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So then you're not disagreeing with us?
Look Pop has always been the same, people tries the lines of he does not give a anymore but that's BS. Pop is what he is, an ass with the press, has a huge ego, overthinks stuff etc etc.. nothing has much changed.
For all of that he has 5 rings and run the best franchise in all pro sports for decades now... we can all about all we want but it is what it is. If you believe just luck made the small market Spurs the best for that amount of time, you are a tool.
So then you're not disagreeing with us?
by the overall numbers I believe his hack a Jordan has been successful but I can be wrong.You serious? Not even worth debating
All I gotta say is
ST is basically:
- 2013 Pop is to blame like all the years we failed at winning a le
- 2014 meh pop did nothing duncan did like the other 4
Where would we be without these hall of famers tbh?
I disagree to a storm about a meaningless RS game and the overall idea that Pop is now more of an egomaniac than the rest of his career or that he lost it, senile, too old etc etc when he is the same for years... and guess what he has been quite successful the way he is.
We were up 1 when we hacked Simmon's the first time then tied the second, we then missed almost every shot and Simmon's scored 5 more points...and we lost. You lose the three points we lost on the ft's and we still lose. You have to score and some big shots were missed.
I can post pics of bunch of hall of famers who won jack tooWhere would we be without these hall of famers tbh?
again it is pretty stupid to go with Spurs won all of that despite Pop being the worst coach ever like you can read in this thread
don't try to be reasonable with stuff like that, you know momentum blabla pop is an idiot etc etc
Missing the point as per usual.I can post pics of bunch of hall of famers who won jack too
again it is pretty stupid to go with Spurs won all of that despite Pop being the worst coach ever like you can read in this thread
You like to give Pop all the credit (and that's fine) but don't get salty at some of us that remember him getting slapped around by Gentry, Hollins, and Phil before Kawhi arrived.
I get your point, you give all the credit to our hall of famers and say between the lines they won despite Pop.
You however missed mine, I don't give all the credit of Pop on the contrary I'm on the bandwagon of those saying Tony, Tim, Kawhi etc.. would have been hall of famers with other franchises, pop did not make them but at the same time I recognized Pop has the goat coach.. this combination made the Spurs a small market one of the greatest franchise ever
I'd say it was more because of the former. Still, I don't get what the point was of criticizing posters who hate this "hack a x player" strategy that has never once worked in the history of its existence tbh
This. It's not like we were stopping them either, prior to going to hack a Simmons. They were scoring consistently.
And this. Falls on deaf ears here
As hard as you idiots try to spin it. A 14-5 run is indeed a 14-5 run. All that momentum. Gone
I'm not criticizing posters who hate hack an idiot. I critize the fact people go full re mode because of a RS meaningless lost partly because of a failed hack an idiot.
Philly was scoring quite easily on us. But you do you man and think what you want.As hard as you idiots try to spin it. A 14-5 run is indeed a 14-5 run. All that momentum. Gone
wow. a coach that makes players watch tape to learn from mistakes? what an idiot!
As long as it's his own mistakes, it's fine. Players did enough to win that game.
I recall hack-a-Ben working during the 2005 NBA Finals...
smfh
I just disagree with the he has also grown the ego, for me he has the same ego than in 99 tbh... dude is the same with his qualities and his flaws that are numerous but like Manu you take the good and the bad. Overall Pop has been a blessing for the franchise, the city of San Antonio, the NBA and the bb in general tbh
I actually like that very much. He played some guys who are young and aren't used to closing games out, and it's clear he has high hopes and expectations about some of those guys (calling Bryn a "steph curry" version, playing him 41 minutes... he played Davis 30 and Kyle 36)... plus it wasn't just the minutes they played but the fact they were relied upon a lot.
So it's a learning experience for all of them (together with everyone else, including the rookies and the dleague 2 way contracts). That game was an opportunity for these guys to improve and get better. That's actually the coach's job: to teach.
Has nothing to do with the Hack-a-
The thing with hacking is, it can screw your own team's rhythm and that's exactly what I think it did to the Spurs in game 6 of 2015 playoffs against the Clippers. It seems like Pop wasn't a good player or has played much Basketball (I know he has when he was younger) to know anything about rhythm. He must have been an average offensive player, because going by his coaching, he doesn't seem to respect when players are in rhythm or the flow of the game when the team is playing great and has momentum. He constantly stops it with timeouts, subs utions and not playing/riding the hot hand.
I also think it screwed the Spurs' rhythm they were starting to get in at the end of the Philly game. I think it also gave Philadelphia more confidence too.
btw, was it you that told us at the end of the preseason/start of the season that Joffery's ceiling was that of an 8th, 9th man (I thought you were being harsh). If so, looks like you were right, but right now I'd say he ceiling looks even lower. He played great in the preseason, but has looked like trash since then.
Realistically, he has nothing left to prove, tbh, he rode TD and Manu peaks to 4 rings, then got cute in '13 and the final challenge was 2014. After that le, there's just nothing higher for him professionally on the NBA. Sure, he's going to take pride coaching Team USA, and I bet you he's going to be really engaged there. Frankly, if LMA didn't ask him to stick around, I bet he would've been gone already. He's an old guy with a taste for the world, wines, the good things in life. Basketball is in a different place for him now, his job doesn't depend on it, etc.
You have a good point... I edited the comment bc I am still upset Pop hacked Simmons... He does have the ego to want to take over situations and take it away from the players. Sometimes is hacking someone, others it is benching Tim, etc.
Realistically, he has nothing left to prove, tbh, he rode TD and Manu peaks to 4 rings, then got cute in '13 and the final challenge was 2014. After that le, there's just nothing higher for him professionally on the NBA. Sure, he's going to take pride coaching Team USA, and I bet you he's going to be really engaged there. Frankly, if LMA didn't ask him to stick around, I bet he would've been gone already. He's an old guy with a taste for the world, wines, the good things in life. Basketball is in a different place for him now, his job doesn't depend on it, etc.
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