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Jeff Van Gundy 

Post#1 » by RazorJordan32 » Thu Nov 20, 2008 7:49 pm

Could he be like and assistant coach or something

idk can he be a defensive specialist?

most people on the rockets and fans seem to like him
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Post#2 » by MaxRider » Thu Nov 20, 2008 8:10 pm

razorjordan32 wrote:Could he be like and assistant coach or something

idk can he be a defensive specialist?

most people on the rockets and fans seem to like him


fans like him?
you better read some posts from 2-4 years ago
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Post#3 » by PocketRockets » Thu Nov 20, 2008 8:33 pm

From the sound of it last night, he likes broadcasting. Plus it'd be really hard to go from head coach to assistant coach, especially when he could probably be a head coach with other teams.
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Post#4 » by Iggyemu » Fri Nov 21, 2008 1:13 am

It was love/hate with JVG. The doom and gloom thing was annoying and probably rubbed off on some fans like myself. And his play calling where he only ran 3 plays was a pain. But I don't think anyone knew this Rocket team or is better prepared to coach them right now than JVG is. Unfortunately...the health was never there to get a high enough seed. The talent was never there to finish off Dallas...and McGrady just didn't make the plays in game 6 of the 07 Utah series that would have enabled JVG to keep his job. Its funny..b/c this team is very much constructed to play for JVG.
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Post#5 » by TMU » Fri Nov 21, 2008 2:34 am

It will disrespectful to offer such position to a renown coach such as JVG.
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Post#6 » by PocketRockets » Fri Nov 21, 2008 3:54 pm

Iggyemu wrote:It was love/hate with JVG. The doom and gloom thing was annoying and probably rubbed off on some fans like myself. And his play calling where he only ran 3 plays was a pain. But I don't think anyone knew this Rocket team or is better prepared to coach them right now than JVG is. Unfortunately...the health was never there to get a high enough seed. The talent was never there to finish off Dallas...and McGrady just didn't make the plays in game 6 of the 07 Utah series that would have enabled JVG to keep his job. Its funny..b/c this team is very much constructed to play for JVG.


I totally agree with you Iggy and would like to add that this team was not just constructed to play for JVG, but constructed to play defense. JVG is just the first name that comes up when u think of a defensive coach. Any coach that cares a hoot about defense could get this team to be a top 1 or 2 defensive team and that's why I don't like Adelman's style right now. He'll learn soon enough when we're .500 or below that he needs to focus on aspects that these guys are good at (defense, half court sets that work) and stop trying to turn us into the Houston Kings.
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Post#7 » by Baller 24 » Fri Nov 21, 2008 4:14 pm

Great defensive systems....bad offensive systems.
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Post#8 » by the light » Tue Nov 25, 2008 3:19 am

that boy could coach...look who played on his last team...they cant get in now or are out of the league...john lucas, vspan, jhoward, deke, kirk snyder, chuck hayes, luther head, steve novak etc...that team sucked and they still won 52 games!!!!!!!!!!!!

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