Mailbag: Why so hard on JVG? Charley Rosen / Special to FOXSports.com Posted: 15 hours ago I really do appreciate your opinions, but I was wondering why so many of your posts on Jeff Van Gundy and the Rockets are negative. I get the impression that you have something personal against JVG. — Jimmy D, Houston I think Van Gundy is doing an exceptional job in keeping the Rockets competitive while Yao Ming heals. However, throughout his coaching career (and probably more so in New York than in Houston), he has proved to be incredibly devious, manipulative, arrogant and not always as honest as he fervently claims to be. Ask Ernie Grunfeld (among others) just how much of a ruthless politician Van Gundy really is. Good coaches certainly don't have to qualify for sainthood, i.e, Bobby Knight, but while there's much about Van Gundy's coaching prowess to admire, his modus operandi is not always worthy of respect.
