D'Antoni: "The rule is the rule, and I can abide by that."

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05-17-2007
Leetonidas

D'Antoni: "The rule is the rule, and I can abide by that."

Just said it right now on PTI. Yep, it's unfair, but even D'Antoni understands it's a rule.
05-17-2007
mardigan

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Heard it too, maybe Suns fans can stfu now
05-17-2007
violentkitten

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still talking about this shit. oh well.
05-17-2007
Leetonidas

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Just said everyone knows the rule.

However, he is now saying that some of the players were running on court to see the incident.
05-17-2007
Obstructed_View

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If it were so unfair they wouldn't have been lobbying to get Duncan and Bowen suspended, too.
05-17-2007
Budkin

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Sounds like he finally got laid last night.
05-17-2007
Leetonidas

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Ends by saying San Antonio is too good to guarantee a win against.
05-17-2007
Ya Vez

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ahh he guarantees a win in SA tomorrow... poor lost soul..
05-17-2007
Obstructed_View

Re: D'Antoni: "The rule is the rule, and I can abide by that."

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Originally Posted by EssaySpur1001

Just said it right now on PTI. Yep, it's unfair, but even D'Antoni understands it's a rule.

He doesn't give a shit about the rules. He wants to win, and if he can't win, he wants to make sure the fanbase blames David Stern and the Spurs before they blame him for the fact that the team that he built to be an improvement of the '05 team turned out to be the '05 team that flops.
05-17-2007
CosmicCowboy

Re: D'Antoni: "The rule is the rule, and I can abide by that."

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Originally Posted by EssaySpur1001

Just said everyone knows the rule.

However, he is now saying that some of the players were running on court to see the incident.

Tell them to use the jumbotrons like the poor folk asswipe.
05-17-2007
DampierAmGod

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Any coach in the NBA would say that. The suspension is over, you want your players to move on and focus on game 6. Still griping about it a 2-3 days later would just make your players keep thinking about it.

Doesn't change the fact that it was pure BS, and if it happened to say Duncan and Horry for the Spurs, all the Spurs fans here talking about "oh well its the rule" would be bitching just like Suns fans.
05-17-2007
samikeyp

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Sounds like he finally got laid last night.

Well...Amare did have the night off. :)
05-17-2007
td4mvp21

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Originally Posted by samikeyp

Well...Amare did have the night off. :)

:lol

I'm glad D'Antoni admitted this.
05-17-2007
Obstructed_View

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Did anyone ask him what the hell he was doing running out onto the floor waving his arms at the end of the game? Does anyone know? And why didn't he get a T for that? I swear I've never seen a coach do that before.
05-17-2007
gino>yourlife

Re: D'Antoni: "The rule is the rule, and I can abide by that."

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Originally Posted by Obstructed_View

Did anyone ask him what the hell he was doing running out onto the floor waving his arms at the end of the game? Does anyone know? And why didn't he get a T for that? I swear I've never seen a coach do that before.

i would like to know this as well, pop was absolutely livid
05-17-2007
Mavs<Spurs

Re: D'Antoni: "The rule is the rule, and I can abide by that."

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Originally Posted by gino>yourlife

i would like to know this as well, pop was absolutely livid

me too
05-17-2007
UV Ray

Re: D'Antoni: "The rule is the rule, and I can abide by that."

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Originally Posted by Obstructed_View

If it were so unfair they wouldn't have been lobbying to get Duncan and Bowen suspended, too.

Excellent point, but realistically at that time, the Suns had a pretty good idea of the severity of their situation and were in damage control mode. At that point I'm not sure that fairness of the rule itself was a priority.
05-17-2007
ducks

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Originally Posted by Budkin

Sounds like he finally got laid last night.

his wife got tired of it and decided she better let him have some to get peace in the house
05-17-2007
Obstructed_View

Re: D'Antoni: "The rule is the rule, and I can abide by that."

