McHale was willing to bench one of his top dogs to win the game.

[Amuseddaysleeper]

Biggest fuck up of the 2015 playoffs is still playing Parker 3 times the minutes he deserved :bang:bang

[Floyd Pacquiao]

Pop :lmao
Bu bu but loyalty:cry

[lefty]

Parker is not a top dog, so this thread is stupid tbh

[Russ]

Is there no sports story that cannot be converted into a thread about Tony Parker? :depressed

[LongtimeSpursFan]

Is there no sports story that cannot be converted into a thread about Tony Parker?

[Ditty]

Good call by McHale!

Still think LA wins game 7 though.

[100%duncan]

Was gonna say "inb4 porky cocksuckers", too late I guess.

[lefty]

Is there no sports story that cannot be converted into a thread about Tony Parker? :depressed

Fat beisbol players remind me of Parker tbh

[Robz4000]

Yep. Fuck Pop.

[TheGoldStandard]

He also said he made a mistake by hacking Jordan at the end of the 2nd. "Coaches make mistakes too" lol

[RD2191]

Pop had zero reason to pull Mills. Just fuck Pop this season, tbh.

[KaiRMD1]

Pop had no intention of winning the season, that's why he pulled Mills and played Parker so much. Can't you old sports get that through your heads?

[NASpurs]

Pop threw that series on purpose. Prove me otherwise.

That nigga was smiling, talking about vacation, and sending his players to get drunk and party after it ended. :lol

[wildchild]

McHale is really bad but he had the balls to sit 5-of-20-Harden knowing if he did that he would take the all blame for the loss and the elimination.
Bigs props to him.

[lefty]

Pop threw that series on purpose. Prove me otherwise.

That nigga was smiling, talking about vacation, and sending his players to get drunk and party after it ended. :lol
:lol Spursenal

That sounds....weird, if you are a Gooner

[NASpurs]

:lol Spursenal

That sounds....weird, if you are a Gooner

:lol shh, you're going to get my fan card revoked.

[lefty]

:lol shh, you're going to get my fan card revoked.

:lol

[Sean Cagney]

Hey POP used to do that as well back in 03 and 05 when Tony was shitting the bed in certain games for Speedy or Barry etc., nowadays though? Not so much. Pop used to have that shit in him, now he has gotten soft in ways on that end of things.

[Amuseddaysleeper]

Parker is not a top dog, so this thread is stupid tbh

He 100% was in Pop's eyes. No question.

[therealtruth]

He also said he made a mistake by hacking Jordan at the end of the 2nd. "Coaches make mistakes too" lol

I think it's good for the coaches to acknowledge they make mistakes. Pop doesn't believe he makes mistakes.

[pgardn]

Biggest fuck up of the 2015 playoffs is still playing Parker 3 times the minutes he deserved :bang:bang

You want McHale for Pop?

Holy shit...

[pgardn]

I think it's good for the coaches to acknowledge they make mistakes. Pop doesn't believe he makes mistakes.

BS.

He has called himself out.
But with the media, he usually won't play games, he likes the cranky old man stubborn man MO.
If you have not figured this out yet you are not a Spurs fan.

[SASdynasty!]

I guess in this analogy Doc is like Pop. He should have sat CP3 because the Clippers continue to prove they can't get to round 3 with him on the floor.

[SupremeGuy]

Such fucking bullshit, we beat the Clippers in 5 or 6 if we had just benched our slow, brick-shooting pg. Pop is an asshole.

[MultiTroll]

Could McHale work with Pop over the summer?

[Blake]

Could McHale work with Pop over the summer?

Rofl you think McHale> Pop

[lefty]

He 100% was in Pop's eyes. No question.
That is true

[unleashbaynes]

pop and his fucking loyalty tbh. especially to a guy who he used to have no issue benching. unbelievable how shitty he coached.

[jeebus]

Popsuckers will be on damage control for a long time after that last series.

[MultiTroll]

Rofl you think McHale> Pop
Rofl you didn't watch last nights game.
Rofl you watched it but still don't comprehend.
Rofl you think losing in R1 after being up 3-2 is better then going into the 3rd Round.
:lol

[Blake]

Rofl you think McHale> Pop

[MultiTroll]

Popsuckers will be on damage control for a long time after that last series.

