Is Manu in Pop's Doghouse or is he hurt?

[Sportman]

Did you see the game?

Manu missed most of his shots. 3-16 is not a good game even if he had 8 assists. He played with heart but that is the norm, not the exception. He was more careless and out of control than normal.

I'm amazed it's me who has to point this out to you. where's TPark, MB, or chump when you need them

Hey I am not justifying the fact manu was A BAD GAME, that´s clear, but i am disgusted because i can see a lot of people who are blaming manu, when at least he was the only spur player to struggle for winning the game. Tony directly dissapeared in the last minutes and well tim tried to do the best, too.

[Cant_Be_Faded]

people didn't even know where Argentina was before Manu came to the spurs

[vanvannen]

Manu played like crap. If any other Spur played their best or worst game ever is not the point. The point is Manu played terrible. Simple as that.

[nkdlunch]

I don't know if Manu played terrible. Did we lose the game because Manu played terrible? No. Because everyone played terrible especially in the 4th.

[Kori Ellis]

Sportman - Tony didn't disappear. He explained in the postgame that after the 3rd quarter they wanted to run the offense through Manu and Tim -- there wasn't much he could do about that.

Manu wasn't in the doghouse, but he was just getting destroyed defensively early on. That's why he got pulled out.

[WalterBenitez]

Tony ... explained in the postgame that after the 3rd quarter they wanted to run the offense through Manu and Tim -- there wasn't much he could do about that.

If POP ordered that, POP was wrong

[T Park]

lol

can pop do anything right with you people??

The ball doesn't go through duncan, pop

Ball doesnt go through Manu pop

if the ball doesnt go through Tony, pop


lol,

love all the arm chair beer swillin coaches.....

[T Park]

I'm amazed it's me who has to point this out to you. where's TPark

Amazing how you have me penned as a Manu hater.


in 02 03, I was one of the few freaking defending Ginobili.

there was a

Giricek > Ginobili ? thread where I fought tooth and nail for Manu.


But you chumps never remember like that.

[cheguevara]

Giricek > Ginobili ? thread where I fought tooth and nail for Manu.

you had that one right

[WalterBenitez]

[QUOTE=T Park]can pop do anything right with you people??... pop /QUOTE]

You are right, but i was thinking as a fan ... with PRAGMATISM = "A practical, matter-of-fact way of approaching or assessing situations or of solving problems."

Translation ... The idea was good if the result was good

[wildbill2u]

Sometimes you eat the bear; sometimes the bear eats you.

Manu just had a game where his normal play didn't work and the shots didn't fall. He was even erratic on FTs at the end where he is usually deadly. Are we gonna forget about his heroics just the other night--or are we gonna be true fans and tell him we know he's a great player and will do better another night?

[newbiefan]

has he been trying to hard to show that he also should've gone to the all star??? trying too hard, making too many mistakes

[spurschick]

I don't know about Pop's doghouse, but I think I called him a stupid idiot quite a few times last night. Everyone has bad nights and Manu is no exception, but instead of focusing on the things he was doing well, he was trying to force shots. I'm glad that Finley stepped up a bit, but it's scary how we can't really depend on our bench for offense right now. Like I said, everyone has bad nights and we need that bench to step when someone like Manu can't hit the side of a barn.

[aaronstampler]

I think it's kind of funny that we are so used to Manu playing well, playing consistently, always hitting at least 45% of his shots every game, and dominating down the stretch, that any time one of those things doesn't happen, people get upset about it.

The guy is human, give him a break. At least he tries and he refuses to give up while he's out there. I will support and root for any San Antonio Spur Pop puts out on the court, but no matter how well Tony plays, I still won't trust him fully until he does it consistently in the playoffs. In both Finals Tony played, he had to be bailed out for major portions of games by the backup PG (first Speedy, then Brent). Manu has delivered in the playoffs consistently. He is the only guy on our team besides Horry who gets better and better, the more the games matter, except he doesn't act like a complete scrub for five months first.

Until Tony can play as well in May and June as he does in the reg season, and until his FTs are above 75%, the 4th quarters will belong to Manu, and that's that.

[boutons_]

"In both Finals Tony played, he had to be bailed out for major portions of games by the backup PG (first Speedy, then Brent)"

Which 05 Finals games did Tony get bailed out by Brent?

[aaronstampler]

um... the last one?

[50 cent]

Hey I am not justifying the fact manu was A BAD GAME, that´s clear, but i am disgusted because i can see a lot of people who are blaming manu, when at least he was the only spur player to struggle for winning the game. Tony directly dissapeared in the last minutes and well tim tried to do the best, too.

The point is if Manu hadn't played like the whole game and missed a bunch of wide open shots, we wouldn't have been in the position to lose at the end.