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glad you're on board, but I been on this boat since it left
Posted 18 April 2013 - 06:52 PM
rockets best fan you know I think you could be right and really only time will tell but time might prove you wrong as well. All the problems you list are effects from the causes in my opinion, I just cannot believe those things happen in a vacuum. I might be right and only time will tell. You call it blaming but I say it is cause and effect.
I agree time will bare out the results for some, but my mind is made up. I have seen enough to draw a conclusion.
you can only warn a man that the bridge is out.....if he keeps driving he's on his own 
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Posted 18 April 2013 - 06:53 PM
The other night you and several others were grousing that McHale wasn't being creative enough in his substitutions; rather he was just reacting to whatever lineups the Suns had on the floor. Then last night, as he has done on numerous occasions for a good part of the season (with mixed results) McHale subs in Delfino as our PF to match up with Gasol. If McHale's gamble had worked out, perhaps the Rockets would be preparing for a matchup against the Spurs. I can't imagine for a minute being in McHale's position looking down his bench for a PF substitution and all he's got are a bunch of rookies and a SG/SF to put in the game. As far as a backup for Asik, well that used to be Greg Smith before McHale was forced to start him as he has been the most effective PF lately. So you can't substitute Smith for Asik when they're both playing simultaneously. And in the 4th quarter of a closely contested game of all places at the Forum in LA, McHale had to choose between the bad choices of Delfino, Motiejunas or Robinson while giving Smith a breather.others can continue to give McHale all the excuses you want to.......to me bottom line is it doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure out delfino can't guard pau gasol. that was the dumbest move of the year. McHale was exposed last night and will continue to be exposed against OKC.
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Posted 18 April 2013 - 06:54 PM
If we are throwing opinions around on coaching than sure with an average coach we could have ended up with 40 wins and no playoffs and with a bad coach maybe 30 wins.
NO....we have a bad coach and got 45 wins. and average could have done 48 and the 6th position....a good coach....52
you can only warn a man that the bridge is out.....if he keeps driving he's on his own
Junior Member
Posted 18 April 2013 - 06:57 PM
how have we moved past that. it never left.
we could have easily won 5 other games this year with better coaching
Officer
Posted 18 April 2013 - 06:58 PM
Completely agree rocketrick and I like how you wrote The Forum, I almost did that on an earlier post.
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Posted 18 April 2013 - 06:58 PM
It's easy to make up things and say things that are unproveable. But you know, some people are glass is half empty folks while others are more optimistic and always consider the same glass as half full.NO....we have a bad coach and got 45 wins. and average could have done 48 and the 6th position....a good coach....52
glad you're on board, but I been on this boat since it left
Posted 18 April 2013 - 06:59 PM
@Rocketrick
that's the difference in our view. based on the talent we have..... once I had a good look at it...... I'm not surprise to be in the playoffs. what I am surprised at is being 8th
you can only warn a man that the bridge is out.....if he keeps driving he's on his own
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Posted 18 April 2013 - 07:00 PM
NO....we have a bad coach and got 45 wins. and average could have done 48 and the 6th position....a good coach....52
glad you're on board, but I been on this boat since it left
Posted 18 April 2013 - 07:00 PM
I will say it again.....you guys can give McHale all the excuses you want to. he gets no free pass in my book
you can only warn a man that the bridge is out.....if he keeps driving he's on his own
Junior Member
Posted 18 April 2013 - 07:01 PM
mchale is the coaching equivalent of ppat.
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Posted 18 April 2013 - 07:01 PM
NO....we have a bad coach and got 45 wins. and average could have done 48 and the 6th position....a good coach....52
This Rockets team a 52 win team, wow!
(my assessment is much more realistic: If we are throwing opinions around on coaching than sure with an average
coach we could have ended up with 40 wins and no playoffs and with a bad coach maybe 30 wins.)
glad you're on board, but I been on this boat since it left
Posted 18 April 2013 - 07:03 PM
This Rockets team a 50 win team, wow!
(my assessment muis much more realistic: If we are throwing opinions around on coaching than sure with an average
coach we could have ended up with 40 wins and no playoffs and with a bad coach maybe 30 wins.)
I think you underestimate the talent on this roster
you can only warn a man that the bridge is out.....if he keeps driving he's on his own
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Posted 18 April 2013 - 07:04 PM
@Rocketrick
that's the difference in our view. based on the talent we have..... once I had a good look at it...... I'm not surprise to be in the playoffs. what I am surprised at is being 8th
glad you're on board, but I been on this boat since it left
Posted 18 April 2013 - 07:10 PM
What talent? Talk about our CURRENT talent compared to other teams, not POTENTIAL. There are lottery teams with more CURRENT talent than we have.
who?
you can only warn a man that the bridge is out.....if he keeps driving he's on his own
Officer
Posted 18 April 2013 - 07:10 PM
I think you underestimate the talent on this roster
Fair enough and I would expect nothing less in our debate here but I just don't think there is that much talent that is proven yet on this team as presently constructed. Not to mention you can't just throw players together twice in a season and expect 50 plus wins. I believe the system maximized what is on the roster but in no way could this team have achieved 52 wins. This is not even a 50 win team.
Junior Member
Posted 18 April 2013 - 07:12 PM
For this season following three stood out. (I will not point out individual player weakness though)
- Rotation (very reactive and out-coached most of the time)
- ISO play (ISO are fine but doing too much when game was tight is no no)
- Lin usage (got benched whether he was hot or cold)
Veteran
Posted 18 April 2013 - 07:12 PM
Why so Serious? 
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Posted 18 April 2013 - 07:12 PM
those 2 phoenix games would look good right now in addition to the dallas game. point being I could go back and pull out at least 5-7 games that were lost on coaching
you can only warn a man that the bridge is out.....if he keeps driving he's on his own
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Posted 18 April 2013 - 07:15 PM
those 2 phoenix games would look good right now in addition to the dallas game. point being I could go back and pull out at least 5-7 games that were lost on coaching
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Posted 18 April 2013 - 07:18 PM
I could go back and pull 6 to 8 games they should've never won except that they rose to the challenge. This give and take happens in an NBA season, we both know that rockets best fan.
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