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Never hated either.
Not a question for the "aww shucks, just happy to be there" variety of spurfan--rather the spurfans who were livid at #5 being pissed away by sloppy passes and shady subs utions. Does it still stick in your craw?
Never hated either.
The turnovers...mainly from turnobili will always bother me, when thinking about the spurs. Pop didn't have any turnovers...while Duncan should have been in the game, there's no guarantee he even is able to get the rebound. When the heat needed boards, they got them, with or without Duncan on the floor. Plus he wasn't doing anything in the second half of that game..
I proudly wore my Ginobili jersey all day Friday, if that answers your question
"Coping mechanism."
Pop ed up. I can't blame Manu. It was Pop's decision for him to play. He should of beched him.
same here......everyone makes mistakes.....mad yes but never had hate for neither one
i hated manus guts on game 6 and 7 but when he did something great i was exited. but he threw the series away and i'm pissed off for that but i can't totally hate him. i understand father time finally knocked on his door and he really did try his best. he still brought 3 here so i can never hate him too much. still love the guy.
I've been over it but I'll never forgive Manu and Pop for costing Timmy his 5th ring. People can say it's a team sport and cherry pick excuses but I don't give a sh*t. Manu's pathetic performance in the finals cost us #5. Manu only played in Game 5 and Game 7 (too little too late).
Nah.. Spurs fans are one of the most spoiled fans in the NBA. Yes, it sucks that they were close to winning it, but that's basketball for you. Fortune was on
the Heats side and the Spurs just got some bad luck down the stretch. Need to improve on a few things and hope they get can somehow
get back.
P.S
yo' 28 seconds
Sorry Timmy, the coach that rode your coattails screwed you royally. Not to mention all the other bs lineups throughout lol
Not till Ginobili learns to stop jumping in the air and then throwing the ball to the other team. It's simply inexcusable.
Without Pop and Manu we don't have 4 championship banners hanging in the rafters in the AT&T center.
Those ginobili turnovers were unbelievable. Talk about legacies being tarnished. His had to have taken the biggest hit. Can't trust him to take care of the ball.
No. In fact in the moments after the buzzer, rather than feeling crushed/devastated (I think game 6 made me numb to pain), I found myself appreciating the team and sincerely hoping Manu comes back
If it's any consolation, I sincerely hope he comes back too
Manu gets a pass in my book - but Pop should have retired after 2007 - and/or stepped back to the front office and hired a young coach who can make playoff game adjustments.
Pop has his moments and can be a decent regular season coach - but every young coach from Scotti Brooks, Lionel Hollins, Alvin Gentry, Spoelstra, has schooled him since. Every curve that every novice coach threw at Pop - Pop kept swinging for fastballs - thinking that his "system" his "corporate knowledge" was superior to actually being flexible and coaching "in the moment"
Pop.
Never hated Manu, but I still resent him for this deep down.
Never had hatred for Pop. He's always taken Duncan out of similar situations because he likes to switch everything, and it's worked for him in the past. I don't blame him for taking Duncan out. That was part of the plan, and he stuck with it.
My disdain for Manu has not subsided, nor will it ever. My respect level for him was a 9.5/10 before this year's playoffs. It's dropped to an 8/10 after what happened. Clearly, I still respect him immensely for his overall body of work, but it's unlikely that my respect for him will ever climb back to 9.5/10 (or higher). "Hatred" is 3/10 or lower, for me. Clearly, I don't "hate" Manu overall, but his atrocious overall performance has certainly tarnished his reputation (slightly) in my eyes.
Seriously... do you meant it in a bad way? I hope Manu retires or takes a reduced roll and little pay. Kawhi has taken his place as the Big 3.
Had Manu shown the balls to take whatever open shot was given to him in games 6 and 7, even if he ended up going 7-20 from the field or something, my respect for him would've only dropped from a 9.5/10 to a 9/10.
In my eyes, he shied away from the moment. It's as if he'll take a couple of shots early on in the game, and if they're not falling he'll stop looking for his shot altogether. That was key in leading to his 8 turnovers in game 6. The teammates he was trying to pass to were well guarded. He wasn't (Tony was the one being trapped as the primary ball handler during these games after Manu started playing next to him). He had open shots and he gave them up in lieu of passing to well guarded teammates.
In game 5, luckily he made his first 3 (well, long 2), so he didn't feel shy about taking open shots or semi-contested "good" shots when given to him.
I expect someone like Danny Green to shy away from the moment when he hits a mini-slump. I never expected that from Manu.
Pretty much
I'm not as angry at Manu. I've been saying all season on here that he looks ty, possibly done. My problem has been more with his fanboys for spinning his unreliability over the years. Now my feelings on pop are pretty bad, just because there appears to be no accountability.
I think of Pop as a joke. Have since 2006. He's considered great in NBA circles mostly because every other coach in the NBA is a ing moron.
My hate for Manu will never subside tbh. All the Spurs needed from him was to play average...not even star level production and he still couldn't manage that. Instead, he puts together one of the worst Finals performances of all-time for someone paid 14 million. I hope he never makes it into the Hall of Fame.
Ouch... can't argue against that.
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