GOAT coach. He destroyed Nurse yesterday
Dude, you're one of the primary reasons why this thread was made. It's definitely your right to criticize Pop, but you go overboard. Judging by your posts.You would think Pop was one of the worst coaches in the league, Even when you try to praise him, you throw shade at him.
10/10 thread OP
This is why I was so keen to blame coaching early on. Folks thought the Spurs were locked into poor play due to their talent level. But good coaching can take a team far, and something between Pop and the players just wasn't working early on. The team will obviously cool down somewhat, but there's no reason why they can't be an elite offense and average defense the rest of the way. Pop gets paid the big bucks for a reason, and it's nice to see that demonstrated.
Oh, you’re serious. Carry on
Honestly looking at the roster talent I thought it was a dead season and I was half serious when I said we should tank tbh... I was not blaming Pop tho I just did not see how this roster could have a good season and be able to play that kind of game, best ceiling was for me struggle to get a PO spot and a bye in the first round with our ass handed to us. This scenario can still happen but so far and for me this roster is overachieving. Most importantly instead of being a sad struggling team, they are fun to watch recently and a very likeable group of players doing the best they can every night... refreshing
and in all of that Pop has a major influence... so yeah propos to him.. the easy road for him was to quit but no he is still 100% with his players doing his best
I'm quite impressed
wtfOh, you’re serious. Carry on
why wouldn't I be serious tbh ? there is nothing trollish in OP tbh... I really think all I wrote.. don't you agree?
Imagine being Pop and ting on Kawhi and the Celtics coach, who is pretty much heralded as the next Pop, all in the span of a week.
you take the bad with the good. thats like laker fans saying "ugh if lebron made free throws we'd have 3 more wins this year"... but lebron is also directly responsible for about 100% of their wins. so you could argue they'd overall be worse off without pop despite those 3-4 games
Crofl, Pop has had a good stretch and obviously he gets a pass here for all he's done and the rough year he's had. But Pop has had a TON of mistakes since 2014 (front office moves included). The Clippers series in 2015 was featured some of the worst coaching moves of his career. He followed that up by getting thoroughly outcoached by Billy Donovan the following year. I already outlined some real head scratchers that he had to start this season.
He should also get lion's share of the blame for the Patty deal and Pau deal.
I've given Pop a ton of credit when it's due and have called him out when he's been ty (the bar should be higher considering he's an all-timer coach). It's something that's lost on this sub because the Pop suckers lose their as soon as Pop gets a hint of criticism. He looked overwhelmed and just not into it at the beginning of the year and I stated that I totally get it if that was the case because of the personal stress he's gone through.
Sure it gets hyperbolic sometimes but that's how this place works, where the have you been
Things looked so grim at the start but Spurs basketball has been a joy to watch recently. It's that moment on the playground when all the bullied betas get together and realize they are collectively stronger than the alphas. Some of the most fun moments since the Kingslayer finals.
The return of Kawhi was cathartic beyond expectations and Pop handled the potentially toxic situation with grace.
Love seeing White and Poetl coming into their own. Is White the hidden centerpiece of this team? Defensive leader, PG, and--unlike Derozan/Aldridge--makes everyone around him better. Why not?
Don't know what the ceiling is for our team but they're sure as fun to root for. Cheers to Pop.
The patty and pau deal are terrible.
the chemistry of this team is just incredible. They really just need to flip Pau for a 3-and-D wing and they can make a run
Oh, you’re serious. Carry on
Still not giving Pop credit? Damn if winning like this with this team doesn't convince you then you're just an all time hater.
When Pop is retired and we have some regular joe-schmo coach, we'll appreciate him a lot more.
I was definitely wrong about players tuning Pop out. Seeing all those jarring ugly large losses said something to me other than just poor coaching at the time.
But clearly, the guys still bought in and now that Pop has elevated his coaching from where it was earlier this season, we see the guys still very much love and listen to Pop.
nurse looked lost out there last night when the camera was in his face. was hilarious! how the did that dude become a coach anyhow? he doesn't even resemble a bball fan tbh. lol
That is so very true Chinook.
There is always a lot of trolling in all sorts of direction here, whether it be true fans from others teams using alt accounts, player fans, troll purists (need no other motivation to troll than to just piss people off), contrarians, antisocials, haters, etc. there is every flavor of troll you can think of here. The nature of the site also makes good natured team fans troll too from time to time as if there wasn't anything worth criticizing before."But, but, but..." Nothing, it's just ridiculous to pretend there wasn't anything to fix b4.
I do acknowledge you were one of the few voices from very early on that recognized there was a lot that Pop could do and the team needed to do. I think there was some real struggling early on and he was indeed playing some guys too much that needed fewer minutes, etc. (In part bc White was injured and bc he was very shaky immediately after coming back from his injury and in other respects bc he was giving veterans token minutes when they were young players ready to play if given a true opportunity). Besides White, Jakob and Davis fit in the category of players ready to contribute that weren't getting chances early on (or had quick hooks, not enough opportunities). He is now sticking with whomever works, which works just fine by me.
Except for QPon, he’s playing the same players everyone was hating on early (Patty, Forbes, Marco, White). Guys just meshing better, same for DeRozan... this is still a 2nd round fodder team, tbh, that’s his fault too...
Why is this 2nd round fodder? We can't beat the Rockets, Nuggets, Thunder, or Lakers in a 7 game series? You are truly a pessimist.
Love motivated Pop, tbh. He's done a complete 180 to the beginning of the season. No more Cun, Mills' isn't closing or playing 30 minutes a game, has benched Gasol for Poeltl, Bertans is the first player off the bench, etc.
Dont trust him drawing up a good play at the end of games to save his life, but the good outweighs the bad.
Without HCA? Maybe Lakers, maybe. Haven’t seen enough of the Thunder, but Dubs beats us too.
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