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But, but popsuckers
Glad to hear of it. People think he’s the problem but the minute he’s gone, we could be starting a hamster wheel where it’s a new coach every two years and the 15th overall pick year after year.
The alternatives(Bill Self, Becky, Messina, Udoka) were terrible so I'm satisfied with this. Keep Pop coaching a few more years till someone like Bud becomes available.
Becky's probably fuming...gonna have to wait a few more years. Messina,tired of waiting, will probably take the first NBA job that's offered to him this summer.
But, but popsuckers
Glad to hear of it. People think he’s the problem but the minute he’s gone, we could be starting a hamster wheel where it’s a new coach every two years and the 15th overall pick year after year.
Not gonna lie I read Pop as "Pau" and almost dieded. But good news. I still want Pop to hang it up if he wants to continue treating Patty Mills like he's the Big 3, but after seeing tragic Messina, I know we're really ed at the coaching spot when Pop leaves.
Some people here are just dumb as . You don't fire a legendary coach after taking his team to 48 wins despite it being a transition year. Most of these same people think the roster sucks right now. What did you expect a coach to do with it then? And I know "B-but, he didn't make the adjustments I wanted him to in the post-season." A lot of people didn't even think this team could make the post-season, let alone barely lose in seven games to the second-seed.
yeah...get in here gots and carve those arms up
A transition year? Transition to what? What are you talking about?
There's no "transition" when things stay the same. What significant change do you foresee?
Serious question.
“spurs ownership believes he’s en led to manage his future as he wishes.”that’s exactly what i’ve been saying about how he’ll never be held accountable. dude has a blank ing check.
Ywah how weird that the greatest coach in NBA history has that level of autonomy. How ing nuts. Idiots.
How was this not a transition season? No Kawhi, Manu, TP, Green, or Murray. The arrival of DDR & Poeltl. Dumping Pau along with White and Forbes having significant roles on the team.
pop is HC and president of basketball operations. name another business where the owners are okay with the top man having total control and say he can leave when he wants. i'll wait.
i want accountability and mentioned it in my post. you don't apparently. enjoy getting nowhere in the POs next season dumbass.
oh, and i said this roster was dead on arrival before the season even started too.
Lots of ######s in here acting like calling post ups for Duncan from 1998-2010 was hard stuff
Hopefully Budenholzer is available by the time this trashcan calls it quits
Going from 47 wins to 48 is a transition? Going from a first round exit to a first round exit is a transition?
We're using the word in different ways. I'm interested in team results. You're talking about personnel changes - which produced only one game difference in the regular season record, and the same basic playoff result, a first round exit.
Also, 'transition' doesn't just refer to the past, (that's called history, of course,) it has to do with where you're going. I wondered if Chinook saw something significantly different in the future. I find a significant difference in the future hard to see, while keeping the same coach, and as the coach himself said, basically the same core.
The transition I'd like to see, is to a team that can contend for the le.
You are being intentionally difficult as you knew exactly what he meant. The game plan had to change after Kawhi, so it led to having a much different team, with slightly better results.
LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLyeah...get in here gots and carve those arms up
Definitely an improvement given the cir stances of Kawhi leaving and we are still rebuilding. I don't understand the expectations of these posters. If not Pop are they thinking there's someone who can come in and being us a le overnight?
Yeah Pop ed up with the Ray Allen 3 in 2013. Adjustments were made and we came back stronger in 2014 to win it. That's accountability to me.
Buncha whiners with no solutions.
Accountability isn't going to change DeRozan from trying to close games as a predictable mid-range fade-away shooter. Accountability isn't going to turn Aldridge into Duncan, or even Dirk in 2011.
We have two mid-level all-stars who can sometimes elevate their game, but never consistently, and become predictable in end-game situations. We won 48 games and pushed Denver to 7 games. Our starting point guard was out all season. Are you expecting us to compete with the Warriors with these limitations?
this site died along time ago, tbh. but yes, without pop and R.C. the political forum would be the only place still clamoring.This site will die once pop retires. Not enough material to keep it alive
Good new for Spurstalk owners
I don’t know if it’s fair to call it an adjustment year but the point remains. When you trade for an all star like DeRozan you do so specifically so it’s not an adjustment year. Would be odd to make the playoffs without Kawhi then thinking adding DeRozan wouldn’t significantly improve those chances.
Ummm most of the vitriol isn’t centered around his coaching performance in the playoffs. The heart of the criticism is based on the flawed roster and flawed system he built/runs.
Even if Kawhi didn’t leave, the supporting roster would still be horrible.
Even if Kawhi didn’t leave, the system would still be archaic with 2 point shots centric.
Interchanging Derozan and Kawhi doesn’t matter. The system and supporting roster would still suck. It would just be Kawhi masking Popovitch’s/team’s deficincies.
Lol people in here acting like the coach is accountable for a roster that wouldn’t get out of the G league playoffs
Pop did a great job of coaching up the ty roster that he put together
The supporting cast would be fine. Last year, people complained about having two many defense-oriented players and not enough shooters. This year, they got the shooters, and people are complaining about defenders. Most teams would not have made the playoffs in the Spurs' situation the last two years. White/Green/Leonard/Aldridge/Poeltl with Murray, Mills/Forbes, Gay and Bertans on the bench would have been fantastic. Thinking that the ninth and tenth men are supposed to be great is spoiled as and only can happen in a world of near collusion the team had when the Big Three constantly took below-market deals. This doesn't take into account that the Spurs supposedly had a deal on the table for a third star. Likely, it would have been Walker or DeRozan. So having three All-NBA talents would already be a feat despite the rest of the roster.
The "System" isn't too two-point centric. The main scorers do that too much. If Kawhi wouldn't change that, then it's not really a problem. Everyone else on the team besides DMDR, LMA and Gay shoot mostly threes or layups. It's so weird to complain about Beli, Mills, Forbes and Bertans while also saying the team needs more three-point shooters. You seem to really be complaining about the team keeping Aldridge instead of trading him away for a Ryan Anderson. They wouldn't have made the playoffs either of the last two years had they done that, so I'm not going to really dignify that.
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