Dear Admin.

People are just lashing out and venting. It's what they do. They take it the extreme sometimes.

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Originally Posted by whottt

You won't get anyone better than Pop and while a lot of this is on him...not all of it is.


I understand ripping Pop but he's arguably the most important person in the history of the Spurs, and if you are going to rip for him his role on the GM side of things, then he deserves credit for all the years he's been successful, with pretty much less resources than any other guy winning championhips lately.

So no, don't fire Pop. Fire his role players and hope he doesn't get his first choice again.

In any case, Pop has won enough to where he has earned the right to say when he's going to call it a day.


And we aren't going to get anyone better...

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I'd take Avery Johnson over Pop.

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Originally Posted by Kori Ellis

People are just lashing out and venting. It's what they do. They take it the extreme sometimes.

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I understand that, but this Pop hatred has been going on for awhile.

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Originally Posted by Xylus

Pop's the biggest reason why San Antonio has four titles, you ungrateful assholes.

BAH!

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It's sad how fans of other teams see what some Spurs fans can't.

Everytime this team loses ten topics shitting on Pop appear. Its pretty pathetic.

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Originally Posted by peskypesky

I'd take Avery Johnson over Pop.

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I'd take PJ for next season and leave a Pop resting and have him back for 2010/2011

I hope we see George Hill get more playing time next year. The kid has real potential.

Pop seriously needs to drop his "veterans first" ideology. Go get us some young legs, and some guys who can actually hit a wide-the-hell-open jumper.

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Originally Posted by Xylus

I understand that, but this Pop hatred has been going on for awhile.

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It's been going on since Pop was the coach. It's what Spurs fans do after losses. Blame Pop. Blame Tony. Blame (whatever shooter sucked for the night).

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Originally Posted by Xylus

Pop's the biggest reason why San Antonio has four titles, you ungrateful assholes.

BAH!

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If you mean that Pop's the biggest reason why San Antonio has four titles and not five or six, then I'm inclined to agree. If you mean that Pop's the biggest reason the Spurs even have four, then I'd submit that Tim Duncan might take issue with that if he lacked the class to ignore such a fucking ignorant comment.

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Originally Posted by Obstructed_View

If you mean that Pop's the biggest reason why San Antonio has four titles and not five or six, then I'm inclined to agree. If you mean that Pop's the biggest reason the Spurs even have four, then I'd submit that Tim Duncan might take issue with that if he lacked the class to ignore such a fucking ignorant comment.

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Say what you want about the greatness of Tim Duncan, but your team doesn't win 4 titles without a great coach like Popovich. A championship team can exist with great on-court leadership, but a dynasty (or semi-dynasty or whatever you consider the Spurs to be) can't exist without an excellent coach who can create an unwavering defensive identity for his team. The only coach in the league who probably could have won more than 4 rings with this squad is Phil Jackson, and that's extremely debatable.

But I'll concede that Tim Duncan is equally as important. Not more so.

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Originally Posted by Xylus

Say what you want about the greatness of Tim Duncan, but your team doesn't win 4 titles without a great coach like Popovich. A championship team can exist with great on-court leadership, but a dynasty (or semi-dynasty or whatever you consider the Spurs to be) can't exist without an excellent coach who can create an unwavering defensive identity for his team. The only coach in the league who probably could have won more than 4 rings with this squad is Phil Jackson, and that's extremely debatable.

But I'll concede that Tim Duncan is equally as important. Not more so.

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This team has zero titles without Tim Duncan. Zero. None. Not one. It's a fucking insult to Duncan to make any kind of implication otherwise.

Now let's clarify some of my observations about Popovich, as I'm likely to be questioned about it going forward:

Pop did an absolutely excellent job of developing the defensive mentality of this squad since he's been here. The courage to start intangible guys like Bowen or Nesterovic when most people wouldn't be able to see past their box scores cannot be overstated.

His complete lack of panic in any situation created much of the mindset this team has had during deep playoff runs and critical end of game situations.

He brought in young guys like Charles Smith and Stephen Jackson and Devin Brown and Manu and Parker and gave them some rope to earn their way into the rotation, and got quality minutes from vets by not overplaying them.

Every season he played around with the rosters to find combinations of guys that played well together and solidified the rotations somewhere between the all-star break and March, usually resulting in a big winning streak as the Spurs ratcheted down their defense. By the playoffs the Spurs were honed to a fine edge on both sides of the ball.

Three of the last four years, those things haven't been so certain. I've said I don't want to see Pop leave the organization, but the change the last few years has been a marked departure from the formula, and those of us that notice it are concerned.

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Originally Posted by Obstructed_View

If you mean that Pop's the biggest reason why San Antonio has four titles and not five or six, then I'm inclined to agree. If you mean that Pop's the biggest reason the Spurs even have four, then I'd submit that Tim Duncan might take issue with that if he lacked the class to ignore such a fucking ignorant comment.

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Exactly :tu

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Originally Posted by timvp

Pop wasn't at his best this season. Even if he won't admit it, his coaching in this final game all but admitted his mistakes.

It happens. Players can have bad stretches. Coaches can have bad stretches.

Thankfully Pop has shown an ability to adapt, especially when he's backed into a corner. I wouldn't even consider the thought of firing him and I fully expect him to come back next year with better coaching success.

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i like this thread, and this post was very well put. pop is staying so everybody needs to get over it

He's a genius when they win and an idiot when they lose. Such is life at SpursTalk. :)