http://espn.go.com/nba/columns/stein_marc/1510300.html "*Besides better ball movement and some consistent production from power forward, what do the Houston Rockets need to hold onto the No. 8 spot in the West? Besides a return to their stingy, pre-slump defense? The Rockets, it seems, need Glen Rice. It was Rice, heretofore not known for such speeches, who called three team meetings in the first two months of the season to preach sharing the ball and maintaining focus. Without Rice, who hasn't played since mid-January because of knee and shoulder trouble, Houston has been missing a veteran voice. *Oh, yeah: Hard to see how the Rockets' fade from a surprising 23-15 start can put Rudy Tomjanovich on the hot seat. Tough to blame Rudy T for not maintaining that pace with a team this young, in the West, and with everything extra asked of the coach as part of the arrival and incorporation of Yao Ming. Question to disgruntled Houstonians: Is a coaching change something you really want to throw at Yao now? Or even this offseason?"
Absolutely. Do we wait until Yao is up for a new contract and has to decide if his first years of frustration were worth it?. He is not getting the coaching he needs now. He does not go to the hole aggressively. He does not seem to know how to get open for a pass when the other team fronts him, (not that anyone on our team has the patience to try to work it in). IF...........IF Rudy is not coaching the guy as well as necessary then we are wasting time and love RT or not, it's time to smell the coffee. Sooner rather than later. Rudy still is a Rocket legend. Let him off the hook. Maybe no one can coach this bunch of street ballers. He has had four years and it gets worse, not better.