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Originally Posted by UV Ray

Excellent point, but realistically at that time the Suns had a pretty good idea of the severity of their situation and were in damage control mode. At that point I'm not sure that fairness of the rule itself was a priority.

Right, they wanted the league to cheat so that they could have a better chance to win. About half the guys on ESPN and every fan who hates the Spurs wants that too. When winning takes precedence over fairness that's shameful. Well the Spurs didn't do anything unfair. Horry committed a foul and got penalized for it. My team still went out and played, and if they lose the next two, oh fucking well.

I'll tell you this: If the situations were reversed and the Spurs organization was politicking like this, I'd be disgusted. You don't change the rules to give the team you like an advantage. You don't blame someone else when you break the rules.
05-17-2007
GrandeDavid

Re: D'Antoni: "The rule is the rule, and I can abide by that."

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Originally Posted by samikeyp

Well...Amare did have the night off. :)

:lmao
05-17-2007
LoVeNSpuRs

Re: D'Antoni: "The rule is the rule, and I can abide by that."

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Originally Posted by DampierAmGod

Any coach in the NBA would say that. The suspension is over, you want your players to move on and focus on game 6. Still griping about it a 2-3 days later would just make your players keep thinking about it.

Doesn't change the fact that it was pure BS, and if it happened to say Duncan and Horry for the Spurs, all the Spurs fans here talking about "oh well its the rule" would be bitching just like Suns fans.

.. as much as I hate it, I have to agree that I (going to speak for myself here) would definitely be upset about the suspension (had it been Duncan and Horry). But I also would have definitely been pissed off and disappointed with Duncan and Horry for making such a stupid mistake in the first place, causing them to get suspended at such a vital point in this series. But that's just me...
05-17-2007
UV Ray

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Originally Posted by Obstructed_View

Right, they wanted the league to cheat so that they could have a better chance to win. About half the guys on ESPN and every fan who hates the Spurs wants that too. When winning takes precedence over fairness that's shameful. Well the Spurs didn't do anything unfair. Horry committed a foul and got penalized for it. My team still went out and played, and if they lose the next two, oh fucking well.

I'll tell you this: If the situations were reversed and the Spurs organization was politicking like this, I'd be disgusted. You don't change the rules to give the team you like an advantage. You don't blame someone else when you break the rules.

That pretty much says it all. I can't disagree. But spin and damage control are as much a part of the game as the Free Throw.
05-17-2007
Extra Stout

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D'Antoni understands that if he doesn't shut his yap really quick, David Stern is going to help himself to a few of D'Antoni's paychecks.
05-17-2007
exstatic

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Originally Posted by UV Ray

That pretty much says it all. I can't disagree. But spin and damage control are as much a part of the game as the Free Throw.

For loser teams, maybe.
05-17-2007
UV Ray

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Originally Posted by exstatic

For loser teams,

Not true... and even if were true, the outcome is yet to be determined.
05-17-2007
judaspriestess

Re: D'Antoni: "The rule is the rule, and I can abide by that."

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Originally Posted by Obstructed_View

Did anyone ask him what the hell he was doing running out onto the floor waving his arms at the end of the game? Does anyone know? And why didn't he get a T for that? I swear I've never seen a coach do that before.

that was a dirty play, but in the fucked up twisted world of the suns of bitches, he was simply fanning the fart that just flew out of his butthole or he was practicing his swimming moves.
05-17-2007
SpurOutofTownFan

Re: D'Antoni: "The rule is the rule, and I can abide by that."

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Originally Posted by Obstructed_View

Did anyone ask him what the hell he was doing running out onto the floor waving his arms at the end of the game? Does anyone know? And why didn't he get a T for that? I swear I've never seen a coach do that before.

That was a cheap attempt to offset the premade play for the spurs right after timeout - that's why POP was so upset. He had parker coming from the other end and catching the inbound pass but after that, he had to improvise.