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Everything is fine with Pop and the Spurs.
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Everything is fine with Pop and the Spurs.
Interesting. I don't usually group Greatness in with not fixing the same problems that have plagued your team for multiple seasons now.
wtf do I know though. I don't have a Super-Mega-O.G.-Spurs fan badge on my black and silver vest. It's only December.
He's not available...
Did you not read the article? Jesus.
To me, it's not about firing Pop. He pisses me off and he's purposely a stubborn son of a , and I think he takes things personal and sticks with something that doesn't work (trying to make it work) JUST because someone questioned him.
I don't want him fired. I just want him the be the old Pop that he used to be. WTF happened to this moron?
Great article. After going to the game last night, I, too, was trying to remember where we were in 1999 at this point in the season. Despite the loss,Pop had some encouraging things to say about focusing on "improvements" after the game. A repeat of 99 sounds good to me and is possible with Manu and Tony in the lineup.
GTFO here you laker lovin nobody wants you here so go yourself you worthless .
I'm not sure that stubborn is the right word to describe Pop; he's consistent and he's loyal to the tenets of that philosophy. The same thing could be said of Jerry Sloan or Phil Jackson. Of course, he has some idea what it takes to win and stays true to that philosophy. Among other things, that philosophy tells him that worrying about the team's record in October and November isn't usually the best route to long-term success.
Nevertheless, if you look at Pop's career in full, it's quite clear that he's changed (and pretty dramatically in some ways) since he first assumed the helm in San Antonio. The absolutely-rigid, won't tolerate mistakes, and will always stick with defensive players over offensive players guy who coached the Spurs before 2003 has become a respects-the-effort, can live with mistakes made at full speed, and understands the need for offense guy who's here now.
Great article. I'm glad the local media is willing to provide a history lesson every once in a while, since a portion of the fan-base has the memory of goldfish.
good piece.
i think Pop is doing a great job. It is a tough position to be in right now. I am glad he went back to Bogans for defensive intensity. Hairston getting PT was appreciated and now the tinkering must resume. I think bringing in Blair before bonner is a good idea if our offensive is sound. Jefferson needs to get more touches, run some plays for him. He is a force that needs to reckoned. We need a legit third pg...please
Fire Pop, trade Duncan Gino Jefferson and Parker for cap space, tank the season for #1 pick, sign lebron wade and bosh in the summer, draft john wall, win 5 championships in the next 6 years
Amirite or Amirite?
Fire Pop!
Trade Parker!
Waive Finley!
Keep Bonner !
How on earth does the continued giving of large minutes to Finley play into any sort of winning philosophy? And Popped has abandoned his defensive philosophy.
Phil Jackson and Sloan must privately laugh at the notion of trying to remain an NBA elite team with Findawg as your SF and oftentimes in PopBall PF.
I sincerely ask, please do explain.
I really hope Pop doesnt get fired. He hasn't been given enough time to figure out the team. He's had 7 different starting lineups in 10 games. I say we we will have a good streak after we beat the Wizards.
Exactly
I can't wait till some idiot replaces pop and s like 210 will be shaking their head wishing he was back.
Firing Pop would definitely fix our injury problems.
How would a new coach fix our chemistry issues? The only thing that will improve chemistry is more time on the court together; that will come eventually, but Pop can't be blamed for early injuries or for trying many different rotations early on to see what works. Besides, if Pop followed the consensus Spurstalk ideas (take all of Finley's and Bonner's minutes and give them to Hairston and Blair), the chemistry would be even worse than it is now.
i understand forum flaming
i understand trolling
but why do the moderators allow trash like this to be posted? it's obnoxious
Chemistry and players understanding their roles and assignments is the key. The longer Pop plays with rotations and the longer the bench is, the longer chemistry will take.
Pop needs to stop playing with the lineups and stop using a 12 man rotation. If he wants to keep a 12 man rotation to prolong his players health ( which isn't working), then he needs to just sit players out for some games ( instead of just playing every bench player we have for 8-12 minutes.)
This would give our role players more time with our main foundation ( Tim, Tony, Manu, RJ, Hill, McDyess) game to game. And in the longrun Pop would have a better sample size in a per game basis to evaluate who deserves the time in late February going on forward.
Last edited by MaNu4Tres; 11-20-2009 at 08:03 PM.
Yep. That got still thinks Bruce is coming back.
That's an interesting use of misleading facts. In the games before Manu hurt his hamstring against OKC, Finley's minutes were dwindling noticeably -- all the way down to about 13-14 minutes per game. I'm not sure when 13-14 minutes became "large minutes."
I'm also not sure where Pop goes wrong by giving minutes to Finley when both Parker and Ginobili are out. I'm sure you'll tell me that any option would be preferable to Finley, but I can't imagine that would be provable in any way.
couldn't have said it better. I know he is playing Jefferson, Duncan and Hill a lot but everyone else is caught in a rotatiing door nightmare. I felt bad for Hairston because he came in and struggled the fact that everyone struggled is probably what got his a second chance against the Jazz. Mason at the point is ridiculous, but what else is there, in the past Pop has brought in FA familiar with the system and used them right away, this Mason experiement is Pop's frankenstien fiasco. Jefferson has been a major dissappointment, Hill has impressed and Tim has lost his footwork and that's not a good sign. Blair will soon join the list of players whom Pop has messed up in the head, Beno, Mason, Bonner and Thomas. Tony's saving grace was that in 03 Speedy went down with a shoulder injury and Pop was forced to back off Tony who up to that point had been berated and humilliated to no end by Pop. I still think if Speedy hadn't gotten injured Pop would have given him the starters job over Tony and really messed him up.
Still, as far wanting to win I have never questioned Pop, he has consistently provided the fire that has sparked this team to win it all, I think perhaps he is starting to look for someone else to do it in Manu he had some help and Elie was brought in mainly for that fire, but now I don't know.
How else could we win a le?
We've never beat a favored and stacked Lakers team with a more athletic Kobe and a less athletic defender than Bruce.
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