What is is with you guys? Morey is great, Les is a good to mediocre owner probably no more yet they are always held on a pedestal. NOTHING justifies the failures this organization has gone through since days of stevie franchise and Yao. My heart goes out to Yao and his family. I can only imagine how hard it must be to train SO HARD and have your season pulled out from underneath your ass. This has been the organization the entire time. I'm not going to call out coach, he has been great in the past so he gets to slide. The organization as a whole has gone about things in an EXTREMELY imprudent manner. Not only have we not gotten nice lottery picks to over the years but we put all our eggs in one basket. I have been uneasy about this for quite some time but its not something you can even question anymore. Some people are afraid to call them out because they link it to love of the team when in fact its the exact OPPOSITE. We love this team and we can tell when things aren't going in the right direction and it is our duty to call them out when they aren't helping the team. Regarding morey in particular I like the guy a lot, but i cringe everytime I hear "Morey is god" or some r****ded statement like that. Yes he has made some brilliant moves in the past but why don't they take a look around at the other GMs in the league as well and guage success along with that. Sorry , but satisfaction with mediocrity is something that isn't in my book and shouldn't be in anyone else's.
When you say the organization who do you mean? Because we have had 2 coaches, 2 GMs and one owner? You advocate not trying to build a quality product so we can get more lottery picks? I dont recall ever putting all of our eggs in one basket? What did you think was a wrong direction move? What would you have done differently? Morey's resource management is unparralled in this league. He has been with the team for only a few years and has completely loaded the team with assets as opposed to the garbage that was here before. Well first of all with the Yao/McGrady era we were consistantly GOOD, far from mediocre. Right now we are transitioning, but I see alot of good things on the roster right now and if you cant see that, well Im sorry, but there is alot of things to be excited about on this team.
Clutch, I am sorry I should have addressed that in the OP. Regarding your question they showed little consideration for the backup c position. 5 years and not one decent back up. It sure as hell wasn't impossible, it was a PRIORITY. They waited far too long regarding the gortat drama over the summer. I don't think the unpredictability regarding Yao's situation was any secret. I don't care what they had to do. Secure the DAMN position! We focused on areas far more irrelevant than whats screwing us over. Yao is a weapon, and a weapon we knew we couldn't use for over 30 minutes a game considering the nature of the stress related injuries. THe context of the injuries remained the same and should have been a clear red light. Stop all activities and get your damn C. Get Yao some damn help. Get Yao some damn rest. Get Yao some closure and security, not to mention the fans. As I look back at the whole tmac drama it infuriates me. That doesn't mean I wanted him to stay, but make it cut and clear and stop playing games. Their focus regarding the issues that plague this team are clear enough.
Rockets are a Shakespearian Tragedy.. Just a star-crossed team doomed by fate. Can't blame management for what they can't control.
sarcasm do well to augment someone's intelligence. If you want to come in here and w**** some attention , no need to hide it. Sorry you don't believe in winning championships, one playoff victory must have been good to satisfy you. Glad you were happy. Every player healthy? We are Referring to ONE player, stay on the damn topic.
Mutumbo was our center, until he unexpectedly went down with a career ending injury. Thats not offering solutions, thats just complaining.
This I think sums it up the best. I don't think ANYONE is happy with the state of the Rockets right now, and it is sad that the Rockets got stuck with 2 injury prone superstars, but come on, if I had to do it all over again knowing the same 50/50 risk of these guys getting hurt, I'd STILL do it. Rockets were 1 of MAYBE 5 teams that had the ability to win it all for 3-4 years, yes they got a little screwed over by Refs and by injuries, but that was a quality product they put out. The owner can't control injuries, and can't predict the future. Not saying we have the greatest management in the world, but hell at least the managements puts the Rockets in a position to go into every season thinking this team has a chance to at the very least compete, unlike Clippers, Minny, Bucks, Grizz, etc.
I agree, it puzzled me when we could have been going after centers like deandre jordan, robin lopez, hibbert, instead of trying to move up in the draft for guys like courtney lee.
Dude. Cookie Monster was a beast, but stop acting like he was in his prime and extremely reliable regarding his age and mileage. If I want a back up car because my engine keeps failing, I'm not going to get model T.
Um Deke? How many teams even today have a legit 7 footer that they can rely on? Lakers have 1.5 (Gasol, and Bynum is just like Yao), Magic have 2, but use only 1 and w**** the other one from the league, Boston has Kendrick Perkins. I mean hell when you have to refer to Kendrick Perkins as a 7 footer in the league that a team can depend on you know how shallow the center pool is. I don't think it is that easy to get a center, it would've been great to get one, but everything takes time, Rockets blew up their team to get Tmac, so they had Tmac, Yao and fillers, they slowly filled up their team, then the injuries started to get bad Tmac, then they found Artest, then the injuries started to get bad with Yao, I mean what can you do?
Only you want to win championships, no one else does. And only you have the formula for it. Dummy owner and GM don't get it.
I think the best question is WHO should the Rockets have gone after? And what should they have given up for him? (Please don't give a ESPN Trade Machine trade w/ Rafer + Picks, give a trade that both teams could actually have benefited from).
Traded battier and scola for stoudamire when they had the chance, that way melo would be forcing a trade her also.
