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At least Manu was well rested at the end of the game!
I don't normally like to start threads ing about one particular facet of the game or a particular decision that may or may not have hurt the Spurs but what the is Pop thinking by not playing Manu Ginobili and by going with Roger Mason instaed????
I am a Roger Mason fan but he's nothing compared to Manu and Manu played very well tonight so I have no idea how he sits on the bench the entire fourth quarter baring a flare up of the injury.
Coming out of the time out in the fourth with Bonner still in the game and Duncan on the bench was also ridiculous.
And before anyone says it, yeah its only early December but that is no excuse to make incredibly stupid decisions by the coach.
At least Manu was well rested at the end of the game!
I don't know what to say. Everybody knew Manu should be in instead of Mason. Only Pop didn't see that, even the stupid R.Miller said that
Instead in the biggest play of the game to cut the lead to 2 the great Mason rush a 3 and that's ball game
Great job Pop, great job Mason
Pop was saving Manu's energy...for those last 10 crucial seconds. lol
crazy move by Pop...the guy did have a big part in 4 rings though...still, probably not the best move.
terrible coaching. duncan comes in with 4 minutes in the 4th... WTF?
Pops doing to manu what he did to bowen last year. Its pretty clear that Pop is the problem right now.
It was even more messed up because it was Mason's first game back from injury..
WTF is correct.
I agree with every word of this.
Manu should have been in most of the 4th quarter, especially the last 5 minutes.
Duncan should have come in the same time Garnett did.
at least hes not injured (again)
(sigh...)
could have had him in instead of Jefferson if he really wanted Mason in there. I don't understand the choice of going with those 2 at all when Manu had shown he could break down the Boston interior very well.
At some point you just need to play your best players. The whole Manu to the bench thing was one thing, but I'm not a fan of short changing your lineup by giving people like Bogans minutes and by going with "hot" lineups instead of your best players.
There has to be some sort of injury concern with Manu. I don't think Pop would sit his 2nd/3rd best player for Mason for no reason. But Mason continually bricking 3's is annoying as . That last one was brutal, the Spurs had it and he ed everything up.
Other than Manu coming back from a hamstring injury which if not treated right can last all season.....
putting your best 5 players out on the court with the game on the line for starters....
and not playing bonner over duncan when down 10 with 10 minutes left.... unless of course you want to lose... or you dont really care...
Ive said it many times and ill say it again.. this team isnt playing with any heart or fire in them... you really think blair is better than everyone on the court? of course not... he is playing with energy and he WANTS the win.
spurs keep losing because they dont WANT it.
this at ude that we "always" start slow and its okay that we have had a rough start and its going to start clicking is all BULL .. and it starts with POP...
Pop doesnt even look like he cares anymore... remember the pop of 5 years ago.. even 3 years ago... running down the sidelines... getting in peoples faces... thats what we need.
Mason was also back from a hamstring injury
Duncan not playing was also very questionable..
KG was manhandling Bonner inside..Duncan should have definitely been in for those minutes, it would have changed their entire look on offense..
inexcusable
Last edited by itzsoweezee; 12-03-2009 at 11:16 PM.
Perhaps Pop was giving someone else a chance because Manu was having one of his patented knuckle-headed games.
After he hit that 3 in the third, he shat out a string of jackass bush-league plays.
err just like Mason?
close enough.
While I don't necessarily disagree with you, you're talking about the third quarter. I'll just quote my post from the game blog rather than type it again...
Sending a message? No idea why else it would happen unless there was some injury concern.
Unbelievable! I was at the game and couldn't believe it. We were like where the is Manu and why Mason?
Yeah, but Manu's history has little bearing on the player he's become now.
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