I want Alston gone too. The difference with T-Mac is that there's a group of fans here that are blindly loyal to him and attack anybody who dares to offer up any criticism. As a result the threads about getting rid of Alston, Battier, Hayes, Head, whoever aren't nearly as acrimonious as the T-Mac threads. Trade threads, for example, are pretty normal for any team discussion. Talk about trading Alston and the debates are usually pretty calm and rational. Start up a thread about trading McGrady and watch out.
I'd much rather have good team chemistry in the locker room and have the Rockets winning, of course. But if there are going to be problems I'll just note that the info I've gotten on this board from Doc Rocket and Persian Foo is orders of magnitude better than what shows up on the Houston Chronicle's website. If you read between the lines you can tell that Feigen and Blinebury know something's going on and that they have to restrain themselves from spilling the beans.
I hope everyone realizes that I don't think anyone is a "hater" or an "apologist" per se....it just seems that we toss those words around far too often.... I think at the end of the day we are all Rocket fans with an opinion....that was kinda the point of this thread.......but it seems I may have failed. DD
Neither. I hate what he's done to our team, but at the same time I respect his ability to swindle management out of $20M and keep his job despite his theatrics.
there also is a group of Grady followers here who think he's the scum of the earth and, I would bet any dollar amount that they secretly root for him to fail miserably, because they can come here and have something to talk about. A healthy, energetic Alston hinders this Rockets team more than a gimpy, lazy Grady. Just sayin.
Is that even possible? It never fails, you're enjoying a perfectly good thread about someone recently catching fire in a certain stretch of games then someone drops the 'Mclazy' grenade and all hell breaks loose. Can't there be an Official Tracy Drama thread or something?
Now you've got to be joking. Alston's flat out mediocre but he plays hard at least. A gimpy, lazy McGrady is exactly what the Rockets got in the Toronto game. He literally hung out by the half court line for three or four straight possessions while the rest of the team played four on five basketball. I've been watching the NBA for a long time and I have literally never, ever seen anything like that.
I have been a Rocket's fan since 1972, and I have never seen anything so demeaning to the Rocket's red.....ever.....that was the last straw for me. DD
Couldn't have said it any better. We can create a poll and decipher if you're a "only fan" or a "rockets fan" but what good is that?
What about a "Temporary TMAC" forum? Where everything about the guy can be vented....people can choose to go there or not? DD
funny At the end of the day I don't hate T-Mac but I do think he rather trifling and Lazy far far too moody for my tastes Rocket River
