Pop is far too witty for some of those NO beat writers, I assume.
That's great. Barry's right about Pop; poor reporters .
Are you related to Jeff McDonald?
...or did you know him in high school?
Pop is far too witty for some of those NO beat writers, I assume.
Actually, Pop (4 NBA Championships from 1999-2007) is a whole lot like Chuck Noll was with the Pittsburgh Steelers (4 Super Bowl Championships from 1974-1980). Intensity, X's & O's, instilling the team concept and total prep for the opponent are hallmarks of excellent coaches. Chuck, like Pop could/can be both scary and funny with the media but, both could/can only put up with so much media stupidity before ending the interview. Let's just hope that Pop gets one more ring & trophy this year to top Noll's 4.
pop pops pop.
so pops a in interviews and somehow manages to come across as a comedic genius to spurs fans? pretty great humor.
Depends on your humor sensibilities.
He's pretty much an ass (especially on ESPN's inside track stuff)
But those examples can test anyone's patience. He's just one of those 'cut-the-bull ' kinda guys. Pop's got a dry wit, that some can appreciate but he's not the most charismatic guy .
Some people bring it upon themselves though, (stupid questions, etc.)
Pop is great. I love his answers in Interviews.
he would have given jack a run for his money in playing col. nathan jessep.
That's awesome!
I love Pop, thats hilarious.
hey you have taken my picture with Da pop', it was in france for the weding of TP & eva...lol
Pop>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>Theus
Exactly, I always love the "during the game" interveiws. Some of the answers are priceless.
You can put Pop in the same interveiw catagory as Bill Parcells and Bobby Knight.
I love to watch interviews with Pop. He comes up with some really great lines. Someone should put together a montage of all time greatest Pop interviews.
seconded
There's been a lot of criticism of Pop for sticking with a game 1 & 2 game plan -- having Bruce cover CP3 most of the time -- that was solid, only for two things: Timmy has obviously been under the weather, and Manu has been playing at only about 80% because of ankle (plus -- let's hand it to the Hornets, they were on a roll). Lest anyone forget, the Spurs play an ultimate example of team D, based upon the principle of funneling ball handlers directly into the team's nine-time all-NBA defensive player. In other words, no matter how good Bruce's one-on-one perimeter D is, it doesn't work if the big guy behind you is suffering from the flu.
That said, game 3 was obviously different not only because Manu started and Bruce had Peja covered, but also because Tim was obviously more energetic and active in the paint. But the way I look at it, no way West and Peja would have gotten into such great rhythms in the first two games if the Spurs were full strength.
Tomorrow's game, presumably the Spurs will be much readier physically. I can see Pop playing it safe in the beginning, continuing the same strategy that helped them blow the Hornets apart in the second half of game 3. Nevertheless, I'll stick to my guns by saying that Pop's strategy was sound in the first two games, but it wouldn't have mattered what they did because Timmy was so weak.
The great thing about the Spurs, of course, is they make no excuses. If the Hornets win tomorrow, it will be because they earned it. But chances are, they will find that the Spurs led by a fully recovered Duncan are a way different team than the one they've seen in the first three games.
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my favorite quote from Pop to Craig Sager:
"How can you wear that suit and call yourself a professional?"
That was so funny! Pop's a riot and I don't feel sorry for those guys at all. I get this same type of treatment at work, too. I find myself repeating things at work regularly. It's like "didn't they hear me the first time or even the second?" People are so concerned with what they are doing that they fail to pay attention to what's going on around them.
God help these reporters if he gets an Abe Lemons sense of humor to go with his sarcasm. Now that man was truly hilarious.
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I love how Pops handles the media.
I'm waiting for Pop to hit us with an epic one liner...something that will go down in the history books. A little "they are who we thought they were!" would be nice.
"...and we let 'em off the hook!"
isn't that the reason why Pop conducts pre-interview postgame comments to answer the obvious questions in the first place?
Here's some more great humor from Pop.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iE3PkC5wwS0
Tonight in the postgame, something very similar to this happened to Tony. One of the first questions was asking about the experience factor. Tony answered the question completely. Two questions later, another reporter asks the exact same freakin' question.
Tony is learning from Pop by his reaction:
http://boss.streamos.com/wmedia/nba/...sas_080511.asx
I already answered that sorry
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