Or is his job safe for the next few years until his contract expires? Seems amazing the lack of talk about getting rid of this guy. Apparently he is very popular with the management and the fans. Reminds me a bit of Dave Shula who coached The Bengals to multiple 0-8 starts only to get a 5 year extension because he was cheap and Don Shula’s son.
Didn't you make a thread on this back in Nov? https://bbs.clutchfans.net/threads/why-isn’t-silas-on-the-hot-seat.313769/ Why not just bump.
I think he's gotten a lot of criticism here and certainly deserves some of it, in my opinion. For quite a while, my feeling was that he's a young coach with his first head coaching gig and deserves a lot of leeway considering the enormous changes the team has gone through. A team that quickly didn't resemble the Houston Rockets Silas was hired to coach. A team with a new GM in his first job running an NBA franchise. 59 games later? I'm not a happy camper. I'm often scratching my head trying to understand the rotations Silas uses, his in-game decisions, why he clearly isn't giving young players important to the future success of a rebuilding team the minutes they should be getting. That certain important young players, for example, are taken out down the stretch in the 4th with the game on the line when they should be in those situations. I look around at some of the other players picked high in last summer's lottery getting those minutes, minutes I think are important for their development. Add to that the moves Stone did and did not take at the deadline I could go on, but I'd rather just say that what I'm seeing are a lot of fans that would like nothing better than to be pleased with the direction the Rockets and Rockets management have taken. They want to be pleased and they are getting a bit tired of waiting for success. Success not measured so much by wins and losses, but by seeing a clear path being taken by Silas and Stone that eventually leads the Rockets to wins, playoffs, even contending. We're greedy that way because we've done it before. Maybe I need my eyes checked, but that path is often kind of hard to make out.
During a rebuild with a fast food chain owner and an asset manager, the only metric they're judging him by is obedience. It's a tough spot to be in. I still consider the product on the court to be a barely acceptable test of his abilities. As long as it progresses month to month, I can't fault him. Too many politics and goals other than winning a game. Next season is a different story though, he'll have had a season to personally teach these kids how to play, we live with whatever habits they comes out with.
lol didnt we hear the same apology last year.... rockets fans you got what you deserve 100%! lovers of losing and defenders of the worst coach in nba, the son of the worst coach ever bwahawahawhwhwha!!!
because this scrub deserves all the fire him now! threads in the world...couldnt he just screw up the development of just one rookie? no! this guy had to mess with all 4 of them....
I don’t know how hot his seat is right now, but I do know that he isn’t a good NBA head coach. Also players liking him and respecting him are two very different things.
lol LOL LOL its not about wins or losses...i am sure nobody here or anywhere mind losing games....its all the other things.... this guys has absolutely nothing save the smile...
It is about wins and losses. If Tilman and Stone wanted wins then Silas would already be gone. A better coach would probably result in more wins. Wins are not desired at this point. It’s not that complicated. Tilman and Stone are happy with the losses. Silas likely stays until wins are the priority. Right now better draft position is the priority.
