spurs next head coach

[gambit1990]

you have two guesses, take your picks. when pop steps aside, who do you think will replace him?

i could see becky going to another org before pop steps down tbh, and i don't think timmy would step in or think that he's quite ready when pop steps aside.

i'll go with:
https://nba.nbcsports.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2019/04/gettyimages-1128363508-e1554203695143.jpg?w=515

or

https://www.nba.com/resources/static/team/v2/spurs/Schad/img/Spurs/Headshots/brent.jpg

what say you?

[GAustex]

Carlisle
Bud
Quinn

[gambit1990]

Carlisle
Bud
Quinn
if i had mentioned a third person then it would've been snyder.

[ducks]

Becky

[GAustex]

if i had mentioned a third person then it would've been snyder.
I got no problem with ur picks!

[baseline bum]

After their GM pick, probably someone shitty.

[cd98]

Becky

If I were the first woman coach, I would want to coach a team that likely will make the playoffs. That ain't the Spurs.

[Chris]

Tim Duncan

[SpurSpike]

Wasn't Bill Self rumored to be the next coach?

[tmtcsc]

Bud, please.

[Dejounte]

Give me Kenny Atkinson

[KobesAchilles]

We haven't been the same since HOTS left tbh...

[Uriel]

Wasn't Bill Self rumored to be the next coach?
This. I thought there was a thread here before that said Bill Self was already the handpicked successor.

[gambit1990]

Wasn't Bill Self rumored to be the next coach?

This. I thought there was a thread here before that said Bill Self was already the handpicked successor.
it was just speculation. could happen i guess but it was just speculation.

[lefty]

Carlisle or Snyder

Not Bud , he got his ass handed to him by a rookie coach

[tim_duncan_fan]

Tim Duncan

He doesn't want to coach. He's just hanging out with Pop.

[Dverde]

Ime Udoka
Becky Hammon

Outside the box pick
Thibideau

[dbestpro]

Becky is very capable but getting the head coach job of the Spurs is setting her up for failure and eventually getting fired. That is not what the NBA wants or needs. I think she will eventually be head coach but only after someone has been sacrificed as head coach to take the Spurs through a few more disastrous seasons. I think Bill Self is that guy, and when he gets fired he can easily return to college ball.

[Roscoe P. Coltrane]

Becky

Sissy

[gambit1990]

i think ime may be higher on the list than most of us think but i'd rather it not be him tbh.

[TXstbobcat]

i think ime may be higher on the list than most of us think but i'd rather it not be him tbh.

I get the feeling it will be Udoka.

[BatManu20]

Bill Self.

[TD 21]

Considering the game is now homogenized, it doesn't really matter. Just build a team that can fit the one size fits all style and whoever it is will be lauded as a genius (provided they're white, of course).



Carlisle or Snyder

Not Bud , he got his ass handed to him by a rookie coach

:lmao Based on what, his team losing? The unethical flavor of the month that is Nurse, was so smart that it took him until his team was on the brink of elimination to do what he should have done from the jump (Scumbag on Antetokounmpo).

They won that series for two reasons: 1) Desperation/urgency. They had a bunch of veterans, who couldn't get over the hump for years and knew they had one chance with the iteration the Spurs handed them. 2) The Bucks were neophytes on that stage.

[4lifecowboy]

Kenny Atkinson is the obvious choice. Young coach, for a young team.

[itzsoweezee]

Udoka

[GAustex]

Udoka
Read this story about Ime:
https://hoopshype.com/2007/12/09/ime-the-great/

[gambit1990]

knicks seem to be leaning towards thibodeau or atkinson.

[ducks]

If I were the first woman coach, I would want to coach a team that likely will make the playoffs. That ain't the Spurs.

More pressure if team to stack though

[High Plains Drifter]

It would surprise me if the team didn’t promote from within. That might mean someone currently on staff, or an assistant/former player that has moved on. Either way, that puts Self on the outside looking in IMO.

Somebody mentioned Carlisle. See above, but if I’m him there is no way I’m walking away from Luka at this point unless I’m forced out. The Mavs seem pretty okay with what they’ve got and what he’s brought as a coach, so I don’t see that happening.

