Your favorite Popovich Moments / Comments, etc.

[Yorae]

Got the idea from Pop and Hill thread. It's up to you whether it's during games or off the court, classic article comments or interviews.

Mine, well one of my favorites was when he did that HEB commercial, some people find it really terrible, but I was very surprised they actually made him do just that...

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[KaiRMD1]

This one is definitely one of my faves: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KFU-wXsRhic.

Then when they asked him how do you stop Kobe Bryant and he just said "I have no idea"

[sprrs]

The thumbs up to Shaq in game #1 this season has to be up there.

[baseline bum]

When Terry Porter hit him in the nuts with a pass and dropped him, live on NBC at Utah.

[Andy25]

Everything he does that drives Spurstalk posters crazy. :)

In fact I just love it when he trolls anyone like sitting the big 3 and Finely at Denver.

[EricB]

During the 2003 Finals Pop tells Duncan about a play they've been trying to run he says "Maybe if I change the name you'll get it"
Duncan "I still won't run it right"

One of my favorite things he says though is "get over yourself" its been pretty much the Spurs mantra from day 1.

[Kori Ellis]

My favorite Pop moment was in postgame interviews in 2006 (I think). The press had asked a couple dumb questions and Pop said, "Doesn't anybody have anything interesting to ask?" I said, "Do you think Manu should grow his hair back long?" Pop thought it was hysterical. And then we went back and forth in a chuckling question/answer about the power of Manu's hair.

[EJFischer]

To Manu: "If I put you back in the game, are you going to act anything like a normal human being?"

[Yorae]

To Manu: "If I put you back in the game, are you going to act anything like a normal human being?"

Oh yah I kinda remember that, LOL.

[timvp]

Pop's shots at players are always memorable . . .

"Kidd would have made that pass and come down and gotten that rebound." - Pop to Parker in the 2003-04 season after the Kidd fiasco.

"Last year we had someone not listen to instructions and that cost us the season so we need to be sharp." - Pop in 2006-07 training camp giving a not so subtle dig to Manu about the Dirk foul.

[EricB]

I believe in 05 press conference against Detroit after game 5 he was asked how he did this how he did that and he just replied with "They play the game, I don't have a clue what the hell I'm doing" :lol

[EricB]

Pop's shots at players are always memorable . . .

"Kidd would have made that pass and come down and gotten that rebound." - Pop to Parker in the 2003-04 after the Kidd fiasco.

"Last year we had someone not listen to instructions and that cost us the season so we need to be sharp." - Pop in 2006-07 training camp giving a not so subtle dig to Manu about the Dirk foul.

:lmao

I forgot about that.

The COM had a freaking fit.

[PM5K]

My fav is the one is my sig...

[THE SIXTH MAN]

In 05 det-san series.

steve javie asks pop or makes a comment about how great it was to be apart of that game..pop replies "its just a basketball game". :lmao

[stéphane]

"Last year we had someone not listen to instructions and that cost us the season so we need to be sharp." - Pop in 2006-07 training camp giving a not so subtle dig to Manu about the Dirk foul.

:wow A kick in the balls would have been more pleasant I reckon.

[baseline bum]

Come on; I can't be the only one who remembers Pop dropping like a fly and the whole team clowning him after he got hit in the nuts when he wasn't paying attention to Porter. :lol

[EricB]

Come on; I can't be the only one who remembers Pop dropping like a fly and the whole team clowning him after he got hit in the nuts when he wasn't paying attention to Porter. :lol


Dropped like a rock. A very young Mike Bud turning away and hiding his face :lmao

[EricB]

In 05 det-san series.

steve javie asks pop or makes a comment about how great it was to be apart of that game..pop replies "its just a basketball game". :lmao

But saying it with dryness and seeming serious :lol

[Rapper]

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He is the best coach in NBA history

the most impressive thing to me on Pop is that he played joke on Shaq

[Dingle Barry]

To Manu: "If I put you back in the game, are you going to act anything like a normal human being?"

