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Report: Gregg Popovich plans to coach out five-year contract http://dlvr.it/BQNhDp
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Report: Gregg Popovich plans to coach out five-year contract http://dlvr.it/BQNhDp
That second meeting could be the reason :
Pop will be with Aldridge & the Spurs to share his brilliant mind so he'll sign long term contract....the assurance.
Pop is getting $11million per year. He should coach until he is 110 years old.
Nice.
Great timing tbh...
Gotta think Pop will want to enjoy his golden years away at some point?
Doesn'r look like ir. He's like 70 now, and signed that contract last summer.Quote:
Originally Posted by Spurtacular
66. Will be something like 70 at the end of his contract (if he doesn't resign first).Quote:
Originally Posted by exstatic
He's probably going to resign the first year the Spurs don't win the championship.Quote:
Originally Posted by Spurtacular
The 2013 loss and the work required for 2014 really takes its toll on a person.
Pop looked exhausted at times last season. Hopefully, he gets in some good vacationing, good dieting and exercise and comes back a little refreshed. Barring a major health scare, I don't see Pop retiring while either Timmy and Manu are still here. Once they leave, it might feel a little bit more like a job than a labor of love.Quote:
Originally Posted by ceperez
I don't see that happening, not when he told Lamarcus he was planning to coach another 4 years at least.Quote:
Originally Posted by Spurtacular
I don't think Pop (who is a straight shooter) considers that a lie b/c he can see that happening. But retirement is not off the table going forward.Quote:
Originally Posted by baseline bum
Of course it's not completely off the table...if his health takes a serious turn for the worse, he's not going to continue coaching just because he originally told LMA that was the plan (at least I'd hope not).
Assuming he holds up health-wise, I'd be pretty surprised if he doesn't coach through the 2017-2018 season.
I believe that's when Parker's contract ends. I assume you're implying Parker might retire then; and Pop might feel inclined to walk away right about then.Quote:
Originally Posted by SpursFan86
Nah I didn't really mean it like that necessarily. You are correct in that Parker's contract will be up then, though, and LMA will also have a player option that offseason as well.Quote:
Originally Posted by Spurtacular
Really I was just saying that I don't see him leaving within the next 3 years unless he starts having serious health problems.
4 more years Pop! Hope your ticker holds up!
Pop is getting paid $11 million per year to do what he loves and he gets to travel by private jet and stays in the nicest hotels in each city on the road. I think he keeps coaching as long as he loves it and as long as his health allows him to keep doing it.
We all know he doesn't talk like it, but Pop is a lifer. He's probably realized it already and signed that new extension. If his health holds up he'll be coaching.