"DON'T BELIEVE THE HYPE!!!"

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With the selection of Kevin McHale as the new head coach of the Houston Rockets, many are left wondering is the “hype” enough to propel the team to a level whereby they are now a team to either be feared on the court or they can now become high contenders for the 2012 championship.  As we can see with this year’s championship results, hype does not win championships!!

At the end of last season, we saw how LeBron James defected from the Cleveland Cavaliers to the Miami Heat in pursuit of the ring and the media hyped up the new Miami Heat alliance of Dwyane Wade, LeBron James and Chris Bosh.

Although I am not a Mavericks fan, but when you think about it, this is about the only way this NBA season should have played out. This whole despicable episode of Miami trying to corner the market on top players in an effort to snatch a championship was an embarrassment from the start. It’s not that any team with money shouldn’t try to use it to get a good core group of players, but the way it went down from the beginning was just plain trifling.


The arrogance of LeBron was totally inexcusable.  He snubbed his nose at competitors and taunted any fan who jeered at him with remarks like ''they have to wake up tomorrow and have the same life they had before.”  It is not only silly, but it’s juvenile.  Where is his PR rep?  I guess after waking up Monday morning his life was the same life as before.


Well, with the “loss of the ring”, he got his nose rubbed in it and maybe, just maybe, he has learned a bit of something called humility.  That may be wishful thinking on my part, but if his behavior continues, he will have to learn his lessons the hard way!!  The longer this goes on, the longer it will take him to win a championship, and it’s only going to get worse.  I would suggest that he stop believing the hype and get back to attacking the basket, driving the lane and commanding a game that really matters.


Rockets please take note! Pull your resources together and get a core team that the Houston fans can embrace as a viable contender in this league.  Don't believe the hype!!  

Sources:
http://boochiereview.com/lebron-with-scathing-remarks-after-the-game-lebron-is-a-jerk/




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"MCHALE TO THE CHIEF"

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 GM Daryl Morey, aka Project Manager of the Houston Rockets, has hired the new chief of the Houston Rockets.  Kevin McHale, former NBA Boston Celtics star, former GM executive of the Minnesota Timberwolves, who was twice forced into an interim coaching role at Minnesota, and has won three NBA crowns in the 1980’s during his 13-season career with the Celtics, is now the Head Coach of the Houston Rockets, a team that has been rebuilding since the days of Hakeem Olajuwon and Clyde Drexler.  His deal with the Rockets is for three years with a team option for a fourth season.

 "In a league in which 30 teams are competing for one prize, you have to differentiate yourself somehow,” Morey says.  But can a Morey/McHale combination be the right blend to find the right mix?  Well, with the right execution I believe they can once again find the chemistry on the court. If they can recruit the talents needed and can successfully work together, it looks like an awesome future for the league. Although it is more of a high-risk and potentially high-reward thing, given that the current Rockets team is not considered a high contender, a little risk is warranted.

McHale has a good feel for the game and he tends to be more of a big-picture guy rather than detail-oriented which is the total contrast to GM Daryl Morey.  McHale is not the type to be a puppet and will most likely approach this as an opportunity to coach a younger, up-and-coming team while benefitting from getting their input. 

I truly hope that Morey will not interject his past philosophies on how to put together the coaching staff as well as the actual coaching of the team and instead trust McHale to make the decisions necessary to turn this Rocket’s franchise around.  It’s time for a new era of Rockets basketball!!

Although, the hiring of McHale may be seen to some as an unpopular move because many feel McHale is being groomed to take over for Morey once he moves on to investment banking, which is his real career, the head coach is still the key to mesh everything together in a coherent system.

The good news is that GM Daryl Morey is a risk taker and will not quit until he gets the ultimate prize ~ the championship!! Why not? Life=Risk!!  As a Rockets fan, I really want to see the league succeed in the 2011-12 season, however, it remains to be seen.  If all goes well, the fans will be chanting:

"ALL "HALE" TO THE CHIEF!!!"

SOURCES

http://www.nba.com/2011/news/features/steve_aschburner/05/31/rockets-mchale/

http://sports.espn.go.com/espnmag/story?section=magazine&id=3658571

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