Buck Harvey: Hill's back as he left — clueless

[SequSpur]

Put up or shut up, you little pussy.

Stop ing to me (who doesn't have the column inches of a Buck Harvey) and write to Buck Harvey (who actually does the writing you care so much about).

Don't take your football and go home.

I knew you were short and bitter, but I never thought you were a pussy who couldn't hold a legitimate debate until now.

Huh? Take some prozac or eat some fried rice or something.

[T Park]

Talk about a pathetic hatchet job. I like Harvey most of the time but this looks like nothing but a page full of slander and cheap shots. And for what?

I guess this does fit the M.O. for the Spurs - get the local hack to divert attention attention away from your rebounding problems, offensive problems, and the puzzling decision to run with Rasho instead of Nazr as your starter.

Unless Harvey can back all this up it seems Hill would have good grounds for a defamation suit.

As you can see, a bitter bitter bob hill fan/pop hater.

[T Park]

Huh? Take some prozac or eat some fried rice or something.

Typical response from shorty when he is beaten.


Im happy that Johnny refrained from blowing the short out of the water, after the asian references......

[sprrs]

Is Buck Harvey your Dad or something?

I long for the day when the Express News or any local media station here hires a real sports columnist or sportscaster with balls.

They only express their views and opinions after it goes through the editor.... Greg Popovich.

Oh... btw... I throw down beers with the son of the Spurs Statistician... so I know more than ya think..........

Rosen fan are ya?

[Aggie Hoopsfan]

As you can see, a bitter bitter bob hill fan/pop hater.

Who's bitter? I just think we have more pressing issues than a hatchet job on a coach 3000 miles away.

Wake the up. We got punked last week at home by our biggest threat to a le and the Sunday press is about the Spurs coach 9 years ago? Gotta love how the media works in SA

[Guru of Nothing]

Bob Hill abjectly sucks. .... grammar check??

Please, let's find a better way to waste time.

[T Park]

Who's bitter?

The guy who "proudly" drank a beer with Hill, and has continually blasted Popovich over horrible offense, and has suggested Hill should've stayed, even though Sean Elliott, David Robinson, and Avery Johnson wanted the guy run out of town...

[ShoogarBear]

Shoog and others,

There are a number of privileges when it comes to libel claims (which this is since it is written, not spoken, which is slander).

One of them is the opinion privilege.



So if I were to say "Buck Harvey is a mean person for writing that column about Bob Hill," that is my opinion and can't be proven true or false since my definition of mean might be different for others and then, can't be a statement of fact.

The offending statements also have to be defamatory in nature.

Buck would also have to knowingly write what he knows to be false as well as cause harm to Hill for the statements.

I am not asking if Harvey is being libelous. I am aware that his is an opinon column.

I am asking YOUR opinion as to whether you consider this responsible journalism. Specifically the statments that Brown told Pop not to hire Hill, and that one team asked Hill to stop calling. To me, saying those things without providing attribution or naming names walks the line.

[Johnny_Blaze_47]

I am not asking if Harvey is being libelous. I am aware that his is an opinon column.

I am asking YOUR opinion as to whether you consider this responsible journalism. Specifically the statments that Brown told Pop not to hire Hill, and that one team asked Hill to stop calling. To me, saying those things without providing attribution or naming names walks the line.

Personally, I wouldn't do it and do my best not to allow my people to do the same without providing attribution.

I personally believe that Buck should attribute his statements (namely, the Brown one).

[Guru of Nothing]

Personally, I wouldn't do it and do my best not to allow my people to do the same without providing attribution.

I personally believe that Buck should attribute his statements (namely, the Brown one).

But could BHarvey just be simply daring BHill to call him out?

and just maybe, on a level(s) not revealed, there is some retribution for the crap kevin o'keefe wrote about Pop back in the day.

I boldly predict there will be nary a peep from hill on this article.

[ShoogarBear]

and just maybe, on a level(s) not revealed, there is some retribution for the crap kevin o'keefe wrote about Pop back in the day.

Well, this is what I was getting at. If that's the case, then that's just lame. Sports journalists (even columnists) shouldn't have hidden agendas.

