Pop suffers health issue

[baseline bum]

Wonder if having Wemby would be enough to get Dan Hurley down here after he told the Lakers to off. Gotta think he'd love coaching Castle again too.

[dn0774]

Why not a combo Becky-Mitch?

We can wait the end of the season and who knows what will be Bud or Ime's situations (my 2 prefered choices) be?

I'll gladly admit it if I'm wrong and Mitch ends up elite, I just don't see it tbh

I'm curious what qualities you're basing your assessment of Mitch off of? Not being combative, genuinely wondering. He has only had like 5 games total I think, basically a newborn in coaching terms. Faced with the choice right now I would take Bud or Ime too, but not because of anything I have or havent seen from Mitch, he is still just a complete unknown. Not to mention that he is an interim coach running another coaches game plan.

With Regards to Pop, I do hope he is able to make it back to the sideline in some capacity (home games only or something) this season and finish things up on his terms (as a coach anyway, I hope he would still be a FO presence going forward if wants it). I met him a couple times briefly about 20 years ago and he was all class.

[baseline bum]

We can wait the end of the season and who knows what will be Bud or Ime's situations (my 2 prefered choices) be?

I'll gladly admit it if I'm wrong and Mitch ends up elite, I just don't see it tbh

I'd love either but Bud just signed a five year deal and Udoka is in a great situation in Houston, especially since they'll be a frontrunner to land Giannis when he asks out with the abundance of good young players plus the unprotected Suns firsts they own.

[TDomination]

It just got announced earlier that Pop had a mild stroke.

thank you my good man, i completely missed that.

man hate that it happened but glad that it happened prior to the game. I would have hated knowing that he had a stroke during the game with millions of cameras covering every angle of him.

[playbonner15]

Trump for the win  He really got to old man Pops. Hope he's gone forever and we never hear from him again 

Pop had a stroke even before the elections right? Trump winning certainly did not help with his health. Better for Pop to take a 4 year vacation for now then come back once Trump is out lol (if Trump hasnt declared himself Supreme Leader)

[Duncan2177]

Glad to know Pop is on the road to recovery but hopefully he retires from coaching for his own health. The stress of being an NBA coach and front office person is definitely not something you want to be mixing with a stroke.

Winningest coach ever, one of if not the greatest coach in nba history. Nothing left to prove.

Exactly.

[LeBowen]

I'm curious what qualities you're basing your assessment of Mitch off of? Not being combative, genuinely wondering. He has only had like 5 games total I think, basically a newborn in coaching terms. Faced with the choice right now I would take Bud or Ime too, but not because of anything I have or havent seen from Mitch, he is still just a complete unknown. Not to mention that he is an interim coach running another coaches game plan.

He's been with the team since 2016 and got all the way to lead assistant role.
Considering the track record of Pop's coaching tree, we have to assume that he's got potential.
If Pop didn't think he was good enough to be the lead assistant, Brett Brown would've taken the interim job.
Obviously being the head coach is way more difficult and it becomes way more about managing egos than just X and Os, but we can't know if he doesn't get a shot.
If we're talking available coaches, right now none of those names except Becky entice me.

As for coaching plans, if we're to get back to glory days, a franchise has to have an established style of play, one player acquisitions are based on and then you just get the coach that fits that style.
Even if we look for someone experienced, we won't get someone with let's say MDA's style who's going to Wright to trade for Trae and tell Wemby he's exclusively a lob catcher on offense.

Fwiw, players seem to like Mitch because he worked closely with most of them over the past years.
https://archive.ph/sKDut

It's obvious he'll be the coach for the rest of the season, we'll just have to wait and see how it goes.
I'd say let's wait for like 20 more or so games before we see any of his additions to the gameplan.

[Pauleta14]

I'm curious what qualities you're basing your assessment of Mitch off of? Not being combative, genuinely wondering. He has only had like 5 games total I think, basically a newborn in coaching terms. Faced with the choice right now I would take Bud or Ime too, but not because of anything I have or havent seen from Mitch, he is still just a complete unknown. Not to mention that he is an interim coach running another coaches game plan.

With Regards to Pop, I do hope he is able to make it back to the sideline in some capacity (home games only or something) this season and finish things up on his terms (as a coach anyway, I hope he would still be a FO presence going forward if wants it). I met him a couple times briefly about 20 years ago and he was all class.

He has zero experience at the highest level, neither as a coach or a player, it's a massive handicap, when things go wrong and players look at you for a solution, it's always better to have a "been there done that" or at least being able to be a "father figure".
The psychological aspect is huge as well, it comes with exp too, communication skills (internal and ext to the medias) etc

As smart as Mitch can be, he's a complete idiot version of the man he'll become with experiences and failures.

In the end, choosing a coach is always a bet, I'm marely playing the numbers here

As for Pop if I'm his daughter there's no way I'm letting him back on the side lines, even as an assistant

[Teamduncan21]

He has zero experience at the highest level, neither as a coach or a player, it's a massive handicap, when things go wrong and players look at you for a solution, it's always better to have a "been there done that" or at least being able to be a "father figure".
The psychological aspect is huge as well, it comes with exp too, communication skills (internal and ext to the medias) etc

As smart as Mitch can be, he's a complete idiot version of the man he'll become with experiences and failures.

