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Jimcs50

04-16-2009, 10:04 AM

I think Pop deserves some serious consideration here. Given the key injuries during the regular season, the addition of 3 new key players, players that were not even on anyones radar for being championship worthy, I think it was a miracle for the Spurs to still win division this year.

Rick Adelman in Houston also deserves props as well, and of course Mike Brown in Cleveland, and Phill of course.

My order is :

Brown

Pop

Adelman

Jackson

Ed Helicopter Jones

04-16-2009, 10:05 AM

Jim!!!

SpursWoman

04-16-2009, 10:07 AM

Jim!!!

That's what I was thinking ... screw Pop, Jim is here! :makeout !!! :lol

Jimcs50

04-16-2009, 10:13 AM

Glad I was missed....I will never make a stupid prop bet again... I missed being in here all year.

:depressed

z0sa

04-16-2009, 10:15 AM

http://spurstalk.com/forums/showthread.php?t=110867

while it was premature, I think I was fairly spot on. Pop was nowhere near perfect but with what he had to deal with, in hindsight I'm a little angry at myself for being hard on him this season.

SA210

04-16-2009, 10:17 AM

http://spurstalk.com/forums/showthread.php?t=110867

while it was premature, I think I was fairly spot on. Pop was nowhere near perfect but with what he had to deal with, in hindsight I'm a little angry at myself for being hard on him this season.

Funny, I feel I wasn't hard on him enough.

:flag:

VBM

04-16-2009, 12:19 PM

I think I'd go Adelman as COY. Thing is, Pop has some certifiable gamebreakers on his team, while Adelman had T-Mac (sucked it up when playing, then went down for the year), injuries to Battier and Artest, a player get shot (Carl Landry), and still managed to finish within an insane Michael Finley jumper of the division title and the 2-seed (following Denver's loss).

I can't give Mike Brown COY with his "do whatever you want, Lebron" offense.

NRHector

04-16-2009, 12:20 PM

why Phil?

spurs_fan_in_exile

04-16-2009, 12:24 PM

Yeah, my vote is for Adelman as well. To get that much done with a team that essentially never had a set rotation because of so many injuries is impressive.

Mugen

04-16-2009, 12:32 PM

if it was for the first half of the season, pop would win hands down.

1Parker1

04-16-2009, 01:11 PM

Jim...you've been missing? Hadn't even noticed...:)

By the way...I thought you were being "coy" in this thread. :lol

Jimcs50

04-16-2009, 01:39 PM

why Phil?

Because he never wins it....throw him a bone.

Jimcs50

04-16-2009, 01:40 PM

Jim...you've been missing? Hadn't even noticed...:)
By the way...I thought you were being "coy" in this thread. :lol

:depressed

jinsatx

04-16-2009, 01:44 PM

Hey Guys...

How about a vote for Nate Mcmillan at Portland. He took the youngest team in the league and turned it into a 54 game winner. They're playing their best right now 13-3 in the last 16 games and look scary at home. My vote goes to Nate....

DAF86

04-16-2009, 01:46 PM

I think Pop deserves some serious consideration here. Given the key injuries during the regular season, the addition of 3 new key players, players that were not even on anyones radar for being championship worthy, I think it was a miracle for the Spurs to still win division this year.

Rick Addleman in Houston also deserves props as well, and of course Mike Brown in Cleveland, and Phill of course.

My order is :

Brown

Pop

Addleman

Jackson

If you are talking about Larry then I agree, but if you're talking about that Cleveland guy then no. And IMO Addleman shouldn't be in the contention either, the offense he tries to use with the Rockets doesn't fit them and the fact that he lets Artest play Lebron like on offense is ridiculous. And regarding Pop I also disagree, I don't like the way he handle Hill and Bowen.

ploto

04-16-2009, 01:47 PM

How about a vote for Nate Mcmillan at Portland. He took the youngest team in the league and turned it into a 54 game winner. They're playing their best right now 13-3 in the last 16 games and look scary at home. My vote goes to Nate....

I said the same a few days ago. Where is the love for Nate?

Jimcs50

04-16-2009, 01:50 PM

I said the same a few days ago. Where is the love for Nate?

He probably has the most talented 10 man deep team in the NBA, outside of LA. Hell, I could coach that team to 54 wins.

Pop>>>>>Nate.

ploto

04-16-2009, 01:51 PM

Pop may not even belong in the top 10.

SA210

04-16-2009, 02:08 PM

Pop may not even belong in the top 10.

Jimcs50

04-16-2009, 05:33 PM

Most dont want to be COY anyway, 2 of last 3 COYs were fired the next season :)

MrChug

04-16-2009, 05:35 PM

I think Pop deserves some serious consideration here. Given the key injuries during the regular season, the addition of 3 new key players, players that were not even on anyones radar for being championship worthy, I think it was a miracle for the Spurs to still win division this year.

Rick Adelman in Houston also deserves props as well, and of course Mike Brown in Cleveland, and Phill of course.

My order is :

Brown

Pop

Adelman

Jackson

Word, short of Philip...GREAT list.

LEONARD

04-16-2009, 05:42 PM

I think it was a miracle for the Spurs to still win division this year.

Finley's post-shotclock shot certainly was a miracle...

Obstructed_View

04-16-2009, 09:15 PM

Finley's post-shotclock shot certainly was a miracle...

Agreed. If it weren't for the entire second half of the year, I'd put Pop in the running.

silverblackfan

04-16-2009, 09:34 PM

He probably has the most talented 10 man deep team in the NBA, outside of LA. Hell, I could coach that team to 54 wins.

Pop>>>>>Nate.

Ooof. That is a very talented team, but very young. He has done a good job keeping them focused and improving.

Biggems

04-16-2009, 09:50 PM

How about Karl?

NewJerSpur

04-16-2009, 10:14 PM

Hey Guys...

How about a vote for Nate Mcmillan at Portland. He took the youngest team in the league and turned it into a 54 game winner. They're playing their best right now 13-3 in the last 16 games and look scary at home. My vote goes to Nate....

I like this pick. I don't think Pop will win it because of the same reason Sloan won't: Both their teams had some really great surges depsite having major injury problems, but they fizzled at the end with some inconsistent play. Obviously, we finished better than Utah and Pop did a lot with a little at times, but the 2nd half of the season had some rough patches....not to mention some bad losses to OKC.

barbacoataco

04-16-2009, 11:11 PM

I would vote for Adelman. Pop could win any year because he always fields a playoff team even as players come and go. Also he is able to balance egos and keep players happy in their roles. His biggest weakness IMO is not developing young players. That is hard to do when you're always in contention and every game matters. I think with George Hill they decided he wasn't going to be ready to be the backup PG for the playoffs, and there isn't a lot of room for him at SG. I would like to see him play more, like everyone else, but I'm not sure that Pop is wrong to take him out of the rotation.

NewJerSpur

04-16-2009, 11:23 PM

....I think with George Hill they decided he wasn't going to be ready to be the backup PG for the playoffs, and there isn't a lot of room for him at SG. I would like to see him play more, like everyone else, but I'm not sure that Pop is wrong to take him out of the rotation.

With Manu down, there's room for everyone. :lol

The serious issue there is Pop didn't allow him to develop/get comfortable enough at the position with any particular rotation to feel comfortable fitting him in on the offensive side of the ball....that, and his jumper lacks consistency, but that could and should change this offseason. I repeat, he and Tony should be the Dumars and Isaiah Thomas of this backcourt in the future IMO.