1000 Reasons Why Pop is a Great Coach

[timvp]

1. Treats all his players the same.

2. Rarely complains about the refs after games.

3. Doesn't allow outsiders affect his decisions.

[duncan228]

4. Has been the perfect mentor for Duncan.

[Dex]

5. Looks like the Most Interesting Man In The World.

[SoCalSpursFan]

6. helped build a f***ing dynasty

[IronMexican]

#7

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[urunobili]

8- Understands that Defense is what wins championships and preaches that

[poop]

8- Understands that Defense is what wins championships and preaches that

that is until this month.

[TDMVPDPOY]

9. mind games is his torture

[Dex]

10) Continually PWNs Craig Sager.

[Amuseddaysleeper]

11)

"Because he's Manu Ginobili"

[Cant_Be_Faded]

12) did not begin to tarnish his legacy manu-style until over a decade into the job

[FlAVaK]

13. The most important play is the very next play.

[Borosai]

14. Answers stupid questions with stupid answers.

[anonoftheinternets]

15). calls the best plays out of timeouts

[Spursfan092120]

16. 1999
17. 2003
18. 2005
19. 2007

[Spursfan092120]

1. Treats all his players the same.

2. Rarely complains about the refs after games.

3. Doesn't allow outsiders affect his decisions.
You mean like us idiots on spurstalk? lol :hat

[MI21]

20. Doesn't wear ties on the road.

[Spursmania]

21. Has his own winery:toast

[Spursfan092120]

22. Puts fear into the media during post game interviews.

[EricB]

23. Never accepts nor wants credit for any success the team has, and its contagious on down through the team.

[GINNNNNNNNNNNNOBILI]

24. He has a beard

[poop]

he has been a great coach in the past, yes, but this month though he has been a super shitty coach.

[Brazil]

24. He has a beard

fuck you stole mine

[Brazil]

25. Manu Ginobili and Tony Parker

[Dex]

26. Is bery, bery sneaky in his CIA ways.

[Spursmania]

27. Never complains about Joey Crawford

[Brazil]

28. Career W/L .68

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

He is undoubtedly a great coach, but that does NOT mean that he's not making some major mistakes right now, such as not playing Hill and particularly not settling the rotation.

I can't remember the last time a Spurs team had so little chemistry and was in such disarray this late in the season. Some of that is injuries, but not all - they are not affecting the PG rotation or the SF rotation.

[Spursmania]

He is undoubtedly a great coach, but that does NOT mean that he's not making some major mistakes right now, such as not playing Hill and particularly not settling the rotation.

I can't remember the last time a Spurs team had so little chemistry and was in such disarray this late in the season. Some of that is injuries, but not all - they are not affecting the PG rotation or the SF rotation.

Read the thread title. There are a gazillion threads stating Pop's deficiencies. This one is actually a positive one.:hat

[mardigan]

29)Knew he could do a better job than Bob Hill.

[Dex]

30) lHJT9LWoX1c

[NewJerSpur]

Great thread idea timvp.

31. Makes adjustments when necessary (my favorite was when he stopped forcing the ball into TD on every single play early in his career post-Parker & Gino and started incorporating more ball movement/motion into the offense)....and soon he will make the adjustment of starting Parker AND Hill in the backcourt together. THAT'S RIGHT, I SAID IT!!

[Joe Schmoogins]

32.http://www.cbc.ca/gfx/topstory/sports/popovich_gregg030428.jpg

[spursparker9]

33. at least maintain 10 seasons of CIA! POP before turning into WTF? POP.

[Lebowski Brickowski]

34. Has "gotten over himself."
35. "We Kicked Ass!"

[Yorae]

36. he has reasons ordinary humans could not understand......i hope....

[ElNono]

37. He doesn't drink the BSPN Kool Aid...

[jag]

38. He made Mike D'Antoni find a new job.

[Brutalis]

39. Because he has elite status in the NBA and acts like your dad.

[Mugen]

40. because when we get to the finals, we win them.

[anonoftheinternets]

41. the only reason phil jackson doesnt walk away as coach of this decade as well

[Spursmania]

42. because he helped dismantle the Dallas team
43. because he helped dismantle the Suns team

[johnnyblues]

44. transformed Bonner from Boner.

[NewJerSpur]

45. Because he's won titles with journeymen centers.

[Felisberto]

46. Because he can't coach back up point guards? (at least according to a recent thread)

[NewJerSpur]

46. Because he can't coach back up point guards? (at least according to a recent thread)

This is the thread supporting why he's a GREAT coach, not the opposite.

[EricB]

47. Helped a 2003 Spurs team to a title. A team that probobly shouldn't have won that year.

[Spursmania]

48. because Pop has a higher basketball IQ than most ST posters

[RC's Boss]

Likes getting lit off fine wine

[EricB]

48. because Pop has a higher basketball IQ than most ST posters


Drew Gooden and Francisco Elson have higher BBall IQs than most posters at ST...

[silverblackfan]

49. because he introduced the stonecutters motto

[silverblackfan]

50. because the team believes in each other and the system every year.

[silverblackfan]

51. because other teams would rather have him as their coach and always respect this team.

