Kevin McHale agrees to deal with Rockets

cb1115 · Post #1 » by **cb1115** » Fri May 27, 2011 5:20 pm

WojYahooNBA Adrian Wojnarowski
The Houston Rockets have reached a deal with Kevin McHale to become the franchise's head coach, league sources tell Y! Sports.

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MaxRider · Post #2 » by **MaxRider** » Fri May 27, 2011 5:22 pm

Hello Coach McHale

BooRadley · Post #3 » by **BooRadley** » Fri May 27, 2011 5:23 pm

Shaq, Kenny and Charles is gonna be hilarious next year.

JasonStern · Post #4 » by **JasonStern** » Fri May 27, 2011 5:27 pm

fire adelman to hire mchale? hopefully now houston fans will drop the "daryl morey is the best gm ever" mantra...

lemons321 · Post #5 » by **lemons321** » Fri May 27, 2011 5:28 pm

I was kind of enjoying McHale on the mic this year too

good for him though. Hope he does well there.

x- · Post #6 » by x- » Fri May 27, 2011 5:29 pm

JasonStern wrote:fire adelman to hire mchale? hopefully now houston fans will drop the "daryl morey is the best gm ever" mantra...

schneiderjazz · Post #7 » by **schneiderjazz** » Fri May 27, 2011 5:39 pm

I think he'll surprise people.

Blazing_royale · Post #8 » by **Blazing_royale** » Fri May 27, 2011 5:43 pm

wasn't he a bad gm for the wolves?

Jugs · Post #9 » by **Jugs** » Fri May 27, 2011 5:44 pm

eh there are worse coaches out there

druggas · Post #10 » by **druggas** » Fri May 27, 2011 5:47 pm

I see this as a downgrade.

defjux21 · Post #11 » by **defjux21** » Fri May 27, 2011 5:50 pm

druggas wrote:I see this as a downgrade.

Rockets are a young team in rebuild mode. McHale makes a lot of sense since he works well with young players in that kind of environment.

Adelman wants to win now, so the Rockets weren't the best fit for him career wise.

JasonStern · Post #12 » by **JasonStern** » Fri May 27, 2011 5:56 pm

x- wrote:
JasonStern wrote:fire adelman to hire mchale? hopefully now houston fans will drop the "daryl morey is the best gm ever" mantra...

I guess we'll see. adelman has a 1561-945 record coaching, including a .503 record in the playoffs, 2 nba finals, 2 western conference finals, and 4 conference semifinals under his belt in 20 seasons. mchale has... a 38-105 record coaching. not sure how houston fans view that as a win, but as a fan of another western conference team - congrats!

Blazing_royale wrote:wasn't he a bad gm for the wolves?

bad gm, bad commentator, but his coaching skills weren't that bad given the talent his GM (also mchale) acquired. :roll:

bullsnewdynasty · Post #13 » by **bullsnewdynasty** » Fri May 27, 2011 5:58 pm

Anyone know the latest word on Yao?

LarsV8 · Post #14 » by **LarsV8** » Fri May 27, 2011 6:03 pm

Rockets have the coach they want already in Bill Finch, but he isn't ready for the NBA.

McHale is a good interim choice because he can work with Thabeet, Jordan Hill and Patrick Patterson to develop their games. There are rumors out there that we are interested in moving up to nab Kanter, so if true, it makes more sense.

I love Adelman, his offensive system is fantastic, but he was not very good at player development and winning at all costs is not really a good plan anymore for us. The 14th pick in the draft two years running is not a good place to be.

I can stand behind this.

funkatron101 · Post #15 » by **funkatron101** » Fri May 27, 2011 6:14 pm

McHale should do fine. Each time he took over as coach for the Wolves, their record improved. I'm surprised that he agreed, the reason why he had short coaching stints with the Wolves is because he said he didn't like the traveling schedule to coach long-term.

doctorfunk · Post #16 » by **doctorfunk** » Fri May 27, 2011 6:58 pm

good that means my friend Scola will get touches on the low block for sure!

H-town · Post #17 » by **H-town** » Fri May 27, 2011 7:02 pm

doctorfunk wrote:good that means my friend Scola will get touches on the low block for sure!

that means bye bye Scola

GopherIt! · Post #18 » by **GopherIt!** » Fri May 27, 2011 9:07 pm

Heeee's baaaack! :rofl:

Guy986 · Post #19 » by **Guy986** » Fri May 27, 2011 9:11 pm

All part of Morey's masterplan.

ComeAtMeBro · Post #20 » by **ComeAtMeBro** » Fri May 27, 2011 9:12 pm

So I guess the Rockets are in full-scale rebuilding mode; player development, losing, overall rebuilding.