It’s not very realistic, but as a pure fan I’d love to see Manu on the bench in any role he would accept. I’m not sure he could relay his instincts for the game, but man I miss his leadership and will to win.

If it is Becky, I’m okay with that based on her professional resume and summer league accomplishments. I just hope she is given the time and free reign to rebuild. If that was ever to happen, SA might be the place.

No matter what your opinion of Pop is, I think we can all agree that we are on the cusp of a MAJOR transition and that we will have an answer to this question very soon. Strange but exciting times I guess...

[High Plains Drifter]

Also, I’ve heard iterations of that Ime story from friends and fans and it always gives me pause to reconsider the quite but effective role player I loved and unassuming assistant I saw on the sidelines. It is hard for me to gauge his value as a head coach as his contributions as an assistant were largely behind the scenes, but if there is a shred of truth to that story I’m down.

[gambit1990]

yeah, i don't see carlisle being available.

coach bud definitely won't be available if the bucks win it all.

i don't see the jazz abandoning snyder.

[gambit1990]

i'm surprised the knicks aren't interviewing becky. even just for good PR.

[gambit1990]

knicks and thibs are finalizing a five year deal. i’m glad kenny is still available for the time being...

[gambit1990]

i wonder if utah would let snyder go after denver beats them.

[MultiTroll]

Moderator please put "potential" next new coach in subject line ASAP. Don't get our hopes up.

[K...]

I hadn't thought of it, but maybe trading pop is the sweetener the team needs to get under the tax . Imagine loving the team so much you agree to be traded. He did it to Danny Green! Who be loved. The man knows this team is cheap. Do it RC

[james evans]

As great of a coach that Popovich has been, looking at the playoffs I’m still wondering how coaches get more out of players that he either trade or let walk. And then the flip side if things, when we get a player from another team that has five good things, he looks lost under Popovich (derozen, Aldridge, Jefferson)

[gambit1990]

while it's very unlikely that the nets nab pop... if that were to happen, hopefully it's soon rather than later so that the spurs can land kenny atkinson before philly does...

[Atl Spur]

I’ll believe it when I see it!

[gambit1990]

i think pop will meet with the nets brass.

and then the chances of him coaching there won't go down after that.

[gambit1990]

not that it’s #1 on pop’s list but BKN could offer him so much in liquid assets.

sean marks job depends on reaching the finals once over the next three seasons.

[gambit1990]

most people, myself included, wanted atkinson. he's with the warriors now though.

[MultiTroll]

Solid young core for a guy that does know how to coach an NBA team.

[Ocotillo]

There is no reason Atkinson could not be obtained, he's an assistant in GS. Well, there is one reason, we have a coach at the moment.

[SayTown]

Damn if Pop doesn't get the record this year then we will have to go through another year of grandpa driving.

[RC_Drunkford]

New coach can’t come soon enough

[gambit1990]

manu gonna be under a pressure to want the job. especially since he's already a part of the team again.

[gambit1990]

who's it gonna be?

[GAustex]

New coach can’t come soon enough

[MultiTroll]

Moderator please put "potential" next new coach in subject line ASAP. Don't get our hopes up.

[MultiTroll]

Pop will pass Mike Dunleavy early next year for 14th place in All Time most losses.
Next up will be a contemporary in so many ways, Doc Rivers.

With Doc having a relatively healthy Embiid and regular season Harden to carry him, it's possible Pop will surpass Doc in 2022-23.

[The Truth #6]

I see Pop coming back next year. Does he have something better to do?

[KingKev]

Will the next HC even really be calling the shots? Seems it took Pop forever to step away from active involvement in GM duties. Next HC will have pressure to be Pop like.

[The Truth #6]

I’d be ok with that to some degree because I’m very curious who they get to follow the old GOAT.

[KingKev]

Pop is the ultimate puppeteer. While some of the best coaches/front office personnel are cut from his lineage it’s telling that there is virtually no one still around waiting for the show.

[gambit1990]

i'm still hoping for atkins or snyder.

