Woj - Rockets fire Kevin McHale

Flannerz · Post #1 » by **Flannerz** » Wed Nov 18, 2015 2:59 pm

[tweet]https://twitter.com/WojYahooNBA/status/666993842311315456[/tweet]

aussiewill · Post #2 » by **aussiewill** » Wed Nov 18, 2015 3:00 pm

As per Woj via Twitter, fired!

aussiewill · Post #3 » by **aussiewill** » Wed Nov 18, 2015 3:02 pm

[tweet]https://twitter.com/WojYahooNBA/status/666993842311315456[/tweet]

Green89 · Post #4 » by **Green89** » Wed Nov 18, 2015 3:02 pm

damn, 1 year after getting them to the WCF?? Doesn't seem like it's his fault. Harden's FG% has nothing to do with the coach, and neither does Ty Lawson or Howard stinking up the court.

matt6715 · Post #5 » by **matt6715** » Wed Nov 18, 2015 3:03 pm

Didn't see THAT coming.

Lebrizzy · Post #6 » by **Lebrizzy** » Wed Nov 18, 2015 3:04 pm

fivecardstud14 · Post #7 » by **fivecardstud14** » Wed Nov 18, 2015 3:04 pm

Any guesses on who the new head coach will be? Surely Morey has someone in mind to do this.

Post #8 » by **heat4life** » Wed Nov 18, 2015 3:04 pm

Interesting, especially after a "players-only" meeting was held. Who will replace him?

aussiewill · Post #9 » by **aussiewill** » Wed Nov 18, 2015 3:04 pm

Writing on the wall after the players only meeting...

[tweet]https://twitter.com/WojYahooNBA/status/666994875406147584[/tweet]

JXL · Post #10 » by **JXL** » Wed Nov 18, 2015 3:05 pm

BIG WOJBOMB!

Will Thibs be tagged now?

Liqourish · Post #11 » by **Liqourish** » Wed Nov 18, 2015 3:05 pm

#scapegoat

Post #12 » by **ken6199** » Wed Nov 18, 2015 3:05 pm

McHale tries to bench Harden.
Harden gets upset.
Harden asks for a new coach.
Morey fires McHale.
Harden = Houston hero.

- multiple sauces

Cavs0623 · Post #13 » by **Cavs0623** » Wed Nov 18, 2015 3:06 pm

seems like a major overreaction

Side beard · Post #14 » by **Side beard** » Wed Nov 18, 2015 3:06 pm

Who is going to replace him?

chrismikayla · Post #15 » by **chrismikayla** » Wed Nov 18, 2015 3:06 pm

Shocked especially this early. Had the players tuned him out?

EntropyPR · Post #16 » by **EntropyPR** » Wed Nov 18, 2015 3:07 pm

For all who are saying it isn't his fault, it is, Mchale is a **** coach.

skones · Post #17 » by **skones** » Wed Nov 18, 2015 3:08 pm

WOW Seems like a huge overreaction.

Post #18 » by **heat4life** » Wed Nov 18, 2015 3:08 pm

ken6199 wrote:McHale tries to bench Harden.
Harden gets upset.
Harden asks for a new coach.
Morey fires McHale.
Harden = Houston hero.

- multiple sauces

Your theory has been confirmed by the one and only...

Green89 · Post #19 » by **Green89** » Wed Nov 18, 2015 3:10 pm

I bet the final straw was McHale asking Harden to play some defense.

Cuban_Linx · Post #20 » by **Cuban_Linx** » Wed Nov 18, 2015 3:12 pm

I always thought Houston was one of the most freestyling, least organized contenders I've seen in the last couple of years, but I'm not sure how firing McHale is gonna solve that. It's just the way that team seems to be constructed. They literally throw a bunch of talent together, tell them to either shoot 3s or get to the basket and run the other team into oblivion. They live and die with Harden's ability to create 40 or 50 points on a daily basis. Basically exactly what you'd expect from Morey's vision.

If anything this is more on Morey than on McHale in my opinion.