[Spursmania]

52. because Spurs know how to win

[phxspurfan]

53. Because he's buds with two other slick coaches, Larry Brown and Don Nelson.

[E20]

54. He's serbian.
55. when he's mad it makes him wanna spit

[duncan228]

56. Because he's

"...the head of the snake. He's what makes us go."

-Tim Duncan on Pop

[polandprzem]

57. Because he knows he ows something to coaches he learned from

[timvp]

58. Because he is allergic to the spotlight.

[nz_spur]

59. Because he does the best Grizzly Adam's impersonation!

http://bp3.blogger.com/_T0IdAE5wZF4/RxldLifqxEI/AAAAAAAAAKM/4QEFX4LWzaM/s400/The+Goal.jpg

[Rynospursfan]

60. Because he proved me and many other Spurs fans wrong when we wanted him to fire himself in 1999 after a slow 6-8 start.

[Rynospursfan]

61. Because "Pop" is the coolest nickname a coach ever had.

[nz_spur]

62. Because he took the team to the playoffs with injuries to allstars, when most people at the start wanted to tank the season.

[polandprzem]

63. Because a comementator in poland pronounce his 'nick' Pop like this:
pope

[Bukefal]

can motivate players and he is from the balkans!! :)

[TheSpursFNRule]

65. because he isn't really the problem, never was and probably never will be. his team is just old and disoriented. he's only trying to help. :hat

[polandprzem]

66. He doesn't smoke

[polandprzem]

67. He drinks good wine :tu

[polandprzem]

68. because 1000 is not enough

[polandprzem]

69. he is so acurate that he is not doing 69.

[silverblackfan]

70. because he got a ring for Finley and let Cuban pay for it.

[Rogue]

71. because he is not an idiot like Carlisle at least.

[benefactor]

Though this is not easy to do under the current circumstances...I'm game.

72. No matter what is going on during the game his players never panic. They just keep executing.

[TMTTRIO]

72. takes a huge risk every year (especially in the playoffs) of putting one of his good players on the bench in order for the other players to get confidence playing in the starting unit. Now a lot more coaches have turned to doing it.

[urunobili]

73- Because he made AJ have his jersey retired

[1Parker1]

74. Because even when the average fan may think he's nuts, he usually does prove to have some sort of method to his madness...

[nz_spur]

74. Because even when the average fan may think he's nuts, he usually does prove to have some sort of method to his madness...

... i hope so. :(

[Avitus1]

75. Has more then one trick up his sleeve.

[Yogurt210]

76. HE loves getting head from big lips Udoka. That's how he gets his minutes.

[urunobili]

77. He chose the Gist in the second round of last year's draft :toast

[Gervin44Silas13]

HI-ghest wining percentage next to:

Red "The old smoking cigar 6 feet under due to Cancer" Arebauch
Pat "Wanna be Tres Flores Cholo" Riley
Phil "Col. Sanders hopes he dies of his angina zen bastard" Jackson
and
Larry "Guacamole Salad" Brown

[spurs_fan_in_exile]

79. He understands the importance of depth so fully that he spells his first name with an extra G, just in case one of the first two gets hurt.

[bdictjames]

80. Because he has an entire thread dedicated to why he is great.
81. He gives the best interviews (said before?)

[Fabbs]

82. Helps insomniacs who watch his offense

[G-Nob]

83. Because he's too stubborn for his own good.

[xtremesteven33]

76. HE loves getting head from big lips Udoka. That's how he gets his minutes.




:rollin

[Dex]

84. The Eye-Chart Tie

[SA210]

76. HE loves getting head from big lips Udoka. That's how he gets his minutes.


:lol

[new_N_town]

85. becuase he got to go to france for eva and tonys wedding

[Old School 44]

87 - Because the Spurs-east (Cavs) and all his other proteges say he is!

[Spurs Brazil]

88 - Because for Pop defense is more important than offence and that's why Bruce will play soon

[spurs_fan_in_exile]

89. Because if it had been him on the floor instead of Jeff Van Gundy, Alonzo Mourning would be getting around on one and a half legs these days.

[lefty]

90. I've got nothing

[mogrovejo]

91. Because he was impressed with Coach Zelimir Obradovic's motion offense from which he borrowed some elements to use in the Spurs offense.

[Mark in Austin]

92. Because he puts players long-term health before short-term gains.

[Mark in Austin]

93. Because when the Spurs won the lottery, he was smart enough to fly to the Virgin Islands and spend the time to get to know Timmy before the draft and training camp.

[Mark in Austin]

94. Because he had the balls to take a chance on Jack.

[Mark in Austin]

95. Because he had (has? maybe?) the balls to put Bruce Bowen in the starting lineup and have a system that turned that into an advantage.

[silverblackfan]

96-and He has the balls to play Bonner as starting Center.(and that takes a huge pair of balls)

:toast

[superbigtime]

97. Because it has been repeatedly pounded into your feeble sheep-like brain.

[m33p0]

98. because he has actually coached a team to an nba championship - FOUR TIMES!

[Spursfan092120]

97. Because it has been repeatedly pounded into your feeble sheep-like brain.
You remind me of Randy Quaid in Major League 2. Most negative, anti fan there is. I bet if the Spurs win it, you'll switch over real quick and say you knew it all along.