[Dverde]

I would guess Will Hardy if he retires after this year.

[exstatic]

Pop is the ultimate puppeteer. While some of the best coaches/front office personnel are cut from his lineage it’s telling that there is virtually no one still around waiting for the show.

No one wants to stay that long as an assistant in one place. There’s also only going to be one replacement from ALL of those assistants he’s had over the years. What if coach Bud had stayed those 20+ years and not gotten the job? They moved on because assistants were qualified to be lead assistants, and lead assistants were qualified for HC openings.

[T Park]

Jay Wright is the guy to continue to keep an eye on in regards to Pop’s replacement.

[CGD]

I liked what Atkinson did in Brooklyn with that young crop of players before they brought in their star studded cast and let him go.

Isn’t Bill Self the guy though?

[CGD]

Jay Wright is the guy to continue to keep an eye on in regards to Pop’s replacement.

I fear a Rick Patino to Boston scenario there. Some guys are just better for college.

[exstatic]

I fear a Rick Patino to Boston scenario there. Some guys are just better for college.

College guys rarely adjust to the fact that in the NBA they don’t have the power, the players do. If you don’t get that, and get it quickly, you’ll fail spectacularly. I feel like football is the same way. There are always exceptions, like LB in basketball, or Carroll, Vermiel, or Jimmy Johnsonin football, but most college coaches lean heavily into the power they hold.

[C-Dub]

The Spurs next head coach will not be until about 3 to 5 years from now depending on Gregory's health and well being. Basketball is his life and he's going to go for at least 1 more Chip with this team that he's building from scratch.

[gambit1990]

i'm still hoping for atkins or snyder.


the utah jazz have a lack of talent issue. and donovan wants out, which won't help the situation.

all i could find about snyder's contract extension was that it was for "multiple years"...


https://twitter.com/thenbacentral/status/1503085601020690435?s=21

[The Truth #6]

It seems like Becky was presumed to be the heir apparent, at least for the media and us on the outside, but that flew like a lead balloon. Given that Pop is woke AF, I can only think that either: Pop isn't retiring or Becky is, unfortunately, not a good coach in their eyes. I'm not sure how much optics will play into the next hire, but it's quite possible it won't be a white male. It's also very possible that Pop doesn't care who replaces him, and/or he will let Brian Wright make the final decision as a way to empower him. I expect to be surprised whenever it finally happens. (Though I still like Lloyd Pierce as an option, in case Pop is actually making the choice, which is still totally possible.)

[Gagnrath]

What's the odds of our perfect record head coach coming back from retirement.

[gambit1990]

It seems like Becky was presumed to be the heir apparent, at least for the media and us on the outside, but that flew like a lead balloon. Given that Pop is woke AF, I can only think that either: Pop isn't retiring or Becky is, unfortunately, not a good coach in their eyes.
i know that some people were high on becky but i could not gauge her ability to coach if my life depended on it. i have no idea if she was good or bad for the spurs.

[gambit1990]

On July 3, 2015, she became the first woman to serve as head coach in the NBA’s Summer League where she led the Spurs to the league title.
i totally forgot about that. but summer league is summer league...

[gambit1990]

is there a cap on how much a coach can get paid?

cause steve nash is getting fired this offseason. i wonder what the max the nets would throw at pop.

[exstatic]

is there a cap on how much a coach can get paid?

cause steve nash is getting fired this offseason. i wonder what the max the nets would throw at pop.

Pops not going anywhere. He’s got a record that no one, except maybe Spo can touch: most wins only coaching only one team in a career. Why would he want all that Net drama, anyway?

[gambit1990]

Pops not going anywhere. He’s got a record that no one, except maybe Spo can touch: most wins only coaching only one team in a career. Why would he want all that Net drama, anyway?
that's why i was wondering about the money.

the nets will be desperate to hire someone. and who would sean marks want more? i'm sure tiago splitter would vouch for pop too.

[Ed Helicopter Jones]

What's the odds of our perfect record head coach coming back from retirement.

Timmy, with Tony and Manu as his top assistants.