[Guru of Nothing]

Well, this is what I was getting at. If that's the case, then that's just lame. Sports journalists (even columnists) shouldn't have hidden agendas.

Obviously, you hate ESPN and FoxSports.

[ShoogarBear]

Maybe what I should have said is that I don't like hidden agendas from journalists I otherwise respect. When it's from people I expect it from, it doesn't bother me.

[slayermin]

I don't have a problem with the article. Really, the difference between Pop and Bob Hill was the focus of the team. Hill was about offense, and Pop was about defense. At the time, I would say that I was confused about the Hill firing but it all worked out in the end and I will admit that Pop has surpassed all of my expectations of him.

But I do wonder if Rodman would've played as well under Pop as he did under Hill.

[Peter]

Where's Kevin O'Keefe when he's not needed?

[blaze89]

"Not only is Bob Hill losing games at a faster rate than his predecessor, Bob Weiss, but Hill might be losing the faith and trust of several players as signs of insubordination have arisen in the past few days."

Source: Seattle Times

[T Park]

Jees, lost the team already??

Thats a new record......


Way to go Bobby

[Kori Ellis]

I think he's just having problems with Reggie Evans. Reggie went to a funeral and didn't call for 3 days. The Sonics benched him last night after he returned and said he was sick (apparently he wasn't). Reggie said he didn't call the team because he called his agent instead and that if the team cared they should have just called him.

So I don't know if that counts as losing the players or Reggie Evans is just being Reggie Evans.

[T Park]

If they don't want Reggie Evans, the Spurs would take him off their hands I assume.


Ginobili and Evans on the same team??

The refs heads would explode.

[Aggie Hoopsfan]

Let's take these one at a time...

The guy who "proudly" drank a beer with Hill

So what? , myself and a couple of friends had a couple of drinks on Bob's tab. Damn, a millionaire that everyone thinks is a stuck up prick bought a couple of college kids a couple of beers and shot the breeze about hoops with them for two hours.

Can't have that Buck Harvey bubble of Hill being a prick burst now, can we?

, and has continually blasted Popovich over horrible offense,

I also stepped up and offered Pop props after we won the le this past year. That aside, in case you hadn't ing noticed we're an average of -20 against our biggest compe ion for an NBA ring this year. But yeah, what the am I doing saying our O sucks as usual? Wake the up you P_psucker.

and has suggested Hill should've stayed

As an offensive coordinator, I don't think it would hurt. I also recognize the players wanted him gone, which is good enough reason in my eyes to can the guy. That doesn't mean I can't criticize the bull way it was done.

[T Park]

I also stepped up and offered Pop props after we won the le this past year

Did the same after 03, then backed off and ripped his ass again, and again, and again.

Wake the up you P_psucker

temper temper

doesn't mean I can't criticize the bull way it was done

lol how was it bull .

How would you have told Avery, Robinson, and Elliott.

pretty much, the whole Chise, that, well, we have to do this firing "another way"

[T Park]

Can't have that Buck Harvey bubble of Hill being a prick burst now, can we?

If it walks like a duck....

[SpursIndonesia]

Sequ learned they Spurs don't set picks for Parker from the second cousin of the cotton candy hawker.

Another hilarious stuff from ChumpD

[SequSpur]

Typical response from shorty when he is beaten.

Im happy that Johnny refrained from blowing the short out of the water, after the asian references......

Beaten at what? Try losing some weight, get a personality, a real job and a woman and then meet me on the same playing field fat ass.

Johnny was the first one to start with the short , so I felt the need and I will continue to feel the need to take note of that .

As far as being a pussy, according to the Johnny, this conversation was over when he mentioned me and short in the same sentence, so blow me. If he can't take it then don't use my name in vain. Pulease..........

Dude, I can go on for months running smack, haven't you learned?

Late.

[5ToolMan]

Jees, lost the team already??

Thats a new record......


Way to go Bobby

I believe it is the writer who is lost. Allen, Fortson, Vitaly and Evans were all missing. Anyone with a clue might expect the Sonics to struggle.