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I hear is negotiating with New York to join them. The largest contract in NBA coaching history.
What do you think?
I used to think so, but with the team we've built this season, I'm really hopeful for the future without Duncan. And if Pop stays on after Duncan, Spurs will continue to stay relevant in the West for a long time.
All that said, I hope Duncan doesn't retire anytime soon.
I hear is negotiating with New York to join them. The largest contract in NBA coaching history.
^ actually, Pop taming NYC would be successful and hilarious.
Pops gonna be Phils asst in NY tbh
Pop will retire with Duncan when TD is 40 years old. Atfer that, Pop will sign a new contract with NYC where he could get 10 M a year
If we have to rebuild through the draft I doubt pop would want to coach a losing team. It would actually be worse for a team trying to rebuild in the draft to have a good coach squeezing an extra 5 wins out of a bad team
I want him to. Don't want to mess with his winning percentage,brah.
I'm curious, how does one retire while signing a new contract?
Am I naive in thinking that Pop would not sign with another team? My thinking is when he leaves the Spurs, it's because he is retiring from coaching, period. If he wants to keep coaching, he'll stay in San Antonio.
May be overestimating his loyalty, but that's just what I think.
Wait, what? Is this some form of new age spurfan trolling?
You've stated exactly what most spurs fans expect Pop to do. This is the most probable scenario for Pop. Why are you making it sound like this is a long shot?
Also, for what it's worth, Pop has answered this question in one of his previous "mailbags." He's not going to coach another team in the NBA. Once he retires from coaching the spurs, he somewhat jokingly said that wouldn't be opposed to coaching a high school team just for the of it.
SO it would be better to have a bad coach? And when they finally get good, bring in a new coach and new system? really?
My last recollection of it being mentioned was in one of our mailbags.
http://www.nba.com/spurs/features/pop_mailbag_0912.html
Ok, so the NYC people were trolling then. Good, cause that was the first I'd heard of it and thought I was out of the loop about something.Wait, what? Is this some form of new age spurfan trolling?
You've stated exactly what most spurs fans expect Pop to do. This is the most probable scenario for Pop. Why are you making it sound like this is a long shot?
Also, for what it's worth, Pop has answered this question in one of his previous "mailbags." He's not going to coach another team in the NBA. Once he retires from coaching the spurs, he somewhat jokingly said that wouldn't be opposed to coaching a high school team just for the of it.
Better than being stuck in a middle ground of late lottery/first round playoff fodder with no chance of really contending like Atlanta and not picking up any top level talent from the draft.
The Spurs aren't the Lakers or Celtics, we aren't going to attract top free agents so the draft is the only option, which means being bad for a few years. If you're gonna be a bad team, you might as well be a terrible team.
Duncan and Ginobili will both retire in the next couple years and unless we somehow pick up some MVP level talent, we should trade Parker for some young talent/picks.
My top 2 are definitely Becky Hammon and Dan Hurley (the UCONN head coach) who are both attempting to 3-peat their respective championships.
That article was October, 2021.
Sorry if i inadvertantly created false hope.
Timmy Dunker retired in July 2016.
The Dictator has remained in office for going on 9 years now.
My top 2 are Quin Snyder and Will Hardy. Both run very European offenses, and have Spurs roots.
I was watching a pod, and the host and Tyrese Halliburton were both raving over one single play that Snyder called when the Hawks played the Pacers.
It's a Wemby problem (benefit?) now. If Vic decides Pop isn't actually providing any guidance/game-planning (which is how the past 4-5 seasons have looked), he can deal with it rather easily.
I know this might surprise you, being caught in the ST echo chamber, but I’d say that Wemby’s view of Pop is quite different from yours, and that he won’t push him out the door and in fact may urge him to stay.
Fam, I have read your posts before, so I know you can read. I used at least two words that indicate I don't have a view on Vic's opinion of Pop. And the main thrust of the comment is that, whatever the case, it's essentially Vic's decision.
Personally, I want Pop to win some and recover his mystique a bit. There was some "Top Coaches" list floating around the internet a week or two ago, and I don't think Pop's name was where one might expect it to be. That's a function of the last few years of Spurs ball and people like Spoe making something at least kinda-sorta decent out of nothing fairly consistently.
While Becky Hammon and Dan Hurley are still my top 2... I do like both Quin Snyder and Will Hardy.
I loved when Snyder ran the Austin Toros. He was known as a coach who loved teaching fundamentals to young players. I also wanted him when he was making the move to Atlanta, but Pop didn't leave at that point. It's hard to read into his bad record at Atlanta with how poorly the team is built. At 57, he's the oldest one of this group (Hurley is 51, Hammon is 47, and Hardy is only 36 which is nuts).
It's hard to read into Will Hardy. He's super smart. He knows the Spurs system. He could end up coaching for 40 years. He's not doing good at Utah, but they are actively tanking. He's worked under Pop and Ime Udoka. I think the sky's the limit for him, we just haven't seen any real results yet.
I still think Dan Hurley is the smartest of the group (he had a beautiful game going with Castle and Clingan last year), but I'd be happy with any of them.
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Mitch Johnson. The playstyle is pretty much cemented by the time Pop steps down. They only need a good soldier like Mazulla or Daigneut to keep it running.
really upset budenholzer wound up in phoenix
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