Spurs21Fan4Ever
04-04-2014, 01:30 PM
Nothing I hate more than when the team, especially Pop, gets too much media attention. Pop is an amazing coach, but his biggest weakness IMO is that sometimes the media attention goes straight to his head and he gets too arrogant. Sometimes he reaches a level where he thinks he controls the game way more than the players and it screws the team over. Last year it cost us a championship when he kept Duncan on the bench in game 6, and last night it kept us from beating the Thunder and extending the winning streak to 20.
I know the refs sucked, the Spurs shot horrible, and some of the bench players disappeared because of the intense competition and not having Ginobili. but to me, what really lost the game last night, was Pop changing the lineups when the 3rd quarter started. Thinking it would be smart to save Leonard was just dumb. Nobody on the team but Leonard has a prayer's chance on Durant. Durant does whatever he wants, unless Leonard is on him. I know, the refs love their precious little baby and do what they can to help him, so there is that chance they immediately call stupid fouls on Leonard just to help baby boy Durant. It's obvious the refs look at Durant like catholic priests look at 7 year old boys, but still, to mess with the normal lineup that got this team to that winning streak to me was just dumb and should not have happened.
Additionally, it put Tiago in a position where he isn't comfortable. He did OK in the beginning of the 1st quarter, and you could visibly see how uncomfortable Tiago was playing with the 2nd unit, and the other players obviously are more used to playing with Diaw. I do understand it didn't help that Baynes is out, but I just believe that sometimes the media attention gets to Pop's head and he experiments too much and changes things that shouldn't be changed, and he screws the team over. Thoughts?
I know the refs sucked, the Spurs shot horrible, and some of the bench players disappeared because of the intense competition and not having Ginobili. but to me, what really lost the game last night, was Pop changing the lineups when the 3rd quarter started. Thinking it would be smart to save Leonard was just dumb. Nobody on the team but Leonard has a prayer's chance on Durant. Durant does whatever he wants, unless Leonard is on him. I know, the refs love their precious little baby and do what they can to help him, so there is that chance they immediately call stupid fouls on Leonard just to help baby boy Durant. It's obvious the refs look at Durant like catholic priests look at 7 year old boys, but still, to mess with the normal lineup that got this team to that winning streak to me was just dumb and should not have happened.
Additionally, it put Tiago in a position where he isn't comfortable. He did OK in the beginning of the 1st quarter, and you could visibly see how uncomfortable Tiago was playing with the 2nd unit, and the other players obviously are more used to playing with Diaw. I do understand it didn't help that Baynes is out, but I just believe that sometimes the media attention gets to Pop's head and he experiments too much and changes things that shouldn't be changed, and he screws the team over. Thoughts?