This thread starter is a troll. Rick is a good coach but he hasn't done anything special. One could very easily argue that Van Gundy could have achieved far more if he had this team. I have to say (it looks) we are closer than Gundy times to achieving success but thats in part to having better role players. As far as him being the leader.. well he is like their father age wise. Also, he has respect and support from his players. That happens to any good coach. If you look at it this way then every coach in this league is a leader, be it good or bad one. Im not sure what the point of this post is. As its been said millions of times before; Leaders bring out the best in everyone. Leaders make everyone feel important. Leaders will sacrifice themselves for the cause. To all the posters please think carefully before making 10000000... pointless posts, repetitive posts, weird posts, wtf posts and stinker posts.
Dumb newb Rick Adelman is one of the best coaches in the NBA. 22 game winning streak hello? or does your newbness not know of the NBA Finals?
LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL wait wait LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL cmon tinman you know more than this
Dude, I'm serious like 70% of the board doesn't know: 1.Rick Adelman has been to 2 NBA Finals as a head coach 2.Rick the Ruler is a famous person who helped start this hip hop revolution
I was a fan of the Blazers during the Clyde and Adelman era. Just so unfortunate for him Jordan was in his prime.
There are many many that are better than rick. Van Gundy himself isnt that shabby himself. Whats your point? Like I said, every coach is a leader in that regards. They are the generals, but out there on the frontline its upto one of the infantry to hold it together. You may have been following rockets since 1821 but most of it is just common sense.
look at the date of when i started this thread. then go back and search at all the threads that happened during that date. Brooksball brought this thread back as some respect to our coach who's been managing the team to wins throughout this T-Mac ordeal. Oh, I'm 1999er, none of us are trolls cause we started this gangsta ****
Nice, this thread was fun when it 1st started, and still is Sometimes when they can actually (get this) complement the COACHING philosophy with the right kind of players, a coach with a proven track record of success, it actually helps everyone succeed! Its only when a coach has some way outside the norm philosophy that people talk about it needing certain kind of players. But when they're viewed a middle-of-the-road coach kinda like Adelmen, is they're supposed to just deal with anyone you throw at them even knuckleheads and cancers. Still need to see some more games after all the dust has settled if the Rockets can sustain their winning %. But we've already seen glimpses of the philosophy and the right mindset behind it working to decent results
BUMP With the amount of injuries we have had and our position in the Western Conference... unbelievable. Adelman IS the true leader.
Totally agree. I never understood the whole player "LEADING" the team to the championship thinking. Just think within your own personal profession. We can all rely on those few peers that helps us out once in a while but it's our immediate boss that determines our work-group's success. Peers "leading" peers = mentoring. Great for individual success. Boss "leading" direct report = Work-group success.
Adelman is a genius and a lot of people don't see that because they think its his fault when a team screws up a play after a timeout or when his substitution method doesn't make sense to the average fan. (I guarantee you that he knows what he is doing and ALWAYS has a reason to why he is doing that. You do not win over 60% of your games in your career because you just freestyle it)
Alot of people on this board think they are some expert GMs. But they make Isiah Thomas look like Alexander the Great. Rick Adelman has a proven record. You know when they hire you for a job, they look at what you did. Like 90% people here think he's just coached one game where Robert Horry hit a 3 pointer on his team. 2 NBA Finals and two successful seasons with the Rockets, WITHOUT 100% healthy players. actually this year, it was blessing in disguise.
Adelman is a very good coach. But a lot of games have been won mainly on the talent we have rather then any set direction you can attribute to Rick. In fact games have been lost based on him not making the right decision in regards to who is on the floor and what plays we should in crunch time.
the crunch time errors are probably not executed correctly or you have to give credit to the other team's defense. but we're #2 in the west. so that trumps everything.
Adelman does not micromanage the game. He is the opposite of JVG and Carlisle. His system allows players to make decisions for good or bad. He doesn't call plays per se. Sometimes the players make the wrong decision. Eventually the players learn from those mistakes and excel. This happens more often than not since Adelman career record is just short of Pops and Phil. He is the best of the second tier of coaches.
Joke, right? Did you read the original post? 14 playoff teams in 16 seasons? I don't care what kind of talent his teams have had, it still extremely impressive considering all the egos and players trying to take matters into their own hands.
What is the point of the CAPS other than f'ing up my browser? Disagree and state you opinion all you want, that is after all the point of being here, but that font is not necessary.
Yeah sorry but maybe in the play ground they don't have a coach but in the NBA,they do and HE'S YOUR BOSS. We saw how the play ground crap works with Steve Cat and Rudy.......PASS....we believe in playing as a team and playing the guys who want it most. A REAL COACH. Perfect.....not even close.....does he reward guys that play with a low basketball IQ? Only when his GM makes him probably as in the case of AB and TMac. All the other guys didn't win crap any where else either so is it Adelman's fault? Those guys are losers for a reason.....they could never respect authority but when times got tough they wouldn't take the responsobility for their actions......typical victimhood.
