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Red Auerbach?
John Wooden?
offseason has officially started here at ST.
Nobody.
Red Auerbach?
John Wooden?
offseason has officially started here at ST.
i made it fairly clear that i am only asking for active head coaches (or actually possible replacements). there was those on this forum who seem to want to execute a coup and replace pop, so i asked them to humor me by naming possible replacements.
HAHA everyone praising pop when he benched Tiago for Tim in the GSW series,then turnaround and blame him for benching Tim. Tim trusted POp and the team to do it while on the bench and didn't deliver. This is the same trust that got the Spurs to the finals without it might have lost to the Warriors.
Pop benched Timmy both times for different reasons. Against the GSW, Pop benched Duncan because he was having difficult time guarding the pick n rolls and also because he was having a an off night defensively.
Against the Heat, Pop benched Duncan because of pure stupidity. Pop opted to put in Diaw because he was scared that Duncan would allow Chris Bosh to make an open three point shot. LOL @ the Bostrich. The guy was 0-5 in Game 7. Christina Bostrich is soft.
It wasn't that stupid. Pop put a lineup on the floor so that they could switch everything, which is a common tactic.
FVUCK IT!
I live with Pop, I'll die with Pop!
Props to a guy like Thibs, but I'd not trade Pop for anybody! (or if so, only because Pop might retire in 2 years)
Phil Jackson never wants to coach until he gets the right call. He spent last year saying he didn't want to coach and then told the Lakers he was ready to sit down to work out the details. You have to take Phil saying he doesn't want to with a grain of salt.
I would only take Thibs if the Spurs had a younger core of the players. He's a great systems coach with an elite defensive scheme, but his clock management with his players are horrendous.
The only others I can think of would probably be Rivers, and maybe Bud or Karl.
A great deal of people here would deserve a good dose of Vinnie Del negro.
"at least he wouldn't bench his stars late in games"
Del Negro couldn't get his team past the first round despite superior talent. I highly doubt that Del Negro could have done the many things Pop did during the season to get his team to a number two seed in WCF and reach NBA Finals (despite numerous injuries). Pop was great in managing minutes, reincorporating defensive philosophy, developing players, cultivating a system both offensively and defensively, and getting the best out of his role players despite shortcomings."at least he wouldn't bench his stars late in games"
If your mentality is to fire Pop because he subs utes his 37 year old center when the other team resorts to small ball with Lebron as the only big surrounded by SF and guards or when the other team has no timeouts and must advance the ball full court after a free throw attempt and is down by three points with 19 seconds then you really have no idea of what it takes to coach a basketball team.
if you've read my posts on this thread you'd know i'm being totally sarcastic. i agree completely with your sentiments on Pop/Del Negro
Pop. And after him, Ettore Messina.
not one
none from any time
It's this type of fan pressure that makes weaker managed teams make stupid decisions about coaching.
Moronic thread, as customary. Dumb spurs talkers who still live at home with momma
That doesn't surprise you does it? It's where this thread was headed all along, despite some smoke and mirrors along the way.This turned into a Phil vs Pop fest quick...
I dont think any in Coach woulda pulled Tim with 28 secs!!
benched Duncan
if you look at OP i was being sarcastic, and this is meant to call out the one's calling for Pop's head, most of whom can't come up with any good alternatives.
I don't think we've given enough credit to Spoelstra for outcoaching Pop. The Miller adjustment was the kind of stuff that wins playoff series. It forced Pop to abandon his defense. It was that defense that even had the Spurs in that position. Spoelstra gets his guys to foul Leonard at the end of game 6 which is who you would want to foul in that situation. Then he uses a lineup that forced Pop to pull his best rebounder. I don't know how Pop expected to get that rebound when their 3pt lineup has better rebounders than our switching lineup. I think even if Pop didn't to use TD because he was too slow he could have gone with Tiago who's fast enough to switch and still bother the shot.
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