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Definitely earned a lot of respect this time, since it was definitely his coaching and strategy that pushed this series to 7 games, not the talent on his squad (although Vince Carter showed he can still shoot, and that's always nice to have as a coach).
People forget that the Pacers were the best team in the East and were looking like titles favorites before the sore ass losers Pistons destroy their team with their Malice at the Palace antics.Quote:
Originally Posted by soxxx
Carlisle is a brilliant coach. that is why I wasn't confident in saying the Spurs were going to win that series in X amount of games. I just knew the Spurs would have to wear out the Mavs to win and they did just that. Carlisle is one of the very few coaches on Pop's level when it comes to being a tactician.
I guess we can thank him for waking up the Sleeping Giant.
well, I'm glad he's the chinese copy...Quote:
Originally Posted by Uriel
Stotts was clueless as to what needed to be done. I actually felt sorry for him during the interview, he had nothing other than excess perspiration.
Bump.
I wish this guy was in charge of our team..He's been a far superior coach than Pop for the last 3 years..:depressed
This Spurs team is flawed for a supposed title contender, but I am going to die on the hill of Pop isn't maximizing this roster.When coaching becomes some sort of liability in a playoff series, your team is pretty much toast if you are out-talented by the opposition..
Pop style has tilted more toward an overthinking stubbornness instead of genuine coaching creativity that had hitherto bridged talent gap the Spurs suffered from as the Big 3 aged (2011-2014)...
I admire Carlisle bc he has consistently been working with mediocre to questionable talent in Dirk's twilight, yet he's had that team in the playoff season after season. Meantime you look around the league and see teams like the Wolves and such loaded with lottery talent who can't win games consistently. He's a very smart coach.
Yes, he's done a mostly good job with crap, but it's not like he has the Mavs playing playoff basketball. He has them playing good enough to surprise a good team every once in a while, but mostly bad enough to get blown out. Spurs took this game for granted and got it handed to them. They aren't as bad as that loss last night, but two losses to sub-500 teams in a row, including one on your home court means you need to comeback with a fury in the next game and show you can defend.
That's what I would have expected for the Mavs game. :wowQuote:
Originally Posted by cd98
Pop maybe the best of all time, Carlisle is probably the best coach in the NBA today.Quote:
Originally Posted by ElNono
Beat the Spurs/Cavs B2B while starting a D-League point guard on a 10-day contract.:wakeup
Yea bizarre.... lol @ Tristan Thompson, for beating his chest after the Thunder game, saying he earned his money, and then scoring 0 points and collecting 8 boards and playing crap defense in a loss to Dallas.
Carlisle <3
He's the second best coach in the league.
Yeah, Doc is #1 since he owns Pop.:wakeupQuote:
Originally Posted by bigfan
:wow Don't feel so bad now that the Cavs lost to the same teamQuote:
Originally Posted by Kawhitstorm
Rick is ok. If Pop had Wes, Barnes and Dirk he'd be 5th seed at worst though.