Yeah, who cares that he is taking on the responsibility and going to the gym to get in some extra work, like a player who cares about how he does...right? Yeah, we don't want that guy.....WTF is going on here. DD
Yeah Scola is having a breakout year. i think he is our go to guy but nodody is noticing it. Including the players and coach. They need to go to him and see what happens. If he draws double teams we can go back to the kick it out for open threes offense.
Deckard, AB was a 2 guard at Oregon. The Rox & RA moved him to the point but he basically has the mentality and game of a two guard. Where he has become dangerous is his three point shooting and not his playmaking ability. When he's on, they roll. He hasn't been on so far which makes him a streaky shooter. That's basketball. He was ALWAYS going to be a defensive liabilty being 5-8. His assets are his speed and his offense. He'll never be a lockdown defender. To expect him to go toe-to-toe with the likes of a Billups is asking too much. And yeah: he is nowhere close to Calvin Murphy but then there has been a long line of small guards who preceeded him who also fall into that category.
No but he makes the decisions about who is laced up and playing, and leaves better options glued to the pine. DD
That's where the coaching staff steps in. You call a time-out and you tell the guys to look for Yao and feed the hot hand (Scola). You don't just sit on your hands and complain about it to the media after the game.
Blaming the coach is such a copout. The team has some issues. The defense is just bad, and the crunchtime offense is error-prone. But it's early, and I hope they can work it out.
You know at least that other Houston coach will come out and say "It's on me, I didn't put the players in position to win." Adelman blaming players for not giving Yao more touches is lame. Because you are the coach, if the team or player isn't doing what you want them to do take them out. Don't sit there and watch then blame it on the team or player later.
You know wht i dont get? Teams still outrebound us and we have Yao, Hill, and Jeffries at their respective positions just sitting on the bench. You could stop layup drills if you have three guys at the SF, center, and powerforward playing in the game at the same time over 6 ft 10 inches. I find it odd we never do mismatches even though its obvious we could mismatch everyone in the league in size at times at three of the positions. Yao Hill Jeffries Courtney Lee Lowry If you need defense and rebounding so bad? Why is it rocket science for Adelman to find these obvious physical and talent mismatches to get the results he wants?
The coaching staff should take a lot of the blame. You have to make timely decisions instead of watching the debacle unfold.
I don't think we should call for Adelman's head, he is a good coach. But he does definitely needs to make some adjustments in how he controls the game. A nice good sized win streak with a comfortable number above .500 would calm all criticism. Just win baby, and everything will become golden again (also fans will start to give more slack).
Brooks is being asked to play the one. If he simply isn't cut out for the job, then they should figure that out and do something about it. I don't think what he played at Oregon four years ago is germane to his job today. Honestly, I've been surprised at the level of his play so far this season. The low level of his play. I don't know if he is pressing because it's a contract year and he's coming off a MIP award, with expectations high going into this season, or what, but he better get his head screwed on tight, quick.
3 games where all opponents scored a 100 or more, Yikes. I'll give it a span of 10 games. Hopefully we'll finish along the lines of 7-3 or 6-4. Heck i'll even take 5-5.
I probably gonna get flamed for this, but I believe Yao is getting away with murder on this board. I don't want to hear that they didn't go to Yao in the fourth quarter. Check the facts, Scola was hot and pretty much Yao was a turn over waiting to happen. Defensively, he has been way too slow does the coaching really know these games really count or they think this is still a pre season. We have been waiting for darn too long for Yao to come through. It is very frustrating now he's in and out and all this 24 minute crap. I think as an organization at the end of the season we will have to make very "hard" decisions "easy" if you know what I mean. Before you jump on me if you did criticize Tmac debacle last year (my self included), and you don't see nothing wrong with Yao situation now you my friend is an hypocrite.
He is fine, his assist to turnover ratio is fine, his scoring is a little bit off, but overall he has not been the primary problem. The problem mostly deals with chemistry, a lack of identity, and cohesion, and Rick Adelman's crap substitution patterns, which have not allowed anyone to get comfortable with each other. Morey asked Simmons when is having too much talent a problem.....well Daryl....RIght ****ING NOW ! DD
