Kevin McHale has officially lost his chance at winning Coach of the Year after getting bounced in Houston for a 4-7 start. The Rockets reshuffled some things in the off-season, a slow start isn't necessarily unexpected, but the defense was abysmal, there's no leadership on the floor (telling ya: Harden and Howard are the two flakiest big stars in the league) and they've been flat pummeled a few times already. All of that adds up to a change getting made and its too early to start making trades so the coach is the fall guy.
Initially the buzz was that this firing was unfair because the team's bad start wasn't really his fault. He wasn't on my list of hot seat coaches this pre-season but he was on my list last year. McHale wasn't underrated this year, he was overrated last year: the Rockets overachieved last year and McHale got too much praise. We see this all the time (especially in football): a team makes the playoffs and the bad coach doesn't get fired because he suddenly looks competent. The team needs a breath of fresh air, not sure young Mr. Bickerstaff is the guy but I don't have any problem with McHale getting run out.
Is Bickerstaff the man of the future? Is Thibodeau the man for this team going forward? (I doubt it but his name will be brought up, I guarantee)
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