who while having strong opinions about our coach still understood the vibe and took a break from the snark. Those guys who couldnt help themselves and STILL needed to take pop shots at Coach in one of his lowest moments are straight up pigs.
Stop using these kind of words, and try to explain your opinion like a human. Can u do that? If u can't, be sure i have lots of words for you , which u don't like too much.