Mine as well.

[BWS-1994]

"We were older than dirt"

"We're not going to make a trade. We're not looking for a savior. It's right there in this room."

- 2007

[Manufan909]

Yorae with the explosion!!!!!!!!!!!:hat

[SpurSupremacist]

Delete this post. It makes you mad.

[Kori Ellis]

Delete this post. It makes you mad.

You can either stop posting in this thread, or stop posting at SpursTalk. That's up to you.

[SpurSupremacist]

You can either stop posting in this thread, or stop posting at SpursTalk. That's up to you.

Doesn't really matter much to me, to be honest with you. I lol'd though.

[m33p0]

"Who are you guys?"

[Kori Ellis]

Doesn't really matter much to me, to be honest with you. I lol'd though.

Good decision.

[Manufan909]

"Tim tried to renegotiate his contract, so I had to sit him."

[50Bestspurever]

1.Convincing us nonbelievers (myself and a lot of people included) to believe in what he was doing after firing bob hill.
2.Convincing Tim (the alpha and the omega) Duncan to stay with San Antonio and telling Orlando and his friend Grant Hill to fuck off.

[timaios]

Pop teaches Horry how to take a charge !!!

June 10, 2007 NBA Finals Game 2 : Cleveland Cavaliers at San Antonio Spurs.

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"That's all I could do," Popovich said, remembering his athletic days at the Air Force Academy. "That's the best thing I could do as a player is fall down."

"I was so scared," said Horry, who had five blocks, five points and nine rebounds in 26 minutes Sunday. "I was like, 'Please don't be hurt, please don't be hurt.' But he jumped up fast; that shows you how tough he is."

Horry, whom Popovich called "our star" Sunday, has been here before.

Next time, Horry has some advice for his coach.

"Get out of my way," he joked. "Just jump up, jump up on the scorer's table, a la Steve Nash."

http://img6.imageshack.us/img6/4142/popteacheshorryhowtotakwi3.jpg

:lmao:lmao:lmao

[Manufan909]

Horry has Jazz hands in that pic.:lmao

[boutons_]

Pop's the league's biggest flopper.

Now we know were Tony learned to turn every fall into a reverse moon.

[Manufan909]

Hey b, is it hard to be a sarcastic jerk every other time you log in?

[Actually]

they are physically kicking our ass

[sonic21]

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I also remember in another game Sager was asking him a few dumb questions and he left in the end without answering the last question, TNT cut that part.

[jdev82]

craig saiger: how do you feel about the game?
pop: not great.
cs: how do you slow it down?
pop: i dont know.
cs: but you're gonna find out?
pop: yeah.

[jdev82]

either "hes manu ginobili", or the dry smile thats always half on his lips when hes making some bogus joke in mockery of the interviewers

[2slowman]

"I asked them if it wasn't too much trouble, if I wasn't being too pushy, if they could execute what we were trying to do. And if it didn't make them too angry, if they also wanted to play some defense on the other end, that would be great."

Some post game interview where the Spurs really picked it up in the second half. I don't recall the game, but it was a fab quote.

[YoMamaIsCallin]

"Expect nothing. Ask for nothing."

Allegedly written on the team's whiteboard during a playoff series.

[spurs_fan_in_exile]

When Terry Porter hit him in the nuts with a pass and dropped him, live on NBC at Utah.

I don't know if I saw it live, but in one of the Spurs championship editions of SI they mention that it got used in a film session following a rough loss. Pop had the video guys put together a reel of defensive miscues and problems. The final part of it consisted of a black screen with the words, "And always stay alert" or "Always keep your hands up" or something along those lines, followed by a slo-mo replay of Pop catching the ball in his nuts.

2007 Parade - "We kicked ass."

Upon being asked for the millionth time about the Spurs future point guard during the 2003 off season - "Well, point guard is a very important position on a basketball team, so I think we will continue to have one next season."

