Pop is offcially done...

[TheGreatYacht]

not even pretending anymore.. he's quit on the team..

Holt paying 10 Millions-a-year for this same until 2020 ...

I can read this dude like a ing book

It's just basketball

Predictable Pop, per par. No shame at all, just flat out quit and isn't afraid to admit it

[TheGoldStandard]

Pop needs to take a step back and let someone start to facilitate the coaching.. Probably go harder at practice, shoot around, invent some new plays or schemes that will go with the new iden y of the team. There is no way that you can repeatedly do the same thing over and over and get the same results and not realize that something has to give.

[Canyonero]

OP is a visionary

[K...]

So do you really think we need a new coach just to tell guys "hit open shots"

If anything this season was screwed chasing a white whale... The warriors. Pop had to invent his gimmicks, his garden of mid range chuckers.

Okc caught us with a huge matchup advantage, despite that being so, we could have won had we just shot well throughout the series.

[TheGreatYacht]

So do you really think we need a new coach just to tell guys "hit open shots"

If anything this season was screwed chasing a white whale... The warriors. Pop had to invent his gimmicks, his garden of mid range chuckers.

Okc caught us with a huge matchup advantage, despite that being so, we could have won had we just shot well throughout the series.

There's plenty of coaches who can coach ISO ball/post up ball... And most of em ain't senile.

[timtonymanu]

Like I said, Pop just needs to retire if he's just gonna stroke his own ego when he gets called out. It's Kawhi, LMA, and Danny's prime. Hand the keys over to a new coach.

[TheGreatYacht]

So do you really think we need a new coach just to tell guys "hit open shots"

If anything this season was screwed chasing a white whale... The warriors. Pop had to invent his gimmicks, his garden of mid range chuckers.

Okc caught us with a huge matchup advantage, despite that being so, we could have won had we just shot well throughout the series.

There's plenty of coaches who can coach ISO ball/post up ball... And most of em ain't senile.

[tholdren]

There's plenty of coaches who can coach ISO ball/post up ball... And most of em ain't senile.

I'll throw my hat in.

"hey KL - go dribble the ball for 20 seconds and take a fadeaway or pass it"

[Hoops Czar]

I'll throw my hat in.

"hey KL - go dribble the ball for 20 seconds and take a fadeaway or pass it"

Oh, somebody else noticed this too. And people have the audacity to throw Parker under the bus

[RD2191]

Pop is beyond done. He's been eaten and ted out.

[RD2191]

What sucks is that he's failed to make the most obvious adjustments time and time again.

[tholdren]

What sucks is that he's failed to make the most obvious adjustments time and time again.

Well it must suck to only realize this now - its happened every year SA underachieves

[therealtruth]

just came across stat Phil Jackson is 49-0 when he wins 1st game of the series..

And folks call our choking got coach the GOAT ..

I've been point that stat out for a while. PJ always had that mental edge or killer instinct on the opponent. So when he gained the advantage in the series he always closed it out. One of the first things Pop gives up is the mental edge. When they beat down OKC in game 1 he still conceded it.

[dbestpro]

I'll throw my hat in.

"hey KL - go dribble the ball for 20 seconds and take a fadeaway or pass it"

Iso ball is ugly ball, and ain't worth watching. When the passes stopped, so did the wins.

[therealtruth]

Well it must suck to only realize this now - its happened every year SA underachieves

It drives me nuts when people let Pop of the hook. The Spurs simply weren't good enough. When you're the favorite going into a series and you lose that's called underachiever and it reflects on the coach first. A great coach instills confidence in his team and the team plays like that. And it's not like he can't do it. In '14 he was a driving force for that 'ship. He minimized his mistakes and was quick to make adjustments.

[TheGreatYacht]

Y'all let this slip to the second page? Smh

[spursistan]

Y'all let this slip to the second page? Smh

this thread is going to be gold next season.. look for glorious "Pop when Timmy is not there to hold his hand " bumps..

expecting this to be +50 pages by end of next year playoffs..assuming we make it there

[TheGreatYacht]

this thread is going to be gold next season.. look for glorious "Pop when Timmy is not there to hold his hand " bumps..

expecting this to be +50 pages by end of next year playoffs..assuming we make it there

[Sean Cagney]

It drives me nuts when people let Pop of the hook. The Spurs simply weren't good enough. When you're the favorite going into a series and you lose that's called underachiever and it reflects on the coach first. A great coach instills confidence in his team and the team plays like that. And it's not like he can't do it. In '14 he was a driving force for that 'ship. He minimized his mistakes and was quick to make adjustments.

After 2014 even he lost that edge it seemed, 5 settled everyone down and made them content IMHO.

[TheGoldStandard]

Someone needs to TM "It's Just Basketball" T-shirts with the face of Pop on there.. might be hearing that a lot next season if he refuses to coach and RC can't bring in help.

[Russ]

Finally journalists/basketball mavens are breaking the psychological barrier and laying into possibly the most overrated coach in 2016 NBA..

Two statements by Stephen A. Smith expose him as the front-running know-nothing that he is (although I must admit I find him entertaining):

After the Game One OKC blowout, SAS ridiculed anyone who sounded a cautionary note by comparing the Spurs' blowout win to the Celtics' blowout win over the Lakers in Game One of the 1985 NBA Finals which the Celtics went on to lose in 6.

SAS basically said there is no comparison because, unlike the Lakers, OKC had no chance in the series.

Then SAS ridiculed OKC for putting a "rookie" coach like Billy Donovan up against Gregg Popovich. Actually, Donovan outcoached Pop as I feared he might.

SAS should have known that Donovan had already done something Pop (or any other coach) most likely never could have -- win two NCAA basketball championships at a Southern football school like Florida.

[sook]

Two statements by Stephen A. Smith expose him as the front-running know-nothing that he is (although I must admit I find him entertaining):

After the Game One OKC blowout, SAS ridiculed anyone who sounded a cautionary note by comparing the Spurs' blowout win to the Celtics' blowout win over the Lakers in Game One of the 1985 NBA Finals which the Celtics went on to lose in 6.

SAS basically said there is no comparison because, unlike the Lakers, OKC had no chance in the series.

Then SAS ridiculed OKC for putting a "rookie" coach like Billy Donovan up against Gregg Popovich. Actually, Donovan outcoached Pop as I feared he might.

SAS should have known that Donovan had already done something Pop (or any other coach) most likely never could have -- win two NCAA basketball championships at a Southern football school like Florida.

SAS is a dumbass. He's staying on ESPN while everybody is jumping ship. That should be enough.

[therealtruth]

I think it's time for Pop to go back upstairs into the FO. Find a young and hungry coach who really wants to win.

[tholdren]

SAS is a dumbass. He's staying on ESPN while everybody is jumping ship. That should be enough.

ESPN has marketed toward just the demo for SAS why would he leave?

[spursistan]

BUMP...

All discussion about Pop inep ude should be here..IMO..