Why is the media making McHale such a big sympathetic figure in all this?

[Gil Scott-Heroin]

My opinion on this situation will not divert without the assistance of time passed to alter it.

Like i said, give the situation more time. Its never easy to remedy a situation with a coaching change DURING the season

It's been 42 games. That's enough time to see the REAL issues, issues that would've existed if McHale was the coach or not.

 

[Tha_Mac]

Y'all are legitimate trash. You were supposed to be title contenders and you're just outright not even remotely close.

People wanted to say that Warriors got lucky last year cause of the injuries when in reality it was the Rockets. Rockets benefited from Leonard missing time, allowing Spurs to lose some games mid-season that gave the Rockets enough of an edge to get the 2nd seed(plus that final loss Spurs took). Rockets benefited from Thunder being injured all season, which stopped them from getting that 2nd seed.

This team really ain't shyt.

This coming from a Lakers fan . Gonna suck for you next season when Kobe gone but let me guess you'll probably have a Steph Curry avi at this time next year.

 

[Gil Scott-Heroin]

McHale's a great coach now?

Who said this?

 

[KOBE]

This coming from a Lakers fan . Gonna suck for you next season when Kobe gone but let me guess you'll probably have a Steph Curry avi at this time next year.

I joined in 2014 when the Lakers were already bad and named myself Kobe and you're trying to say I'll jump ship.

 

[Gil Scott-Heroin]

Seems like Terry agrees with me, @who_better_than_me you ready to take your L?

 

[Gil Scott-Heroin]

@who_better_than_me BUBUBUBUT MCHALE'S THE ONE TO BLAME.

 

[Gil Scott-Heroin]

@who_better_than_me look at what Lowry said about McHale's coaching -

I

"I don’t want to hear this shyt at all.”

That’s what was going through my head. It was late in the 2011-12 season. I was with the Houston Rockets, and we were in Denver playing the Nuggets. Kevin McHale was talking to me during the game, but I don’t really remember what he said because I was tuning him out. There were a few other incidents like it that year. I remember a film session where he called me out, and I didn’t like it. Moments where my mindset became, Damn, this might not work out.

McHale’s coaching style is exactly like his playing style: hard-nosed, rugged, up in your face. It’s aboutteam, team, team, and doing whatever it takes to be the best teammate possible. He pushed each player hard to make his team the best. But I didn’t know how to interpret his style. I didn’t understand his philosophy.

Which sucks, because he was only trying to help me become a better player.

If I had allowed him to coach me, things could have worked in Houston.

In the summer of 2014, before I re-signed with the Toronto Raptors, I visited the Rockets as a free agent. It was a typical free agent meeting. Daryl Morey, Houston’s general manager, explained the team’s goals and how it could work out having me back. They tried to sell me on the organization, like every team does.

But I also made sure to apologize to Coach McHale. During my time with him, I was immature. I didn’t handle things the right way.

Looking back, the issue wasn’t even about Coach McHale, really. My frustration was from losing Rick Adelman, whom Coach McHale replaced during the offseason before my last year in Houston. I had grown to trust Rick with every call, and just as importantly, it felt like he trusted me from the start. When I was traded from Memphis to Houston in 2009, he played me 15 minutes in my first game, even though I’d been with the team less than 24 hours. Rick was just a laid-back coach who let players learn on their own and coached them when they needed to be coached. There were definitely expectations, but generally, he let me figure out how to meet those expectations.

Growing Pains | By Kyle Lowry

Maybe if Harden and the others actually allowed McHale to coach them.....

 

[Victim of Racism]

This isn't front page news. Not even on ESPN homepage news.

McHale throwing D12 and Harden under the bus is at the bottom of the screen when you watch games.

 

[Kang Deezy]

it's harden.

close thread

 

[Victim of Racism]

mark jackson did more with less? his team reached won the finals the year after he left with almost no major upgrade on the roster.

y'all cry about mark jackson too much when he alienated his assistances and not even all his players liked him. he held it against players that didn't want to do his church shyt.

mark isn't and wasn't that great of a coach. monty got screwed though. his roster was constantly injured and he still had them winning games. same issues this year and they're 1-10.

You prove his point when you mention that there was "no major upgrade the roster". Kerr inherited an elite team that didn't have to play anyone in the playoffs (a depleted Pelicans, depleted Cavs, and a washed D12). Jackson got them to beat stacked teams in their own buildings (the Miami Heat's big 3), prompting people to call them "stacked" (Splash Brothers and at the time Lee, which most saw as a Big 3), "contenders" (because of solid defense), etc, repeatedly (titles they had never been given) because they were playing elite basketball on both ends (I can post quotes too; they got these titles under Jackson). Mark is largely responsible for the contracts Klay and Draymond got and the 1 Curry will get, getting people to place a lot of expectations on them, turning Curry, Klay, and Draymond into All-Stars, etc. Klay couldn't even play defense before Jackson. He developed them so well, that literally 2 rookie coaches (Kerr and Walton) were able to have a lot of success with them.

 

[Victim of Racism]

'Cause racism.

 

[Victim of Racism]

nikka is a compulsive flopper that the reason nikkas cant stand him. Some post that gif of him and lebron

He learned his flopping from Lj and everyone loves him.

 

[street heat]

it's harden.

close thread

hes going to get the blame since he takes the most shots.....but the rockets arent that talented IMO

 

[DonKnock]

Nobody gives a fukk about the Rockets enough to hate them.

Seems like Terry agrees with me, @who_better_than_me you ready to take your L?

@who_better_than_me BUBUBUBUT MCHALE'S THE ONE TO BLAME.

@who_better_than_me look at what Lowry said about McHale's coaching -


Maybe if Harden and the others actually allowed McHale to coach them.....

Except you fakkit?

 

[Gil Scott-Heroin]

Except you fakkit?

The argument is about whether or not McHale was the main problem. Keep making a fool of yourself.