[m33p0]

pop is the champion of deadpan comments. :lol

[BG_Spurs_Fan]

"I asked them if it wasn't too much trouble, if I wasn't being too pushy, if they could execute what we were trying to do. And if it didn't make them too angry, if they also wanted to play some defense on the other end, that would be great."

Some post game interview where the Spurs really picked it up in the second half. I don't recall the game, but it was a fab quote.

2005 Finals Game 1, when the Pistons lead 17:4, or something similar.

[Summers]

"I asked them if it wasn't too much trouble, if I wasn't being too pushy, if they could execute what we were trying to do. And if it didn't make them too angry, if they also wanted to play some defense on the other end, that would be great."

Some post game interview where the Spurs really picked it up in the second half. I don't recall the game, but it was a fab quote.

:lol That's the one I was going to post. And then when Duncan came to the podium, someone asked him about Pop politely asking them to play better and Tim said, "That's what he calls polite?"

[Creation88]

he's Manu Ginobili.

[baseline bum]

I don't know if I saw it live, but in one of the Spurs championship editions of SI they mention that it got used in a film session following a rough loss. Pop had the video guys put together a reel of defensive miscues and problems. The final part of it consisted of a black screen with the words, "And always stay alert" or "Always keep your hands up" or something along those lines, followed by a slo-mo replay of Pop catching the ball in his nuts.


:lmao

The funniest part of it was how the whole Delta Center began to laugh for a second, and then all held their breath at once once as the whole arena pictured taking that pass themselves. You could hear a pin drop on the broadcast in that brief period. The only other time I can remember hearing a whole arena gasp like that was game 5 in Detroit, the second Horry got the ball wide open at the three in OT (it was the play where he faked the three, then went in and jumped over Hamilton for the dunk).


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I also remember in another game Sager was asking him a few dumb questions and he left in the end without answering the last question, TNT cut that part.

Pop's end of quarter interviews are always classic. :lol
Phil Jackson's aren't bad either.

[Old School 44]

Don't recall the game or the exact dialog, but I think it was also with Sager on TNT.

Sager: What do you need to do in the fourth to get a win?
Pop: Score more points than them.

[SpursFanFirst]

Pop's shots at players are always memorable . . .

"Kidd would have made that pass and come down and gotten that rebound." - Pop to Parker in the 2003-04 season after the Kidd fiasco.

"Last year we had someone not listen to instructions and that cost us the season so we need to be sharp." - Pop in 2006-07 training camp giving a not so subtle dig to Manu about the Dirk foul.

:oops

[SpursFanFirst]

Oh, Pop :makeout

I'm going to miss this team when they disband.

[Taco]

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#10 & #5

[Phenomanul]

All good funny moments...

Here's one that shows his stern side...

I can't remember who we were playing but the whistles were heavily unbalanced... He then implored the group to focus and to play through it... On the following play Ginobili get's fouled and the refs predictably swallow their whistles... A flustered Ginobili proceeds to complain and Pop quickly yanks Ginobili out of the game... in a mixture of confusion and anger Ginobili walks toward the bench but says something to the ref. Pop then yells at Ginobili and tells him to, "sit the f#*! down"... :wow :wow

[Rynospursfan]

The eye chart tie.

[Bender]

didn't he drop a cuss word on regular TV during an in-game interview or post-game interview... not too long ago?

something like "I don't give a shit" or whatever?

[mrsmaalox]

Sorry I don't remember the game/season, but I loved the time Pop and a player were hit with T's, and Pop thought they were both on him so he left the court cuz he thought he was ejected. Then after halftime he sheepishly returned. :lol

[baseline bum]

Pop's shots at players are always memorable . . .

"Kidd would have made that pass and come down and gotten that rebound." - Pop to Parker in the 2003-04 season after the Kidd fiasco.

"Last year we had someone not listen to instructions and that cost us the season so we need to be sharp." - Pop in 2006-07 training camp giving a not so subtle dig to Manu about the Dirk foul.

