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You're a day late on the meltdown.
Big Spurs fan here who has spent years and thousands following this team but never have I been as disgusted by one man as I am right now with Pop.
The bottom line, unless this coach changes up his philosophy; and rapidly and adjusts to the obvious that Spurs are outsized in the paint. It is fools gold that the Spurs had a few more rebounds, as this game was lost in reality from the stretch in the third when the Spurs grabbed the lead, Duncan got two soft fouls and they sat until several minutes in the fourth. During that stretch and at the end his decision to go with Bonner, despite his "make up" threes at the end, was an abject failure. Memphis is simply too big and too talented to keep running and hoping that a sublime phillosophy of going small is going to pay off. Moreover, even if they do survive a top ten team in Memphis (in power rankings, point differential, second half records), it will sadly be over in by round two without a radical change from the only man who can do it - but seemingly is inanely determined not to.
Simply put, unless, the Spurs turn to more logical lineups with at least one true big on the floor at all times, i.e., Duncan or Splitter - this season is absolutely toast.
You're a day late on the meltdown.
Deja vu thread is deja vu.
another thread that we needed.
i say we write up a proposal to fire Pop and have Dr. Rummpd replace him...
simply put, i don't see any other obvious explanation.
I couldn't agree with you more.
Yeah, but you and I and everyone else knows that Pop's not going to change. He doesn't believe our defense can improve.
There was like five threads on the Splitter situation on the first two pages, glad you added another one.
Even one of the biggest homers is going into meltdown after the first loss.
It's not that Dice/Blair/Bonner are any quicker/faster than Splitter. Or that they did any running yesterday. Pop, of all people, should know that a running game can be shut down after all the Spurs' battles with PHX.
Took a look at the LA/NO game yesterday wondering how NO beat LA. Guess who they have guarding Bynum - some 7 foot player (Gray) I've never even heard of. Gasol/Bynum - 6-16, 21 pts 15 reb combined instead of the atrocious 19-25 for 49 pts, 23 reb for Randolph/Gasol. If there's not a speed/athleticism advantage, why not go with size - Splitter is a win/win there. More than 50% of their scoring came from their big men (plus Arthur - 5 pts) - why wouldn't you put your best defensive bigs out there?
Pop is one stubborn man. He's depending on knowledge of his system and execution to win. MEM has studied the tapes, knows the plays and have bigger, superior athletes. Down the stretch, their go-to-guy is an easy, almost automatic 2. Try and slow him down with one player (Splitter) and not throw the whole defense off double-teaming and scrambling to recover.
Last edited by rmt; 04-18-2011 at 11:33 AM.
I hadn't thought of this...
It'd be nice to see how Splitter would do but lets not forget that he gets abused by bigger and stronger players especially on the boards. It seems like Splitter struggles just to grab/boxout basic NBA rebounds which is asking for trouble with guys like Randolph on the floor and the lack of floor spacing the Grizz have.
Let's not forget that people make up out of nowhere to justify his inability to get minutes despite the ongoing problems with the Spurs' interior defense.
We need to pray Pop changes something
anything..
Let's not be rash now...Manu comes back on Wednesday and all will be forgotten...
Nah I want him to get minutes. However Splitter has struggled to grab rebounds against bigger and stronger opponents and in general can get bullied by them relatively easily. He's shown that relatively recently versus LA as well.
You mean last time they played and he about posted a double double? How'd Bonner do that game again?
He's the Spurs' best option. Splitter may struggle, but Bonner will always be manhandled.
http://insider.espn.go.com/nba/holli...pf/league/west
Tiago Splitter Player Eff Rating (in limited minutes) 15th/34 in West among PF 16.02 REBR 15.7
Matt Bonner " " IN EXCESSIVE MINUTES 23rd/34 in West among PF PER 13.54 PATHETIC REBR 9.7
PoP has lost it period.
I have no problem with Bonner on the court if he is on the court with Duncan OR Splitter. It is inane and sublime against Memphis to have Bonner on the court without a real big on the court.
Not if their bigs keep abusing Bonner while Spiltter sits there wondering why he bothered coming to the NBA?
I do not care if Manu comes back and Spurs win - if Splitter is not on the court 15 minutes that win will be fools gold as the entire season has been - Spurs will not win without some minutes from the 2nd or at worst 3rd most effective big (Blair is actually a pretty efficient player and Spurs are fine also with him on the court with Duncan AND/OR Splitter).
If Monte Williams or half a dozen coaches were coaching this Spurs team I would feel more confident - Pop has lost the ability to adapt and it will take a miracle for him to change - he should be in the FO with another coach on the floor.
agree
just doesn't make sense other than pop's lost his touch and needs to step down. what sucks is ..he's great at everything else (getting his players to buy into the system/respect/hard work) but whats the point of all that when you have ridiculous rotations
im sorry if you dont know that a defensive 7footer who shut L.Aldridge down will help this team out and rather play a toronto scrub (starter minutes) on an "elite" team you sir are ing insane coach, and need to stop coaching.
its not just this year but what are we to expect next year?? i mean how long will this last??? when duncan is gone does pop think bonner is a starter? hahaha i mean seriously thats how crazy this man has become.
i'd rather start over with a coach who could use what we have here and build a front line with timmys last year.
Did anyone send Pop an email this time?
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