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He was just joking around with him.
Pop knows he has a gem in Hill with that killer potential defense.
What was with Pop talking to Georgie Hill like he's 6 years old? I don't remember the exact words but it was to the effect of: You wanna be a big boy and help the team win with some free throws and hustle? As he pats him on the cheek in the huddle. Made me sort of cringe. Did anyone else catch this? It was after GH took that hard fall.
He was just joking around with him.
Pop knows he has a gem in Hill with that killer potential defense.
Pop knows when to push buttons and when not to. When it's time to scream, he'll scream, when it's time to criticize, he'll criticize...He was just giving George some encouragement.
He was making a joke about how Hill doesn't use his left hand . . .
He was kidding. Lol At least I hope he was. Matt Bonner was showing his ass off for his fans today. He got tired a lil fast though.
It was creepy and condescending at the same time. Seemed awkward for Hill.
He made a joke with him about not needing his left arm anyway and that they could just cut it off. Then Pop told him to knock down some free throws and help the Spurs get a win.
not that big a deal...you should probably relax
Pop should be fired, and we should hire JoeyCrawfordIsAThief as our coach..
dude.
chill out.
pop is a GREAT coach.
next time you see him, ask to see his hands, and all four CHAMPIONSHIP RINGS ON HIS FINGERS.
then you can tell him to f*ck himself.
they actually started in the middle of the conversation, but it appeared that he was giving Hill a hard time by saying that he doesn't need his left arm because he always goes right anyways.
Some guys' fail per post rate here has to be off the charts.
Damn, I know a lot of you sensitive people never played compe ive ball past pee wee. That was probably the nicest thing Pop said to him all day. There's a reason Pop has 10 yrs, 4 les, and still hasn't lost control on that team. Why? One word... Respect.
I'm going to go out on a limb and say that without that infamous 97 lottery, Pop has 0 rings and is not coaching Basketball right now.
whereas, If you take Pop away, TD still gets rings.
but I'm not saying Pop's a bad coach, just...
He does that with newbies, I remember reading not to long ago that Pop gave Tony in Parker's rookie season. And Manu has declared a lot of times here in Argentina of his many "heated arguments" with Gregg in his first year in the NBA. I clearly remember one time in a playoff game in Dallas where Popovich said to Manu in the hudle with all the other guys watching something like: "why is your hand shaking? look I'm an old man and my hand isn't shaking". I think it's just a thing he uses to build young players character.
Last edited by DAF86; 02-08-2009 at 06:51 PM.
@ people not understanding they were joking around
Pop does his fair share of ripping people or being condescending at times, but this wasn't one of them.
Actually I didn't see this little incident. I'm just saying that Pop has a rep of picking on rookies.
No, I wasn't talking about you, necessarily. I just happened to post after you
My favorite Pop versus Manu moment was in Manu's rookie year:
Pop: Calm the !@#$ down Manu and run the !@#$ing offense.
Manu: This is how I play. Don't put me in the game if you don't like it.
Pop:
Its called tough love. I had it in with my receivers coach in college. I just came in and he asked me in the huddle if I wanted to be a huge pussy or make a catch and help the team win a game. He said something to that effect every game and practice, yet played me over seniors and juniors.
Coaches do it to their favorite players and know that have unlimited potential.
Last edited by RyanLeaf; 02-08-2009 at 06:59 PM.
NPNo, I wasn't talking about you, necessarily. I just happened to post after you
Yep, that's Manu's favorite one alsoMy favorite Pop versus Manu moment was in Manu's rookie year:
Pop: Calm the !@#$ down Manu and run the !@#$ing offense.
Manu: This is how I play. Don't put me in the game if you don't like it.
Pop:
I understand if Pop was lightening the situation after that hard foul, but you just don't touch a guy on the face like that. See if you feel talked down to you when your boss pats you on your cheek at the water cooler. Maybe Pop secretly wants to be a Catholic priest. And chump pumper, may you fall on your face crossing the street in front of a bus.
All players get a treatment of the Pop humor with a tinge of sarcasm from time to time.. no one's immune, not even Timmy w/c is why he and the team are so great.. its actually a compliment when you get this kind of treatment..
That takes some serious stones....My favorite Pop versus Manu moment was in Manu's rookie year:
Pop: Calm the !@#$ down Manu and run the !@#$ing offense.
Manu: This is how I play. Don't put me in the game if you don't like it.
Pop:
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