[exstatic]

that's why i was wondering about the money.

the nets will be desperate to hire someone. and who would sean marks want more? i'm sure tiago splitter would vouch for pop too.

Pop doesn’t need vouching to take the Nets job, just motivation. I don’t see it.

[Ed Helicopter Jones]

I actually think Brent would make an awesome coach.

[exstatic]

Timmy, with Tony and Manu as his top assistants.

We had ONE of the three do one season as a full time assistant, and not come back. I think they’re best as home based teaching assistants. None of them live in Brooklyn.

[gambit1990]

I actually think Brent would make an awesome coach.
my sleeper pick :tu

[Ed Helicopter Jones]

We had ONE of the three do one season as a full time assistant, and not come back. I think they’re best as home based teaching assistants. None of them live in Brooklyn.

I forgot the blue font, Ex. My bad.

[The Truth #6]

Hard for me to say if Brent would be a good coach. I don't see him as the successor, though. I have no idea, but my wildcard pick is still Lloyd Pierce. There isn't going to be anyone that can come close to Pop's resume, so unless someone like Doc is fired and they get excited about that, I don't see any obvious choices.

[gambit1990]

I have no idea, but my wildcard pick is still Lloyd Pierce.
i know nothing lloyd pierce. cool name though, sounds like a james bond character.

[gambit1990]

https://twitter.com/KSATRJ/status/1514464363062640644

[objective]

If Pop comes back, I'll beat this drum like I have for years ... But time to bring in an experienced older coach for him to chill with that can help teach these children coaches

No more Becky frees up an assistant spot for ...

Alvin Gentry. Has worked with Pop, has San Antonio ties, old enough that he will no longer be credible as a long term replacement. No longer the Kings head coach

[objective]

If Pop comes back, I'll beat this drum like I have for years ... But time to bring in an experienced older coach for him to chill with that can help teach these children coaches

No more Becky frees up an assistant spot for ...

Alvin Gentry. Has worked with Pop, has San Antonio ties, old enough that he will no longer be credible as a long term replacement. No longer the Kings head coach

[gambit1990]

who would pop step away from coaching duties for if he got to pick his replacement? larry brown? :lol

[scott]

I think Pop comes back while Becky gets experience being a HC and she eventually comes back to take over in a year or two.

[ZeusWillJudge]

Probably get a bargain on Frank Vogel. Do you think he'd help us get LeBron to come play here?

[Ditty]

Brent seems to be too goofy to be a coach. He is fine where he is at. Gentry or Mike Brown would be awful. My guess is that the Snyder rumors are true especially if he may have turned down an extension as rumored. Pop will coach his last season next year and Snyder will take over for the 2023-2024 season.

[Texas_Ranger]

Pop should have been fired long ago. Hes one of the worst coaches in the Nba. The franchise just doesnt have the balls.

[gambit1990]

Pop should have been fired long ago. Hes one of the worst coaches in the Nba. The franchise just doesnt have the balls.
i agree...

i think pop would be a better coach to a team with more talent (like the nets) than a rebuilding team.

[BatManu20]

Jay Wright is a great coach. Make it happen Spurs.


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[ZeusWillJudge]

Budenholzer. The younger.
He'll be ready about the time Pop is finally willing to step aside.

https://www.bardown.com/polopoly_fs/1.642803.1483454075!/fileimage/httpImage/image.JPG_gen/derivatives/landscape_620/budenholzer-s-son.JPG

[GAustex]

Jay Wright is a great coach. Make it happen Spurs.


1516916200617426951

I do like the way ‘Nova plays the game.

[T Park]

Jay Wright is highly regarded for a reason. He gets today’s players but yet see what theyre lauded for. Team play in. Player buy in. Good defense.


Spent the last couple years with Pop on the beach where they grew close.

Wright takes the year off. Pop coaches one last year, Wright takes over Next May.

[gambit1990]

i think pop is a lock for next season.

[gambit1990]

the hornets are dismissing coach james borrego.

[Ocotillo]

I was thinking about starting a thread and asking if anybody had seen anything about who is going to replace Becky. With above Borrego news, we may have some grist for the rumor mill.

