I Called Kens5/Ch4/29/12 about Bruce/Pop

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

Because he doesn't trust rookie point guards and the Mason experiment failed.

I've come up with the phrase "Benophobia" which I think perfectly fits the Hill situation, but no-one has noticed.

Come on people, feel the Benophobia!

[SA210]

David Chancellor just said on NEWS4WOAI that he has been getting lots of Email/Phone calls from Spurs fans that Pop needs to start Bowen.....

If its the work of SpursTalk....Good job guys

Yes, keep it up guys.

[Spursmania]

David Chancellor just said on NEWS4WOAI that he has been getting lots of Email/Phone calls from Spurs fans that Pop needs to start Bowen.....

If its the work of SpursTalk....Good job guys

Cool-

[jason1301]

Who's going to help?

I asked why the media is not asking the tough questions on why Pop is not starting Bruce Bowen. I told them Pop is going against his own principles and that Bruce shut down Lebron just year before last, was in the NBA Finals MVP talk, and now can't get off the bench, and Lebron now has 18 in the 1st quarter with no Bruce on him.



He said (Kens5) that we're not having a losing season, and I got more upset and told him we're gonna have a losing Post Season! He said no sports guys are in but he'll pass it on to them.


I left a voicemail for David Chancellor.

Had a lengthy discussion with KSAT 12 and they said it's not something that can be brought up to Pop because he gives short answers. I said screw that. Fllow up, press him! Fox29 said the same thing. One guy said "Look Bruce is in there now and they're still killing us"

I said, yea, after we let the guy get hot.

We need everyone calling in and complaining about the Bruce/Pop thing.

KENS5 (210)-366-5001

News4 WOAI (210)-226-5665

KSAT12 (210) 351-1269

FOX29 (210)442-NEWS

Who's in?

chill pout man, its just a sport.

take a long walk, have some wine, spent time with your family.

[Libri]

David Chancellor just said on NEWS4WOAI that he has been getting lots of Email/Phone calls from Spurs fans that Pop needs to start Bowen.....

I sense a popular uprising.

[SA210]

Keep up the pressure.

[crc21209]

yeah! Start Bruce damn it.

[SA210]

http://spurstalk.com/forums/showthread.php?t=71220

[SA210]

bump

[BonnerDynasty]

Don Harris, you are a pussy.

[SA210]

Ever since the Spurs have been winning Pop has controlled the relationship with the media. The Spurs knew the media needed the story since the fans wanted to know about the winning Spurs. Pop has played that relationship to the point that the SA media will not be critical of the Spurs or else (i'm not sure the threat, no interviews, locked out of scoops???)

Once the Spurs stop being big winners and the fan bandwagon drops off a bit then the SPurs will be begging for media coverage again and the media will be allowed to be critical again. SA media is spineless towards the spurs and especially towards questioning POP or the front office. It took until this year before they really criticzed the Scola trade

[guzmangm]

I've come up with the phrase "Benophobia" which I think perfectly fits the Hill situation, but no-one has noticed.

Come on people, feel the Benophobia!

This is exactly what i think. Not everybody is Beno... Would cough up the ball on a trap like he did against the Pistons twice. What sucks is finally they seem to have someone capable of playing backup pg and Pop still doesn't use him... This and Bowen not playing anymore gets me. I really haven't noticed any slowing down by him. It's not like the guy ever gets injured. If he's so slow and gets beat than that's where the help defense comes in the middle. Plus he usually makes his corner three, so he does provide a legit threat on offense that teams seem to forget.

[guzmangm]

Someone explain to me how Horry who definately lost a step last year was able to play because he provide maybe a good defensive heads up play last year (shooting was there either), but Bowen is somehow incapable of it...

[SA210]

Someone explain to me how Horry who definately lost a step last year was able to play because he provide maybe a good defensive heads up play last year (shooting was there either), but Bowen is somehow incapable of it...

Exactly

[SA210]

Maybe it deserves it's own thread, but the new Spurs RoundTable is out. It claims to call out spurstalk.com posts on the Bruce Bowen situation. I'm posting it now, but haven't watched it yet.

http://www.woai.com/content/podcasts...1HiXKds-Q.cspx

Over the past few games the Spurs have looked weak, but at their core they are champions. Can they flip the switch and revert back to their dominating ways? Our panel offers their opinions as to what is wrong, and what can be fixed. Our panel also calls out some of the posts on SpursTalk.com because of the call to fire Spurs coach Gregg Popovich over the use of Bruce Bowen. Our panel tackles the question of the best Spur of all time. Is it David Robinson or Tim Duncan? Then our panel turns to the question of Roy Williams and the Cowboys. Do they have what they need at the receiving positions?

