The Fire Pop! thread for 2009-2010 Season

[DesignatedT]

your an idiot. if were 500 going into all star break then you might have a legitimate case. MIGHT

[Chomag]

your an idiot. if were 500 going into all star break then you might have a legitimate case. MIGHT

Well if we dig this hole much deeper we are going to have to win alot of games without any margin of error there on out.

[Death In June]

I'm not in the fire pop camp, but I don't get why so many people are quick to verbally suck him off. He's been a below average coach the last two years.

[HarlemHeat37]

What exactly was Pop supposed to do last year?..we didn't have much depth or many options..he didn't Tim's knees up or injure Manu..

The only knock I have with the guy is playing Mason and Finley over Bogans and Hairston..his love affair with Finley is hurting his judgment, which is something that will usually happen when you're in love..it makes you do crazy things..

[portnoy1]

Pop as good as he is hasnt been completely himself ever since the 2006 Dallas series. Many say Manu is a s of his former self. I'd have to say the same for Pop. His philisophy for defense has changed. His lineups are suited to be more offensively capable to match up instead of Defensively dominant. He reacts more to the other team instead of the other team reacting to him. Once again, when did he start reacting? 2006 semi's. Ok so we couldnt beat dallas in 06'. Trying to figure out how to beat dallas, while the rest of the league's contenders (boston/La/cleveland/orlando) would woop us in a heartbeat makes no sense. Thats like the Mavs gearing up to beat GS in 08'. Why? GS wasnt going anywhere anytime soon. In 07' it was just a bad matchup/ Sure you make adjustments, but you dont try to get players to beat just them. In 09' once again. We needed a solid 7footer standing next to Tim to defend the paint. But in the that series Josh Howard lit us up. So instead of getting a shotblocker we get RJ and pay him $14million to match up with Josh Howard and other SF in the league which was not really a problem for us anyway. The whole Shotblocking Center bit was a need we had throughtout the sesaon. The other SF in the league never really worried us. And that includes MELO/LEBRON/PIERCE.

[ajh18]

I don't get why people are all of a sudden saying that Pop is adjusting to other teams' styles, and that this is somehow different than normal. I have never been a fan of this particular aspect of his coaching style, but as far back as 2005 he was describing our team as a chameleon. Remember the 2005 Suns' series? We scored over 100 points every single game, and were praised in the media for beating the suns at their own game. Then, we adjusted to the hard-nosed style of the Pistons in the final. Even back then we were adjusting our teams' style to match up, rather than the other way around. I never loved that trend, but it WORKED, and got us at least the last two les.

[portnoy1]

I don't get why people are all of a sudden saying that Pop is adjusting to other teams' styles, and that this is somehow different than normal. I have never been a fan of this particular aspect of his coaching style, but as far back as 2005 he was describing our team as a chameleon. Remember the 2005 Suns' series? We scored over 100 points every single game, and were praised in the media for beating the suns at their own game. Then, we adjusted to the hard-nosed style of the Pistons in the final. Even back then we were adjusting our teams' style to match up, rather than the other way around. I never loved that trend, but it WORKED, and got us at least the last two les.

Thats true in a way. However our Defensive philiosophy never changed. In 05' we ran with the Suns for 3 1/2 qtrs. And the last 6minutes we played lockdown D. Pistons ball is similiar to our style. Grind it out.