I thought the line was more like:

It's important that we listen... so we don't foul Nowitzki the last f#%king play of the game... and we have another ring.

[baseline bum]

To be serious, my favorite Pop moment was seeing him dance like a madman on the river barge in the '99 Championship parade. Pop was under a lot of heat that season and was likely days from getting fired if the Spurs didn't roll into Houston and destroy them (and the rest of the league) after that embarrassing loss to Utah in the Dome. Pop had the look of a man who had the weight of the world taken off his shoulders. If it wasn't for that Houston game, I think Doc Rivers becomes the team's coach, David Robinson is traded, and Tim walks to Orlando or Chicago the next year.

[Pauleta14]

Asked about his days in the air force (spy?)...
He said something like: "If I tell you, then I'll have to kill you!"

[superbigtime]

Pop's shots at players are always memorable . . .

"Kidd would have made that pass and come down and gotten that rebound." - Pop to Parker in the 2003-04 season after the Kidd fiasco.

"Last year we had someone not listen to instructions and that cost us the season so we need to be sharp." - Pop in 2006-07 training camp giving a not so subtle dig to Manu about the Dirk foul.

ouch. succinct and true though.

[G-Nob]

Post game interview of the lakers series in 2003, I think it was, a reporter ask him that he heard some of the spurs had lost their desire. Pop asked him "who told you that?" The reporter said, "well, is it true?" then pop says, "they're absolutely correct."

[milkyway21]

"He's Manu Ginobiliiiiiii! " :D

[tonylongoriafan]

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my favorite thing is how pop has brought along tony parker and knows how to push his players...this clip in the nba finals is definitely one of my favorites preceeded of course by any one of the verbal barrages he laid on tp the first few years.

also, when we got hammered in detroit during the 2005 nba finals, pop and timmy were having a very deep, public conversation the whole nation saw

[StoneBuddha]

didn't he drop a cuss word on regular TV during an in-game interview or post-game interview... not too long ago?

something like "I don't give a shit" or whatever?

I think this was after the spurs won it all in 2007 and a reporter asked him something about repeating the next year. Classic.

Great thread btw.

[Spursfanfromafar]

For me, The best moment is Roger Mason's best moment with Pop -- the 45 minute lecture on MLK before the presidential elections. Pop knows that basketball is not the end all of it. It is only a profession that brings about the best in those professionals meant for it. His gesture before November 4 is what I think made Mason the Spur he wanted to be. And to paraphrase Mason, ""It was Dr. King. It was a bunch of current events on the struggles that a lot of African-Americans went through in the civil rights movement,'' Mason said. "It completely threw me off. But when I went home and reflected on it, I was like, Man, he's a special guy.''.

[The_Worlds_finest]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BCsL_ZCixDM

My favorite is the one where he took seigers pocket square and wiped his forehead off, I cant find it on youtube. but the one above will do

[YODA]

all great moments. There was some great bits of Pop and Sean on the,(i think it was kens tv sports show) too.Anyone know what im talking about ?

I remember one quote where they asked him the secret to his long success. his answer...
David Robinson and Tim Duncan.

[Emeyin]

To Manu: "If I put you back in the game, are you going to act anything like a normal human being?"

Lol.. I love that one.

[m33p0]

any famous/infamous comebacks by tim, manu and tony?

"This is how I play. Don't put me in the game if you don't like it." - major cajones by manu

[Yorae]

Just read it in an article:
Tim to Pop: I told you you screwed up when you drafted me.

[TDMVPDPOY]

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[WalterBenitez]

http://i43.tinypic.com/ixwms2.gif

:lmao I can't do that

[Mark in Austin]

http://i43.tinypic.com/ixwms2.gif

That's the best shot Van Exel made all year for us. :lol

[mudyez]

classic thread


aGrKZovJCXM

#10 & #5

sorry, what does parker say to him (#5)? (just can't understand it)

[m33p0]

classic thread



sorry, what does parker say to him (#5)? (just can't understand it)
"I'm just trying to be nice to them like you, Pop." or something like that.

