Gregg Popovich Could Win CotY Every Year

[Sybok]

Exactly. Given the talent level and the conference they play in, the Spurs have overachieved...there's maybe one more year after this one where this team will remain a contender...just gotta soak it in before the ship sinks imo

I used to think this way... but now I think they will continue to be compe ive because it's not about the big 3 as much as it about the system that employs them. It will be a dark day when Pop calls it quits, but until then, I see the Spurs winning 50 a year.

[z0sa]

Yep. There's no better coach in the NBA right now. It's not even close, tbh

[DarrinS]

It will be a sad day when Pop, Tim, and Manu are gone. Enjoy it while it lasts.

[HI-FI]

Pop badly outcoached Philibeaner in the Finals, and pulled a 37 year-old Duncan with no footspeed, not a 27 year-old prime Duncan. Miami getting the most improbable of improbable wins doesn't equate to Pop ting the bed.

I still don't like the pulling of Duncan or how Pop managed that fourth quarter. That being said, I thought it was Pop was a maestro getting the Spurs there, and Spurs were definitely underdogs against a corporate juggernaut of a team. Plus we were a FT, a Manu turnover or Parker heroball away from winning it.

[NickiRasgo]

I'm not saying Pop doesn't deserve it but I think it would be Stotts or Vogel. The trend for winning COTY is usually basing it on last season's standing. I like Hornacek too, what he did to Suns this season. He's like Pop in the making for me, considering Suns are too young team and doesn't have even have a superstar but he was able to maximize his players. Even Suns fans reaction before the beginning of the season were already disappointed.

[Baam]

Is anyone else even close?

No one else could find a way to lose the Finals tbh, takes a genius like Pop...

Thibs, Vogel, Jim Carrey (who didn't the bed vs the Heat), Hornaceck, Clifford, Spoelstra and others are all as good if not better.

[Kidd K]

Lately, yeah. But tbh it's always been more like a "newbie coach of the year" or "coach who ressurrected a team the most this season" award, rather than a "best coach of the year" award.

[cd021]

nope. Hornacek is taking it

They aren't making the playoffs. Their schedule is insane. 13 of 18 games on the road. No way they give it to him unless they make the playoffs.

[cd021]

Terry Stotts-Portland

Pop-San Antonio

Frank Vogele-Indiana

[therealtruth]

No one else could find a way to lose the Finals tbh, takes a genius like Pop...

Thibs, Vogel, Jim Carrey (who didn't the bed vs the Heat), Hornaceck, Clifford, Spoelstra and others are all as good if not better.

Pretty much. Every other coach is too dumb to realize you have to sit Tim Duncan when you need to get defensive stops and rebounds.

[Spur|n|Austin]

Any coach in the league would agree with OP. Like z0sa said, it's not even close.

Pop's the man.

[xmas1997]

Any coach in the league would agree with OP. Like z0sa said, it's not even close.

Pop's the man.

And this is the honest truth.
Anyone saying the opposite is totally out of their mind IMHO.

[T Park]

Pop badly outcoached Philibeaner in the Finals, and pulled a 37 year-old Duncan with no footspeed, not a 27 year-old prime Duncan. Miami getting the most improbable of improbable wins doesn't equate to Pop ting the bed.

Leave it to an OG to bring sense as usual.

[TampaDude]

The Spurs were underdogs, despite the "But Pop imbalances the otherwise..." . Spurs did more than they were expected to do. They did better against a more seasoned Heat team than the Thunder did against a less seasoned team. Spurs have no reason to hang their heads. They've played outside of their collective abilities for a couple years now.... you cannot about a WCF appearance followed by a Finals appearance for a team on the sunset of it's days. This is as good as it gets for fans... soak it in. There'll never be another franchise like this in our lifetimes.

Exactly...the Heat were SUPPOSED to win it all. Any other team besides the Spurs out of the West would've probably gotten swept by Miami. Yeah, it sucks to get so close and not win it all, but the other team is getting paid, too.

This year we'll have HCA and should beat everyone we face in the playoffs. Barring any significant injuries, #5 is likely ours this time.

The Spurs may not always win the le, but they are always in the hunt, and they are still the winningest pro sports franchise over the past 15 years, period. Yes, the Spurs ARE a dynasty. Enjoy it while it lasts.

[xmas1997]

Pop badly outcoached Philibeaner in the Finals, and pulled a 37 year-old Duncan with no footspeed, not a 27 year-old prime Duncan. Miami getting the most improbable of improbable wins doesn't equate to Pop ting the bed.

Leave it to an OG to bring sense as usual.

