Are you happy about Kevin McHale ?

the polls needs a "meh..." option.

 

exactly. i voted no. i'm not happy about it. i'm not really unhappy about it, either.

 

exactly!

 

indifferent.

 

were that the question posed, i'd tell you decidedly that my father told me to never trust "meat" sold at a price as low as taco bell sells meat.

but that wasn't the question...

i am very decidedly neither happy nor upset about the hiring of kevin mchale.

 

Count me in the "meh" crowd. I'm not happy with the pick, because I think there were better candidates considered, and even better candidates that were available, but not considered. I'm not unhappy, because I think McHale was about average as an NBA head coach. I predict that the Rockets will play to their ability level with him as head coach.

 

Same. "Meh" would have been my choice.

 

McHale makes me inhale. An unproven coach?? Really?? Maybe the Rockets need a coach that the management can control and manage so they can have a say on how the team is being run. But good luck with an unproven coach.

 

I don't understand how strong fans can feel "meh" about the coach.

I want to like the coach, and if I feel "meh" about him, that equates to a bad situation. If you are not psyched about the Rockets coach (as I am not psyched), then that sucks. Not happy!

 

I am 100% ambivalent.

Until we get some players, the coach doesn't make much difference.

I suppose if I had to vote yes or no, I'd go with no just because of the 86 Finals.

 

I wasn't upset when Adelman was let go. I'm pretty upset we're going with McHale, although, I've already lost interest in this incarnation of the Rockets as far as being contenders. I feel like we're back to the Francis/Mobley days where I'll watch, but its understood we don't have a chance. So, I'm not all that upset, simply because I don't think it matters.

McHale is a joke though. I was hoping a new coach would bring discipline and immediate identity, things Adelman was weak at, that didn't happen with this hiring. Now, not even the coach has a philosophical identity much less the team.

 

I won't know until they play some games.

 

I have never been as pessimistic about a season as I am about this one. I think this hire means we're gutting the team and tanking the season. We haven't had an outright tank job since I've been a fan. We've had bad seasons and seasons ruined by injury, but never a tank job. And, that's what I'm expecting.

 

Trust me, JV, you aren't going to enjoy it much.

 

Neither. There's isnt enough to judge him on...i want to hear him talk at the press conference first, at the very least.

 

I see this as a true turning point in the fortunes of the Rockets - one that does not bode well. Indeed: I find myself filled with a sense of foreboding as the worst is yet to come. I also see this as a decision made out of arrogance and hubris by the Rockets organization and in my experience, nothing good ever happens as a consequence. On a lighter note, I have had to shutoff my mobile as my friends who work at the Mavericks were overloading it "Ha Ha" text msgs and McHale's coaching record texts.

 

So we won't compete for how many more years? This guy is a guaranteed 20 wins every year and no more.