came into this game with no game plan, no coaching, hence the bench played like dleague wankers chuckin up shots trying to get theirs while not executing any plays....fkn pathetic from guys who have teed contracts...
Popo happens. I just feel sorry for Tim Duncan. He's had to have this idiotic loser his entire career.happens
Lol, thats your best so far.
Unfortunately, I agree. Popo is my greatest joke yet.Lol, thats your best so far.
Hm, interesting points all around. I'll admit that I'm a little torn on this one. I agree with the rage toward Popovich tonight because you're right, he killed a great winning streak that could potentially affect the team psychologically. To those who say "we would have lost either way," you don't know that, and I doubt it.
However, I'm not fully understanding Kewni Leonard's conclusion that he's an idiotic loser who shouldn't be coaching the Spurs. There is actually evidence that he a great coach...his play calling has won lots of games over the years. I'm just wondering why you have such an extreme view of him.
If Pop is such a great coach the way everyone claims he is, how come he hasn't gone to the finals in 4 years? All the ''babysitting'' that he does to Timmy has not paid off. I think Tim should retire, because by Pop babysitting him its only hurting the team, and we end up losing.
Any coach in the league would kill to have an 11 game win streak. No coach would ever have given the game away when you only have 2 games left. And you all call Pop the best coach in the NBA? Y'all are delusional just like him if you honestly believe that.
It's only an extreme view because Spurs fans and ESPN-watchers have blinders on. They buy into hype and popular opinion. The fact of the matter is, Popo has been responsible for the loss of more championships than the ones he has won. I'll give a couple quick examples.
The best example is in 2006, when he was outcoached by a ROOKIE head coach in Avery Johnson, who is not even in the league any longer. He had by far the better team, yet managed to lose the series. He played Michael Finley at Power Forward for the first time ever. Literally. He had done it a total of 0 times the entire season before that. He had a huge front line and let Johnson dictate the matchups, ultimately losing the series because of it.
The other, in which should have been the final straw, he plays Manu Ginobili the final game of the regular season, a completely meaningless game, in which he ultimately breaks his arm and ends the Spurs season in the first round. The Spurs, who had the best record in the West and were arguably the best team in the league during the regular season. At a normal job, showing this kind of extreme negligence and sloppiness, you would be fired immediately.
@MinuteByMinuteSports
I think you're partially right, but your view is just too extreme. I can't agree that Tim should just retire...come on man...really? He's one of the greatest of all time. Enjoy it while he's still around.
He definitely makes questionable decisions at times, but I was just raising the point that he has certain qualities. Can you deny that he is very good at designing plays to win games?
@Leonard
Heh, you're right, those were pretty terrible decisions... Do you have any other examples?
Yes, I agree. Pop does make good plays at end of games but you don't get my point. He does win a lot of games and designs good plays but that doesn't make him a brilliant coach like Phil Jackson. I don't believe Jackson would have ever given this game away tonight knowing you only have 2 games left and Kobe wouldn't stand for it.
All I'm saying is Pop shouldn't be put as 'the greatest coach' no great coach would give up a game, knowing you only have 2 games left and a streak going. Brilliant my ass (IMO) Pop was really good at one time, but we haven't gone to NBA Finals in 4 years and I doubt we'll ever go back again as long as Pop coaches the way he does.
As for Timmy, yes he is one of the best and he use to be a great player. Even though Pop babysits him too much and it never pays off (07-pres.)
So, in simplified terms, there are two aspects of coaching: designing plays, and decision making. It seems like we agree that he is great at one and sometimes bad at the other.
Maybe when people call him a great coach, they're limiting the claim to his qualities? And maybe one could argue that designing plays is more representative of "coaching" than administrative decisions.
Also no coach who was a former player would do that. That's what happens with the simulator crew.
IMO, there are 2 things Popo is very good at, and aren't reasons to keep him as a coach: drawing up out-of-bounds plays and appeasing Tim Duncan. Those are literally the only 2 things I can think of that he is good at.
Are you the only one that thinks our bench is full of kobe's then? Only 2 ing starters were actually starting and they barely pass for bench players. Give me a ing break if you think they can't get over it. Like I said, I'm way more worried about the ASG break and how they perform after when EVERYONE comes back.
I can't even think of one single thing you're good at but I seriously hope procreating is not one of them.
Now that this so-called ''brilliant coach'' gave this game away, will he be in a giving mood to give Karl and the Nuggets Thursday's game by not playing Tony/Tim again? I wouldn't put it past this Pizza face,wine drinking mother er.
Everyone can pinpoint many "bad" decisions made by any coach who has ever sat his ass on a bench. Mistakes are to be made, but tonight was not one of them. The streak was great and all, but this is a team and organization that puts emphasis on being opposite of what you little s are crying for. We will never know what we could have done with TD and Tony starting, but the deck was stacked against us as the Blazers were hungry for blood after their embarrassing loss to LA, TD and Tony were played heavily the night before, and we are missing 2 key players, one of which is the most efficient big we have, against an athletic talented team. If we were to rest TD and Tony and take a night off without hurting our team psychologically, tonight was it. , there was even a silver lining throughout this atrocious showing. We now know what some of our players are truly made of. Education can be expensive.
I'm not sure if you're serious, but I hope not. You think you can take anything away, evaluation-wise, from a game like this? There's nothing to be taken away from a game where you get demolished like this, except a loss and a killing of the streak/momentum.
+1
It was an absolute disgrace to the name of professional basketball and a slap in the face to every fan that paid good money to come see a compe ive game. It also reinforced to the networks why they should not show spurs on national t.v.
A perfect trifecta of FAIL.
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