[spurs_fan_in_exile]

classic thread



sorry, what does parker say to him (#5)? (just can't understand it)

Sounds to me like he says, "I'm just trying to be nice to them like you."

[polandprzem]

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[hater]

I remember Bill Clinton talked to Pop on the phone. Clinton said Pop was very smart and knowledgeable of world events or something like that. Pretty much Pop impressed him

[urunobili]

classic thread



sorry, what does parker say to him (#5)? (just can't understand it)

He tells him he was just trying to be nice like him... :lol

[dogzofwar]

I would have to go with the Pop Fist Pump after the 2005 Suns playoff series I think. I believe Chris has it as an avatar. I remember thinking "No way that was Pop that just did that".

[mudyez]

thanks...makes sense :)

[ploto]

"I'm in love with Rasho." --Pop

[EricB]

I would have to go with the Pop Fist Pump after the 2005 Suns playoff series I think. I believe Chris has it as an avatar. I remember thinking "No way that was Pop that just did that".


2007

after game 6. I was there at the arena and when he did it our whole section went nuts, because you NEVER see Pop do that.

It

was


AWESOME.

[dogzofwar]

2007

after game 6. I was there at the arena and when he did it our whole section went nuts, because you NEVER see Pop do that.

It

was


AWESOME.


Thanks Eric.....couldn't remember exactly which year it was. You beat a team that many times in a row and they all get a little fuzzy. :rollin

[Phenomanul]

When Pop was interviewed by Craig Sager and Pop questions him about his choice of attire...

Pop then proceeds to take the hankerchief from Sager's coat pocket, pretends to blow his nose in it and walks off with the hankerchief...

[lefty]

" We're not going to make a trade; the savior is in this room "

[samikeyp]

"He's Manu Ginobili"
:tu

[Summers]

didn't he drop a cuss word on regular TV during an in-game interview or post-game interview... not too long ago?

something like "I don't give a shit" or whatever?

Oh, crap, I forgot about that. That was funny.

[YODA]

They gonna need to look this thread up when pop retires. love it

I kinda liked watching Pop yell at Manu when he first got on the team. Manu would drive Pop nuts with his gambling style of play. Pop yelled,,benched and yelled again, but eventaully gave in to let Manu be Manu. Watching Pop blow a blood vessel during this time was classic.

[Leftyventricle]

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[m33p0]

too bad no camera was running when he delivered the soft card on that bus trip in sacramento. that one would have taken the cake.

[TMTTRIO]

who can forget when CIA Pop this past summer when he showed up in shorts and his beard to get Manu out of the airport ASAP at the right time and right spot. Manu's expression was pretty funny too.

[WalterBenitez]

who can forget when CIA Pop this past summer when he showed up in shorts and his beard to get Manu out of the airport ASAP at the right time and right spot. Manu's expression was pretty funny too.

any pic? :wow

[Das Texan]

I particularly enjoyed when during some press conference during either the 2005 or 2007 finals, some reporter asked pop what made him 'giddy'

Pop proceeded to talk about wine and how its makes him 'giddy'

[carina_gino20]

any pic? :wow

Video: http://www.woai.com/mediacenter/[email protected]&navCatId=15

On the left side, there's a list of videos. Scroll down and choose Manu Back in San Antonio.

Wait for the 2:10 mark.

[kace]

Video: http://www.woai.com/mediacenter/[email protected]&navCatId=15

On the left side, there's a list of videos. Scroll down and choose Manu Back in San Antonio.

Wait for the 2:10 mark.

hilarious :lol

[wildbill2u]

Having a coach like Pop with a great sense of irony and humor is icing on the cake for this franchise. I love him

[BWS-1994]

qK_-fbwUc4s

I was looking for this!

:toast

I think there was another championship celebration wherein he said something like "We haven't even talked about the first half. That was the worst first half I've ever seen!" (not verbatim)?

