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Prime Tim Duncan would make any coach/team/franchise look good.
I think so....
Prime Tim Duncan would make any coach/team/franchise look good.
It's why I really appreciate what Carslile is doing. If he can somehow pull this off and win a le, it will be more significant from a coaching standpoint than anything Pop, Phil, or Riley ever did.I think so....
No, because if Pop coached the way then that he is now, they would not have won.
OMG!
Totally agree.
If Carslile can win with Dirk Noviski, he should be coach of the century, already.
This is dumb. Pop has changed, of course those guys made a difference but without his coaching there are no championships.
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I think Pop is deserving of his status for several reasons..he is great at on the fly adjustments, (reminds me of "hack a dwight" when howard was talking to pop for pulling that tactic last year) he is great at getting guys who fit his vision, he is great at controlling ego's, distractions etc., and regardless of the talent we had been fortunate enough to obtain, he still had to get them to buy into HIS system..
I do feel that we might have reached a little bit in the draft as of late with Hill and Blair, because both players dont fit the norm for which ever position they are playing at the moment. Maybe a couple different decisions in the draft, or even a healthy manu, even some made shots in the playoffs, and this thread maybe wouldnt have even been made..
The problem is that Pop's vision and system no longer work and the players (RJ and Bonner) who he has chosen to retain are horrible. The ones he's obtained (Hill, Blair, Splitter, Neal) are fine - he just has to play them appropriately - meaning play Blair against Landry types and Splitter against Randolph/Gasol types.
Duncan is no longer good enough to have one-dimensional players standing at the arc waiting to hit 3pters.
Did Jordan/Shaq/Kobe make Phil Jackson look better then he is?
What was Pop's favorite play when prime Duncan was tearing it up in the league? Oh yeah, 4 down.
Pic of Pop signaling in the famous "4 down" play:
Hall of Famers ALWAYS make their coaches look better than they are. Look at Jim Carrey, Flip Miami Coach, Tim Tibodeao, Scott Brooks
I'm pretty sure Phil Jackson, Par Riley and other HOF coach that have been mentioned in this thread wouldnt have played Bonner against Memphis.
That's how overrated Pop is
^ except Phil played Stevie Blake and Shannon Brown
That's because he had no choice^ except Phil played Stevie Blake and Shannon Brown
Pop had the choice
Who would they play? Dyess, Blair, Splitter? What could they of done to make Duncan more effective scoring in the post? What could they of done to make Parker show up in the series?
Agree 100% with this.. i'm only referring to the fact this thread is questioning what Pop did in the championship years, and I think thats ridiculous. As far as the retaining thing, I ing HATE the contract extensions for Bonner and RJ..when I saw the reports of the extension, I was ing blown away by the fact they were multi year..Could you imaging looking at this year without those two deadbeats on the payroll going into free agency?
I like the other guys you mentioned as Neal is a freakin "thousandaire" for the next couple seasons, Splitter isn't too pricey, and regardless of the cliff jumper mentality that shows it face around here so often, at 26 the guy STILL has upside. George is still cheap, and Blair is not too bad contract wise, but for someone who is fighting an uphill battle to be productive in the NBA, seems to be more focused on gay ass out of tune singing, and making appearances in local flea market rapper's videos..He seems to be taking his oppurtunity here for granted..His "I'm going to make every team that passed me up pay" mentality sounded great on draft night, but I've yet to see too many teams pay..
As far as the coaching decisions, I question the decision to change Blair into a reserve at that point of the season, however It's probably because of his at ude/work ethic. I thought it was stupid as to keep Splitter on the bench, and I won't even get started with his obsession with Bonner's sorry ass..I'd actually say to call him "one dimensional" would be very generous of you as he can't get it done when it matters, and we have seen this each of the past three postseasons.
They wouldnt have solved Duncan's struggles or Parker's sucking, but we are talking about Matt ing Bonner
It's like playing 4 vs 5 when he is on the court
And when Blair played it's like we played 4 and a half against 5.
I agree on Pop and R.C ing up the team the last 3 years tho.
aj did not make pop look good
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