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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
Jim!!!
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Originally Posted by Ed Helicopter Jones
That's what I was thinking ... screw Pop, Jim is here! :makeout !!! :lol
Glad I was missed....I will never make a stupid prop bet again... I missed being in here all year.
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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.Quote:
Originally Posted by z0sa
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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.
why Phil?
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.
if it was for the first half of the season, pop would win hands down.
Jim...you've been missing? Hadn't even noticed...:)
By the way...I thought you were being "coy" in this thread. :lol
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Originally Posted by NRHector
Because he never wins it....throw him a bone.
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Originally Posted by 1Parker1
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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....
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.Quote:
Originally Posted by Jimcs50
I said the same a few days ago. Where is the love for Nate?Quote:
Originally Posted by jinsatx
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.Quote:
Originally Posted by ploto
Pop>>>>>Nate.
Pop may not even belong in the top 10.
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Originally Posted by ploto
Most dont want to be COY anyway, 2 of last 3 COYs were fired the next season :)
Word, short of Philip...GREAT list.Quote:
Originally Posted by Jimcs50
Finley's post-shotclock shot certainly was a miracle...Quote:
Originally Posted by Jimcs50
Agreed. If it weren't for the entire second half of the year, I'd put Pop in the running.Quote:
Originally Posted by LEONARD
Ooof. That is a very talented team, but very young. He has done a good job keeping them focused and improving.Quote:
Originally Posted by Jimcs50
How about Karl?
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.Quote:
Originally Posted by jinsatx
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.
With Manu down, there's room for everyone. :lolQuote:
Originally Posted by barbacoataco
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.