TMZ: Pop Suffers Medical Emergency at Restaurant, Taken Via Ambulance

[ace3g]

Beadle is currently on NBA TV- Run It Back’

[spursparker9]

That definitely closed the door for Pop

Lets find a new HC

[Ice009]

Probably an exaggeration on my part...but she definitely got forced out from both NBC and ESPN (the latter being because she made comments that got Stephen A Smith suspended, but he still has his job) and she got bought out.

She was doing Spurs coverage for a while and still makes a random appearance here and there, but then just seems to disappear even though she is a huge Spurs fan.

Thanks, Dex. Didn't know she got Stephen A Smith suspended. What was that over?

I know she's now on 'Run It Back' with Lou Williams and Chandler Parsons as I've seen some videos on Youtube the past few months. How long has she been doing that show for?

[ducks]

Only if he was in as good shape as Trump ……

[mystargtr34]

Only if he was in as good shape as Trump ……

low blow ducks.

[ducks]

The spurs front office needs to get some balls and tell Pop he is not going to coach because he is not healthy enough they are moving on.
He was great for a long time but he is not great because he got tds and it has affected his ability to stay healthy and coach!
Spurs front office do the right think so on live tv he does not have a stroke !

[slick'81]

Thank god hes retired

[cutewizard]

Please retire Pop......we aim for playoffs next year and then the championship year after that

its a long way to go

Get well soon but please retire Coach Pop

[cutewizard]

there are many good male candidates

but Coach Becky as head coach would be tantalizing,

a first in NBA history

[timtonymanu]

The spurs front office needs to get some balls and tell Pop he is not going to coach because he is not healthy enough they are moving on.
He was great for a long time but he is not great because he got tds and it has affected his ability to stay healthy and coach!
Spurs front office do the right think so on live tv he does not have a stroke !

You’ve been a got for a long time.

[Extra Stout]

The decision is Junior’s to make, but he’s an empty sweatsuit.

[exstatic]

The decision is Junior’s to make, but he’s an empty sweatsuit.

The decision is Pop’s to make.

[Das Texan]

The decision is Pop’s to make.

Well like most older men of his generation in power positions, they never want to give them up and allow the younger generations the ability to guide the ship.

[bigfan]

Sad to hear and its time ownership "does the needful". Then sign Coach Bud before somebody else gets him.

[ducks]

The decision is Pop’s to make.

Nope bosses can force people to retire or get fired
See how many nba coaches got fired this year
Some won les with the team also or with their previous team

[The Truth #6]

Hard to say if this latest incident actually changes anything re: Pop's plan to return and ownership's deference to Pop to decide. Obviously it should! But not sure. Probably only his daughter could get through to him to sway him.

[MarCowMar]

there are many good male candidates

but Coach Becky as head coach would be tantalizing,

a first in NBA history

DEI gotry aside, the last time the Spurs played basketball for the pure sake of winning was when Becky was coaching the summer league team.

I would really like to see that hunger again from someone in the organization, and bet that Fox and Castle would respond positively to it (they haven't been ruined yet).

She also played for Russia so she knows how to pick winners on the long arc of history. Definitely a covert anti-globalist.

[tim_duncan_fan]

there are many good male candidates

but Coach Becky as head coach would be tantalizing,

a first in NBA history

I would like them to make history.

[Bill_Brasky]

The decision is Pop’s to make.

The stroke made that decision for him. When "you might keel over and die in front of an arena packed with people" becomes a real possibility with like a greater than 30% chance of happening, no, it isn't "his decision" anymore. What the Spurs organization is currently doing with this situation should be considered malpractice.

[Seventyniner]

The stroke made that decision for him. When "you might keel over and die in front of an arena packed with people" becomes a real possibility with like a greater than 30% chance of happening, no, it isn't "his decision" anymore. What the Spurs organization is currently doing with this situation should be considered malpractice.

I agree that Pop shouldn't coach anymore. Is the "malpractice" you refer to merely remaining silent on the issue?

[exstatic]

Well like most older men of his generation in power positions, they never want to give them up and allow the younger generations the ability to guide the ship.

Forcing Pop out will fracture, maybe even sever relationships between the organization and all of the former players. No more hanging out at the practice facility, informal mentoring, etc.

[djohn2oo8]

Forcing Pop out will fracture, maybe even sever relationships between the organization and all of the former players. No more hanging out at the practice facility, informal mentoring, etc.

Pop might name his successor or pick who he wants that is available.

[exstatic]

Pop might name his successor or pick who he wants that is available.

And that’s fine, as long as he makes the decisions. My post was a comment to a poster saying Holt Jr. wouldn’t have the balls to cut him loose.

[scott]

Forcing Pop out will fracture, maybe even sever relationships between the organization and all of the former players. No more hanging out at the practice facility, informal mentoring, etc.

tbh, not forcing Pop out and allowing him to return to the sidelines might fracture, maybe even sever relationships between the organization and former players. They may be looking at the situation the same as many onlookers in that it would be irresponsible to to allow him to continue. I don't think our roster of HOFers want to see Pop die on the sidelines anymore than any of us do.

[Gandalf]

Forcing Pop out will fracture, maybe even sever relationships between the organization and all of the former players. No more hanging out at the practice facility, informal mentoring, etc.

I seriously doubt that. I had to help take the keys from my grandpa, and my siblings don’t hate me for it; they appreciated it, particularly since they knew it had to be done, and they didn’t have to do it.

Plus, even if the ‘risk’ you’re afraid of is true, 1) the risks of sending him out there next year (for Pop and the franchise) are MUCH, MUCH WORSE, and 2) IF the former players don’t understand that, I’m sorry—but they’d be complete idiots. I don’t think they are.