[Sec24Row7]

I was looking for this!

:toast

I think there was another championship celebration wherein he said something like "We haven't even talked about the first half. That was the worst first half I've ever seen!" (not verbatim)?

There was one where he says like you guys really pissed me off that was the worst 3rd quarter I've ever seen!!!

And I think Steve Kerr says in the background as they start spraying him... "yeah but it was the best 4th though!!!"

[Yorae]

Bump! Fuck, your still the best coach! Let's get this one!

[Brazil]

For me the best moment is Pop joking with Big Shaq during the first game of this RS. Hilarious !

[lefty]

For me the best moment is Pop joking with Big Shaq during the first game of this RS. Hilarious !

+1

And people say Spurs are boring

[senorglory]

"No vamos a hacer ningun trueque, no importa lo que digan los diarios o la TV, no vamos a hacerlo; y basicamente, vamos a unimos mas unos con otros." temporada de 2006-2007.

[senorglory]

The pointed Hack-a-Shaq within first 5 secs of start of game (season) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-S_soY5Jg_Q&feature=channel_page), was a good one.

[VI_Massive]

the hack a shaq. the double thumbs up and smile were perfect.

[senorglory]

my favorite moment will be when he retires and sean elliott becomes coach

boo!

[Toni61]

the hack a shaq. the double thumbs up and smile were perfect.

Best moment I :lmao :lmao :lmao :lmao :lmao :lmao

[Bukefal]

The pointed Hack-a-Shaq within first 5 secs of start of game (season) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-S_soY5Jg_Q&feature=channel_page), was a good one.

yeahh this was hilarious!! :rollin

[Spursmania]

pop's shots at players are always memorable . . .

"kidd would have made that pass and come down and gotten that rebound." - pop to parker in the 2003-04 season after the kidd fiasco.

"last year we had someone not listen to instructions and that cost us the season so we need to be sharp." - pop in 2006-07 training camp giving a not so subtle dig to manu about the dirk foul.

ouch!!!

[Matches Malone]

I think this was after the spurs won it all in 2007 and a reporter asked him something about repeating the next year. Classic.

Great thread btw.

It was like this:

Q: "The only thing you've not been able to do during this run is repeat. Will this be a special motivation for next year?"
A: "I don't give a shit."

Live in national TV right after the 4-0 winning game versus Cleveland.
The room exploded in laughts.

Yep, this is my best. Give two shit to the repeat and national broadcasting.

[JWest596]

Pop and Sean were walking around San Francisco during a CA (probably a GS) road trip and Pop passed a wine store and wanted to go in. Later Sean went looking for Pop in the store and found him on all fours scrounging on the bottom levels of the wine rack looking for "hidden wine finds".

Sean started laughing and Pop looked up and said to him: "I know it's a sickness". He then explained that this was where you could them.

But the real measure of the man is his humility and integrity. Years ago when Pop left the AF and began his basketball coaching career at Pimona Pitzer, a lower Division level though academically attuned school but an athletic doormat, he and his family lived in the dormitory for a few semesters, he drove the team bus early on and supervised campus intramurals. He wasn't wealthy, well known or 'silver spooned". He turned them into contenders and they even won their school's conference (twice I think) long before he teamed up with Larry Brown and Don Nelson before coming into the NBA or Spurs. That's why Pop is better than ex-player NBA coaches because he did the best with what he had and gave a maximum effort win or lose.

Can you imagine a Phil Jackson living in a dorm or driving the team bus? I have never heard a peer or player (perhaps Rodman) say a truly negative thing about his goals and values. And he could have left to go to some NBA teams long before and made millions more elsewhere.

He has been the best thing that has ever happened to the San Antonio Spurs.

[Budkin]

After they won the title in 2003 in the locker room before they popped open the bubbly, Pop said something to the effect of "that was the worst opening quarter I've ever seen!" and then all the players are like "but it was the best 4th!" and they all go nuts!