[BatManu20]

Welcome back to San Antone, Jimmy.

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[jjspur]

Borrego was an OK coach but I feel we would need a higher profile coach to replace Pop. Quinn Snyder, Steve Clifford, or Kenny Atkinson. These 3 have a a history of coaching young players. My pipe dream would be Steve Kerr, but he is going to coach in Golden State as long a Pop has here.

[BatManu20]

Quin Snyder might be out of a job by this time next week if Utah gets bounced in the First Round. But he ain’t gonna wait around for a year or two to see if Pop retires. He’ll prob have another offer shortly after waiting if/when he’s canned.

[Larry O]

Quin Snyder might be out of a job by this time next week if Utah gets bounced in the First Round. But he ain’t gonna wait around for a year or two to see if Pop retires. He’ll prob have another offer shortly after waiting if/when he’s canned.

Yeah, & JB may also be picked up soon, too, either as a HC or an assistant! Snyder may end up in Charlotte to replace JB, unless.... the Spurs hire him on as an assistant coach, to replace Becky's position. IF this happens, then we can connect the dots.

[dbestpro]

Avery Johnson,......exploding heads to follow.

[T Park]

Borrego was an OK coach but I feel we would need a higher profile coach to replace Pop. Quinn Snyder, Steve Clifford, or Kenny Atkinson. These 3 have a a history of coaching young players. My pipe dream would be Steve Kerr, but he is going to coach in Golden State as long a Pop has here.


The last two coaches analytically had some of the worst coaching seasons. No retreads thanks.

[gambit1990]

give willie green the keys TBH.

[HemisfairArena]

I would think outside the box,,,. No re-treads. Kerr never had any coaching experience before he got the Warriors job. Nash didnt either with Brooklyn. I would hire Robert Horry as coach. A dude who learned under Rudy T,,,Phil Jackson,,,and Pop. He has 7 rings and is arguably the most clutch shooter coming off the bench in NBA history. He has ice running through his veins,,,,he could teach players how to have a killer instinct. But that just my suggestion,,,,,

[offset formation]

I was big on Ime first, then Hardy. Given Ime is starting to get something special going in Boston, I say you bring Will in now as coach in waiting.

[Philthemage]

I would think outside the box,,,. No re-treads. Kerr never had any coaching experience before he got the Warriors job. Nash didnt either with Brooklyn. I would hire Robert Horry as coach. A dude who learned under Rudy T,,,Phil Jackson,,,and Pop. He has 7 rings and is arguably the most clutch shooter coming off the bench in NBA history. He has ice running through his veins,,,,he could teach players how to have a killer instinct. But that just my suggestion,,,,,


For me.. Matt Bonner. He seems to share a lot of similar characteristics which I see in Kerr.

[KingKev]

For me.. Matt Bonner. He seems to share a lot of similar characteristics which I see in Kerr.

Oh hell no. Kerr has intensity. Bonner would get walked all over.

[jjspur]

Kerr despite his size was a successful guard, despite his salary became part owner of the Phoenix Suns not to mention general manager as well. Now he's been a successful coach at GS. The guy has smart written all over him. That's the kind of coach we need. Some low key players make the best NBA coaches. If they aren't playing, they are watching the game and learning possibly for a job down the road.

[T Park]

https://www.maxim.com/sports/villanova-mens-basketball-coach-jay-wright-clarifies-future-one-year-off-before-nba-in-play/


Watch this

[GAustex]

Synder?

[Brazil]

Avery Johnson,......exploding heads to follow.

:vomit

[exstatic]

Avery Johnson,......exploding heads to follow.

He's a screamer. There's a reason he never got another NBA job after Dallas.

[gambit1990]

He's a screamer. There's a reason he never got another NBA job after Dallas.
his mavs were scary though. even if they got bounced by the warriors.

[MultiTroll]

https://www.maxim.com/sports/villanova-mens-basketball-coach-jay-wright-clarifies-future-one-year-off-before-nba-in-play/


Watch this
Sounds very feasable.
Doc getting bounced in 2nd round after his moronic overplay of Embiid leading to injury.