In the end, choosing a coach is always a bet, I'm marely playing the numbers here

As for Pop if I'm his daughter there's no way I'm letting him back on the side lines, even as an assistant

But how can he get experience if nobody gives him? We should be tanking for Flagg anyway. So just use this year as a check

[Mugen]

[LeBowen]

Damn, we went from coach Pop is fine but needs a rest to thoughts and prayers.

[tim_duncan_fan]

Been talking about this mofo retiring since like 2016, but it was never really real to me. I don't see him coming back to coach after this though, so we are entering a new era. We are in scary times.Winds of change. The training wheels and floaties are all off.

Thank you, Pop. Get better!

[tim_duncan_fan]

Also, Mitch's timeline lines up.

We need 2 more years for Castle and Wemby to start really consistently being whatever they are going to be, and THEN the battling for deep playoff runs begins.


Mitch has time to become whatever he is going to become, if he is going to become anything.

[GAustex]

Popa had a stroke
Oh no
Anyway

[SpursBills]

Don't see what's wrong with seeing what the Spurs have with Mitch - young up and coming coaches can grow with young up and coming teams. I tentatively like what I've seen so far and there's no harm in letting young coaches grow with young teams especially if Spurs have a build through the draft mentality.

In fact, 3/4 top teams in the league started with rookie head coaches (Mazzulla, Daigneault, Kerr). Spurs are on a similar timeline to the Thunder from 2-3 years ago with regards to talent and roster construction, hopefully Mitch and reproduce their coach's success too

[Pauleta14]

But how can he get experience if nobody gives him? We should be tanking for Flagg anyway. So just use this year as a check

That's why there are diff leagues, diff levels...

Mitch would basically learn on the fly and 100% do avoidable mistakes a more exp coach wouldn't do bc he went through the dev process already

My initial point/post was that The Spurs are a multi billions dollars Cie and that it represents an insane risk considering the timing (generational player, new arena, ambitious owners etc), the same logic applies for any similar type of Cies not necessary in sports.

[The Truth #6]

If Mitch gets into the playoffs and the players like him, seems hard to not let him keep the job. Back in the lottery, then I doubt there is any argument to keep him as head coach, but would easily go back to 1st Assistant with a lot of experience. I don't see any big downside.

[BacktoBasics]

Popa had a stroke
Oh no
Anyway

You’re a ing ty person.

[DAF86]

He has zero experience at the highest level, neither as a coach or a player, it's a massive handicap, when things go wrong and players look at you for a solution, it's always better to have a "been there done that" or at least being able to be a "father figure".
The psychological aspect is huge as well, it comes with exp too, communication skills (internal and ext to the medias) etc

As smart as Mitch can be, he's a complete idiot version of the man he'll become with experiences and failures.

In the end, choosing a coach is always a bet, I'm marely playing the numbers here

As for Pop if I'm his daughter there's no way I'm letting him back on the side lines, even as an assistant

Pop didn't have that "been there, done that" card, neither as a player nor as a coach, and he ended up the GOAT. Think of all the all-time and recent winning coaches: Pop, Phil Jackson, Riley, Spo, Kerr, Malone, Lue, Mazzulla. All coaches that won it with their first team in charge. Very rarely you see a journeyman coach that has been passed around go and suddenly become a winner with their 3rd or 4th team. Experience as a head coach in the NBA is highly overrated. In fact, I would argue is better to get rookie coaches.

[Obstructed_View]

Damn, glad to hear she's doing well.

Thanks. I passed it on to her. She appreciates it.

[Pauleta14]

Pop didn't have that "been there, done that" card, neither as a player nor as a coach, and he ended up the GOAT. Think of all the all-time and recent winning coaches: Pop, Phil Jackson, Riley, Spo, Kerr, Malone, Lue, Mazzulla. All coaches that won it with their first team in charge. Very rarely you see a journeyman coach that has been passed around go and suddenly become a winner with their 3rd or 4th team. Experience as a head coach in the NBA is highly overrated. In fact, I would argue is better to get rookie coaches.

Pop is a unique case

+ he's been mentrored by 2 of the greatest coaches of all time before (Brown and Nelson)

Pop is more than a coach, he's also "CIA Pop", the dude was a spy during the cold war ffs

[DAF86]

Pop is a unique case

+ he's been mentrored by 2 of the greatest coaches of all time before (Brown and Nelson)

Pop is more than a coach, he's also "CIA Pop", the dude was a spy during the cold war ffs

Phil Jackson is the same thing, Spoelstra too. It really is way more common than you think.

[timtonymanu]

Popa had a stroke
Oh no
Anyway

You bring nothing of value to this forum so time to stop posting.

[TheBallsbreakers]

So sad to hear. Hope Pop recovers soon and gets to spend more time with his family.

This place being a cesspool as always.

[Kuvai]

GOTTTTTavich…..

Prayers to the best mannnn