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I agree.
Even if we lose, I just hope this encourages Pop to play Hairston and Mahinmi much much more. I think the team relies way too much on "veteran savy" and while it is getting late in the season we already know what our main rotation players can do.
I'm OK with the loss as long as this actually changes something with his terrible subs utions
I agree.
Doubt it.
Pop is old, has probably developed glaucoma and cataracts. I don't think he can see .
This is the most optimistic I've felt about this team this season. I won't feel better until Bogans isn't starting the next game, though.
Do you mean "if"?
One can only hope. Even if he does play them, it's sad that he has come to this realization this late in the season.
season is over, play the young guys.
A bunch of us have been saying this all season and we saw potential in these guys..yet a highly regarded coach plays scrubs that can barely move instead of them..
If Bogans, Finley and Bonner are playing next game, I don't even know how I'm going to react..
It's too late to right this ship this year, sadly. Pop's idiocy has pretty much ed over this season and next year if Pop learns how to play the most talented players on the squad rather than washed up old scrubs then maybe
I won't believe it until I see it.
not going to happen. Do not expect to see them unless the Spurs are winning by 20 or losing by 20. But if Pop brings back Finley and KB in the starting lineup again, expect to see more 20 point deficits.
ARE YOU ING MENTAL?
NO, HE HASN'T "SEEN THE LIGHT."
HE WILL NEVER "SEE THE LIGHT."
60-something year old men aren't capable of learning things or admitting that they're wrong about anything. The Spurs will never contend until he is no longer with the organization, and even by then, it'll be too late because we've wasted Tim and Manu this year basically. Just completely ing wasted one of the last good years of their careers. It's really almost a crime.
So you really don't think Malik could be a 15-20 ppg scorer with a starting role Harlemheat? You think that's overreaching? I think it's very much a possibility
George Hill
Manu Ginobili
Malik Hairston
Ian Mahinmi
Tim Duncan
Do it Pop. , I won't be mad if you want Ginobili to come off the bench, but assuming Parker's still sick you need to put Hill at point guard and Mason at shooting guard, Mason's got his issues, but besides Ginobili, Hill, and Parker, he's the only guard you can start there that can score.
We're not making it far this year so give Ian and Malik major minutes to see if they are worth resigning next summer and getting them accustomed to the system.
Honestly Pop's lineup is an indication he's tanked. Why not just play the young guys? We got nothing to lose.
No, Pop has not seen the light. He went blind a long time ago
Sign Bogans rather than re-sign Bowen
Resign Finley for 2 years and $5 Million
Nick Van Exel signed & played over Udrih in the playoffs 2006. (Yes, Udrih was not good. Van Exel was MUCH worse)
Vaughn over Hill, Playoffs 2008
Hairston and Mahinmi never getting any development time
Fire Pop
And for a good measure
Bonner over Scola
Jackie Butler over Scola
Hey RC Scola had 13 rebounds tonight. Did he work on that rebounding enough for ya?
I'd be happy with six or seven points, a couple of big defensive plays, some hustle and some aggression going to the hoop and the offensive boards. In short, everything the starting position has lacked all season.
If he has, he should go to it!
I'd like to think that Pop has seen the light, but I've been teased before. I don't look at this as anything more than a one-game aberration. We'll probably not see those young again for the rest of the season.
As a fan, it offends me that Pop keeps running players into the starting lineup and onto the court, when there are clearly better alternatives on the bench.
He'll continue to stick with his veteran-only philosophy because it's proven to be what works best. However, it's quite obvious that now it DOESN'T work.
You keep pounding that rock with the old heads, Pop. And keep sliding right on down in the standings.
That's a massive overreach. But He's F'ing well better than Finley's Corpse. And Bogans crappy ass. And maybe Mason. And Maybe Jefferson.
So yeah, he should be playing...
Too late? Anything can happen. Still time to see if inserting new players in rotation will work. Yall sound like some pessimistic republican pundits.
Do you remember when we had Pops and he was came in during a 20 point blowout by the Cavs? He was hustling, dunking, and rebounding like a beast and the team roared back (I believe Hairston was on the floor then too)...but everyone said his "rotations" and defense just weren't cutting it.
Then recently Bruce Bowen mentions that maybe Ian doesn't get played because his "rotations" and defense just aren't cutting it. But who IS playing good decent defense and able to contribute offensively to make ANY stop worth a damn?
Pop has shown to be timid of playing new guys when it matters most. He gave up on the game, the players didn't because they're so damn hungry to play. Is CIA Pop starving the dogs so that they devour opposing teams until TP, Timmy, and Manu can play BIG again?
We did make a lot of mistakes in recent years, but this one correction in playing more youth would be a huge step in the right decision. I would rather Hairston and Mahinmi make mistakes than having Bogans be completely useless for a crucial 25 minutes of the game.
Blair also gets more shafted by the refs than any Spur player I've seen in years.
But then again, the Spurs have barely played enough rookies the past few years to have players who struggle with "rookie calls"
With a meltdown like the entire forum come next game. You already know who Pop is going to play.
That's just silly. He is a 6-10 ppg guy. The real thing that he brings is hustle and defense, which this team has none of. There aren't nearly enough shots for 20 ppg unless we play Jefferson 0 minutes.Originally Posted by TJastal
So you really don't think Malik could be a 15-20 ppg scorer with a starting role Harlemheat? You think that's overreaching? I think it's very much a possibility
+1
So of the 13 guys we have, I'd like to see Bogans, Finley, McDyess, and Bonner as the last 4 to play.
9 man rotation once Parker returns:
Starters:
Parker
Hill
Hairston
Duncan
Mahinmi
Bench:
Ginobili
Mason
Jefferson
Blair
Talent, scoring, youth, potent bench, all surrounding our big 3 whose minutes should be rationed. Get into the playoffs with the lower seed, and then extend minutes for them.
As far as what the OP asked, could it be that Pop is too proud to admit his folly by giving more PT to Malik and Ian?
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