[DMC]

Like the Spurs for 10+ years, people are making the mistake of telling Pop when he's too old to do his job. That's Pop's call, and it won't be about being too old. It will be about wanting to do something else. Right now I don't see him wanting to do something else. If you can be Potus at 80 why not HC at Pop's age?

[DMC]

Kerr despite his size was a successful guard, despite his salary became part owner of the Phoenix Suns not to mention general manager as well. Now he's been a successful coach at GS. The guy has smart written all over him. That's the kind of coach we need. Some low key players make the best NBA coaches. If they aren't playing, they are watching the game and learning possibly for a job down the road.

I agree with this. PGs that weren't that great when they played but might have the will to be a coach.

What's Parker doing?

[T Park]

He's a screamer. There's a reason he never got another NBA job after Dallas.

I believe he coached Brooklyn didnt he?

[HemisfairArena]

I agree with this. PGs that weren't that great when they played but might have the will to be a coach.

What's Parker doing?

So youre saying Parker wasnt that great?,,,,

[DMC]

So youre saying Parker wasnt that great?,,,,

Can't get anything by you.

[CGD]

I’d be thrilled if it were Snyder. I also really liked Atkinson who was with the nets years ago.

[BatManu20]

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[TD 21]

Stein: "The Lakers' interest in Snyder as a successor to Frank Vogel is serious, sources say. There is nonetheless ongoing skepticism in coaching circles that Snyder would want to move from Utah - where he has enjoyed a considerable amount of control and influence - to take over the LeBron James-led Lakers in their current state after the never-ending chaos that engulfed Vogel's last two seasons. Vogel, remember, wasn't allowed to choose any of his primary assistant coaches and had to take constant input from Lakers from office advisor Kurt Rambis."

Said this weeks ago, that he might be the only coach who can afford to be choosy who'd probably pick the Spurs over the Lakers.

[gambit1990]

I’d be thrilled if it were Snyder. I also really liked Atkinson who was with the nets years ago.
yeah, those were people i mentioned in the beginning of the thread.

[gambit1990]

quin snyder is leaving the jazz. come on down.

https://c.tenor.com/Kx5tmeX5isEAAAAd/price-is-right.gif

[gambit1990]

like i said before though, i think pop is staying for next season.

[gambit1990]

spurs next coach won’t be quin. quin will get a good gig elsewhere.

[KingKev]

spurs next coach won’t be quin. quin will get a good gig elsewhere.

You don’t think he would be interested to understudy/intern for coach Pop and develop future HoFers like Joshua Primo, Devin Vassel?

[gambit1990]

You don’t think he would be interested to understudy/intern for coach Pop and develop future HoFers like Joshua Primo, Devin Vassel?
a lot of ST thinks he would :lol

[gambit1990]

i'll go with:
https://nba.nbcsports.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2019/04/gettyimages-1128363508-e1554203695143.jpg?w=515

he's gone to the hornets.

[The Truth #6]

Not sure if his name has been mentioned, but assuming Pop sticks around three more years, I don’t know, sounds unlikely, but Patty Mills seems like he would have a future in coaching with SA in some capacity.

[gambit1990]

Not sure if his name has been mentioned, but assuming Pop sticks around three more years, I don’t know, sounds unlikely, but Patty Mills seems like he would have a future in coaching with SA in some capacity.
i think patty plays for the spurs again tbh.

[KingKev]

I wonder what city Snyder would prefer? Austin has better college girls but SA probably has better yay.

[tmtcsc]

i think patty plays for the spurs again tbh.

Please, no. It was time to move on. One of the greatest human beings you'd ever meet but it was time.

[gambit1990]

Please, no. It was time to move on. One of the greatest human beings you'd ever meet but it was time.
it's gonna happen.

[slick'81]

it's gonna happen.

bet you $100 it doesnt

[gambit1990]

bet you $100 it doesnt
it's already been set in stone. patty will be back.

[Ed Helicopter Jones]

Sounds like the team was pretty pumped up to have Mitch Johnson coach them to victory last night. Perhaps he's on the short list as well.

[ducks]

Who

[K...]

Who

your mom, go call her