Exactly...the Heat were SUPPOSED to win it all. Any other team besides the Spurs out of the West would've probably gotten swept by Miami. Yeah, it sucks to get so close and not win it all, but the other team is getting paid, too.

This year we'll have HCA and should beat everyone we face in the playoffs. Barring any significant injuries, #5 is likely ours this time.

The Spurs may not always win the le, but they are always in the hunt, and they are still the winningest pro sports franchise over the past 15 years, period. Yes, the Spurs ARE a dynasty. Enjoy it while it lasts.

True, so true,
Truer words were never said, yet some ignoramuses on here disagree.
Go figure.

[SpurPadre]

Could you imagine the outcome if the Spurs and Heat traded coaches? Pop would have made Danny Green start putting the ball on the floor in Game 2 and the Heat win in 5. I can't believe Spoelstra didn't make such an obvious adjustment until an elimination game. I mean Pop got beat by LeBron James. Spoelstra came 28 seconds from getting beat by Danny Green.

The team deserves credit for winning the games they did win in the Finals. DG being left open to hit threes wasn't the only reason those games were won. Surely, once Spoelstra figured out what to do against him, it set us back but let's not discredit our clear superiority over the Heat that was negated by the worst 28 seconds to finish a game in NBA Finals history.

[SpurPadre]

Leave it to an OG to bring sense as usual.

I wouldn't call a racist as "bringing in some sense"

[baseline bum]

The team deserves credit for winning the games they did win in the Finals. DG being left open to hit threes wasn't the only reason those games were won. Surely, once Spoelstra figured out what to do against him, it set us back but let's not discredit our clear superiority over the Heat that was negated by the worst 28 seconds to finish a game in NBA Finals history.

What clear superiority? Parker hit a lucky three to take the lead in a Game 6 that Miami was controlling.

[SpurPadre]

What clear superiority? Parker hit a lucky three to take the lead in a Game 6 that Miami was controlling.

Uh, we were up 10 after 3 quarters...and led for more quarters than they did if you look at the numbers throughout the series. So, yes, it was clear superiority ed by a miserable 28 seconds. As for "lucky three" for TP, how about Miller getting to hit a three without a shoe? Or all the lucky threes Battier was hitting in game 7?

[T Park]

I wouldn't call a racist as "bringing in some sense"

Lmao baseline couldn't be less racist

[T Park]

Uh, we were up 10 after 3 quarters...and led for more quarters than they did if you look at the numbers throughout the series. So, yes, it was clear superiority ed by a miserable 28 seconds. As for "lucky three" for TP, how about Miller getting to hit a three without a shoe? Or all the lucky threes Battier was hitting in game 7?

Bat tier wasn't lucky. Just stop

[baseline bum]

Uh, we were up 10 after 3 quarters...and led for more quarters than they did if you look at the numbers throughout the series. So, yes, it was clear superiority ed by a miserable 28 seconds. As for "lucky three" for TP, how about Miller getting to hit a three without a shoe? Or all the lucky threes Battier was hitting in game 7?

And Miami was up 3 with two minutes to go in the fourth quarter of Game 6 and mostly controlled Game 7. I call Parker's three to tie the game (not take the lead as I said above) lucky because:
(1) He's not a three point shooter
(2) James was right up on him
(3) It was a desperation shot to beat the shot clock buzzer.

As opposed to Miller who is one of the top shooters of the last 20 years getting an open three because of Neal's lazy D and then Battier who got tons of great open looks.

[jARS mEsH sEt]

No one else could find a way to lose the Finals tbh, takes a genius like Pop...

Thibs, Vogel, Jim Carrey (who didn't the bed vs the Heat), Hornaceck, Clifford, Spoelstra and others are all as good if not better.

Pop put us in a position where either a free throw make by Kawhi or Manu would've won a ring for us.

[Seventyniner]

And Miami was up 3 with two minutes to go in the fourth quarter of Game 6 and mostly controlled Game 7. I call Parker's three to tie the game (not take the lead as I said above) lucky because:
(1) He's not a three point shooter
(2) James was right up on him
(3) It was a desperation shot to beat the shot clock buzzer.

As opposed to Miller who is one of the top shooters of the last 20 years getting an open three because of Neal's lazy D and then Battier who got tons of great open looks.

True. The Spurs gaining that 5-point lead was almost as fluky as them losing it. That Parker 3 (not even from the corner; Parker is a pretty bad 3-point shooter above the break) was a straight bailout/BS shot.

[Seventyniner]

Oh and about the thread, I think it would take 4 things happening for Pop to win CotY:
1) Spurs finish 62-20 or better and have the best record in the league
2) Portland falls to #7 or below
3) Phoenix fails to make the playoffs
4) Indiana doesn't get the 1 seed in the East