Originally Posted by
6warddude
he has a defensive coach so some of that falls on erman....and last season the team showed that they can play defense...defense is effort and thats on the players....the only turn over from last season team is payton and randal over rondo so we had the same team that shut the blazers down but i believe that when AD signed with rich paul, the players knew he was not going to be here and believed that he would be traded before the deadline and it was every man for themselves because some didnt know if they were going to be traded also so it was all about getting theirs with just padding the offensive stats........like i said, AD killed this playoff season because the same players were here that played good defense last season....randal was playing decent defense until things start falling apart......and if you give gentry the players he need,,he wins...
majority of people on this board has been saying that houston will loose in the first round because they dont play defense and those people has been proven wrong every time....defense is effort and houston was giving enough effort playing defense to win...thats on the players.........we was a top 4 scoring offensive team and that should of had us in the playoff race....i believe that the players knew before AD made his trade talk that he was leaving and they didnt care and was all about their selves and didnt care about defense because this same team was good and played defense last season.....the players get majority of the blame for the lack of defensive effort........gentry can win with the right players who care because he won last season and should have been in the playoffs this season......if he stays, just give him the right players who want to be here and we will have success....