Houston Rockets: FOUR Reasons Why Everyone Is At Fault

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Jan 14, 2015; Orlando, FL, USA; Houston Rockets center Dwight Howard (12) and guard James Harden (13) talk against the Orlando Magic during the second quarter at Amway Center. Mandatory Credit: Kim Klement-USA TODAY Sports /

I don’t think it can be overlooked that in the Rockets time of need the front office has hung them out to dry. Something had to be done, not necessarily radical, but the Rockets needed a player to come off the bench and make an impact for this team. Sadly, no deal was forthcoming, so the Rockets’ decline shouldn’t be too shocking for anyone who watches this team.

I will admit I bought into their new direction and united front approach they wanted to execute after the break, but it turns out that was nothing but idle chit-chat.

The Rockets have now lost six of their last eight games and somehow are still holding in the 8th seed — if the playoffs started today — boy, am I excited for the Golden State Warriors to complete a clean 7-0 sweep of the Rockets this season!

You can obviously denote my sarcasm here.

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My lack of optimism for this team comes from a complete lack of faith in the coaching staff. This may not be completely true but it sounds dramatic right? I think JB is an outstanding guy and he has the skills to become a very talented and well like coach in the future, so don’t take it personally when I say he is not the right man for the job.

JB has been found out in his rookie season and I am astounded by the fact that our defensive coach became our head coach because our defense was putrid. Try saying that 5 times quickly.

Bickerstaff’s rotations are horrible. He leaves players that are playing poorly in for too long (Jones, Brewer, Smith) and refuses to play the players that do make an impact (McDaniels and Harrell). He has no offensive scheme aside from continuing McHale’s work and the defense has not improved one iota.

I hate our switch everything defense!

In reality, the firing of McHale was nothing but a token gesture — J.B. is just another puppet working for the same regime that pulls the strings in the Rockets’ front office.

I do feel bad for Bickerstaff as he seems to have drawn the short straw in that he is dealing with a whole lot of issues in that locker room but he has his own flaws. He sticks with lineups that aren’t working for too long and really doesn’t change from his set rotation times. If a player is performing poorly, bench him! It’s Coaching 101 and Bickerstaff just seems to ignore the common sense solution to problems.

I’m not sure how J.B. can recover from calling the same group of guys that are still there a broken team and still be around in October in a head coach role.

So what’s the fix?

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