Click here to watch…

[SA210]

After watching it now, it is just ridiculous the assumption that guy has that Bruce Bowen has lost 2 or 3 steps. They focused more on some people calling to fire Pop more than they did on the Bruce situation (I'd like to note, I WAS NOT one that called for Pop being fired, I said I want the old Pop) They must be referring to the Fire pop thread.

In fairness, Mike the producer talked to me about the Bruce situation, we talked for about an hour. That was really cool of him by the way. Although he did claim that Bruce is not able to contribute anything to the Spurs anymore at all and that He and Finley are exactly the same, defensively. So when they claim that Mike won the arguement, I beg to differ.

[guzmangm]

Your never too old for grabby hands and crafty, ahem, dirty, tricks... haha. Nobody shuts down Kobe, Lebron. Chris Paul never gets called for a foul when he pushes off the defender with his forearm as he drives to the basket. So if they are going by this, they are blind.

[HarlemHeat37]

their logic is stupid LOL..

so let me get this straight..because Bowen can no longer guard the BEST players in the NBA at a consistent rate, he's no longer able to contribute to this team? so if he's not an elite defender anymore, he should just be benched?..

[Amuseddaysleeper]

I think all this talk of Bowen's demise have been greatly exaggerated. Yeah, he maybe isn't early 2000's Bruce Bowen, but he's still one of a defender.

Plus even if Pop does decide to boost his minutes in the playoffs, I can't help but believe Bowen would be a little rusty with his shot and whatnot due to the lack of playing time during the regular season.

[guzmangm]

And where the is Humberto? I know everybody here hates him but he is crafty and has the right sense. Is he still injured? Talk about getting Ginobili ready, throw him in there with his countryman at second string. I always thought those two played well off each other and were on the same page. Gooden first (rebounds/post option), Humberto/Thomas second depending on the need.

[silverblackfan]

hes already said its coz vaughn knows the whole playbook so he can unleash the full spurs offensive repetoire with vaughn out there ..... of course.... only we realize its going to be 4 on 5, so pointless to have the "whole" playbook, when one of your players is basically non-existant.

I just assumed he wanted Vaughn on the floor to call all the plays he want to run with Gooden on the floor. Trying to teach him plays by having the veteran set them up correctly. Hill just doesn't have the knowledge yet to run these 'training sessions' during a game with reliability. Hopefully, we will start to see some Hill as backup PG before the season ends.
The Mason experiment might also be a way to get Mason to understand the offense better from the PG perspective. That one still confuses me...

[dbestpro]

Ditto.

Pop doesn't answer questions from the media about who he's playing and why. His traditional answer is "we played who we decided to play" or something like that.

And Pop doesn't really care if the media, the fans, or Bruce's wife wants him to play, if he's not going to do it, he won't.

The only people who might be able to talk to him are: 1) The coaching staff (but I think they were probably part of the decision NOT to play him) or 2) Timmy D.

I don't even think Pop has given up on Bruce as a defender. I think he's just decided that this team will need to win with offense. That's why he constantly says stuff like, "Well we just didn't hit our shots" when they lose.

After LeBron tore up Finley in the 1st quarter, they asked Pop if they were going to change the defense on him and Pop said, "It might seem crazy, but No."

I think this team goes through too many scoring droughts to win a le (or even get out of the first round) on offense alone. They must get better defensively or the playoffs are going to be short.

I had been impressed with some your posts lately and then you post something flat like this. If you want things to change you have to get up off the couch and become an activist. The more active and passionate Spurs fans are the better regardless of the outcome. Call away!!!!

Pressure the media. Afterall, we are the customers of the media and the Spurs and all we are asking for is the same quality of product that we are use to and the customer service required to voice that opinion.

[hater]

And where the is Humberto? I know everybody here hates him but he is crafty and has the right sense. Is he still injured? Talk about getting Ginobili ready, throw him in there with his countryman at second string. I always thought those two played well off each other and were on the same page. Gooden first (rebounds/post option), Humberto/Thomas second depending on the need.

who the is humberto??? come on man, at least learn the player's names

[Flux451]

David Chancellor just said on NEWS4WOAI that he has been getting lots of Email/Phone calls from Spurs fans that Pop needs to start Bowen.....

If its the work of SpursTalk....Good job guys

Thats awesome. Let's us out of towners know of any of other updates. Someone is definitely spread the word to Spurs staff eventually.

They may just laugh it off, but you never know.

thanks

[Nathan Explosion]

Pressuring the media won't do a damn thing. Trying to pressure Pop won't do anything either. Fact of the matter is, while we're all en led to our opinion and we don't have to like what's going on, we have to trust Pop. We don't have an option.

None of us are going to coach this team anytime soon. We're not Whoopi Goldberg in that stupid movie.