[Blake]

Rofl you think McHale> Pop

[ducks]

Pop had zero reason to pull Mills. Just fuck Pop this season, tbh.
can not dribble up the court
he did go with mills last 3 minutes of a game then had to put tp in because mills could not do it down the stretch

if mills could dribble it would be different

[DPG21920]

That was one bold move by KM. It was certainly the right move in hindsight and one that a coach rarely makes due to other factors (like Pop with TP). KM showed a lot of guts there and it paid off. Pop didn't have it in him, nor would most other coaches.

[Blake]

I don't really know how gutsy it was on a scale of 1-10 with Harden being sick with the flu and clearly showing he didn't have it going

I give it a 5

[DPG21920]

That's stupid. That would be like saying how gutys would it be for Pop to take TP out with 6 games of evidence he didn't have it going and every advanced state pointing to Mills being better than Parker that series?

It's incredibly gutsy.

[TheGoldStandard]

Cory must have rejected Pops advances because clearly TP didn't have it going on. If it were injuries or something yeah but why not bench him and use your bench to help. It's not always an easy decision to make but for pop it should have been far easier since he really has nothing to lose, he could have just blamed Joseph or whoever like he always does.

[Blake]

That's stupid. That would be like saying how gutys would it be for Pop to take TP out with 6 games of evidence he didn't have it going and every advanced state pointing to Mills being better than Parker that series?

It's incredibly gutsy.

eh ok.

[Blake]

Cory must have rejected Pops advances because clearly TP didn't have it going on. If it were injuries or something yeah but why not bench him and use your bench to help. It's not always an easy decision to make but for pop it should have been far easier since he really has nothing to lose, he could have just blamed Joseph or whoever like he always does.

Pop just isn't that gutsy. He likes to play the percentages.

[itsamanuthree]

Pop threw that series on purpose. Prove me otherwise.

That nigga was smiling, talking about vacation, and sending his players to get drunk and party after it ended. :lol

:lol Word

[DPG21920]

Pop just isn't that gutsy. He likes to play the percentages.

It's just the black hole of coaching. So many factors (relationship, healthy, match ups, trust, etc..), but at the end of the day, it's a move that took some serious guts (IMO) with what you feel could have been his coaching job on the line. Most other coaches have proven they don't have it in them to try that strategy.

[Horse]

We all know Pop coached like shit, seemed to do the shit on purpose. And rarely looked like cared saying vacation in no terrible either. But the question is why? Is he in with the nba who seem to be set on LeBron bringing a ring to Cleveland?

[TampaDude]

We all know Pop coached like shit, seemed to do the shit on purpose. And rarely looked like cared saying vacation in no terrible either. But the question is why? Is he in with the nba who seem to be set on LeBron bringing a ring to Cleveland?

Yup...looks that way...the Spurs were, realistically, the only thing standing between the Cavs and their first NBA Championship. King gonna ring.

[Mikeanaro]

I don't really know how gutsy it was on a scale of 1-10 with Harden being sick with the flu and clearly showing he didn't have it going

I give it a 5
Parker was supposedly injured too and never had a good performance so Im gonna give Pop a 1.

[therealtruth]

It's just the black hole of coaching. So many factors (relationship, healthy, match ups, trust, etc..), but at the end of the day, it's a move that took some serious guts (IMO) with what you feel could have been his coaching job on the line. Most other coaches have proven they don't have it in them to try that strategy.

That's what happens when your job is never on the line. Pop can basically mail it in till he retires. Coaches who are more desperate coach more desperately.

[Agloco]

Rofl you didn't watch last nights game.
Rofl you watched it but still don't comprehend.
Rofl you think losing in R1 after being up 3-2 is better then going into the 3rd Round.
:lol

Lol what you're missig here is that McHale had nothing to lose.

It worked because Smith hit a few threes, Brewer got hot, and the Clippers went ice cold.

That's McHales ass on a silver platter if it goes sideways.

[james evans]

It's not just popovich taking parker out when he's playing bad, but ALL FUCKING SEASON when the starters aren't getting the job done, the bench comes in to save their ass and then he sits them right back down. If those guys are hot, let them stay out there. he's always done this. He done it this year in the playoffs. The bench will come in, get a big lead, doc rivers will call a time out, then he puts danny green and parker right back out there stinking it up. Danny Green may get his contract in the off season. The best way to get a contract from the spurs is to play like shit in the playoffs. (see ginobli, splitter 2013, parker 2014)