This we know..
He's proven it yet again in spades. Pop gets role players to play like superstars in big games. I don't know how he's the only guy in the league who can do that on a fairly consistent basis. Now he he could just play the young guys more...
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Still hate the fact that it took injuries to force his hand, tbh... guys like Simms, Murray could've had a larger role before, IMO...
Not complaining with the result though...
It's easy to talk about Pop's 5 rings, 20 straight playoff appearances, and 10 WCF appearances.
But, my favorite thing about Pop is watching all the "others" contribute. He just develops players better than any other head coach today. Take LDN for the easiest example. Or Patty Mills. The list of players that immediately got better under Pop is a mile long.
To Pop
Now, I'm going to write down every username on here for referencing next time I see Pop bashing or see the word "popsucker"
Unlike the previous two playoff runs this time Pop's been at his absolute best, despite some of the ing here.
He's had 10 different players start, 11 players with 10+ minutes per game, he's adjusted accordingly, he's changed and swapped roles, he's not panicked or overreacted to anything. Even in his best years he'd often matched up to the opponent and overreacted to nuances but not this time, he's had a plan for everything and has taken some very questionable and brave decisions like David Lee on ZBo, Patty-Tony back court, staying big against the Rockets, etc. and it's worked brilliantly. Credit where it's due.
Nice to see for once a thread about Pop not calling him out but giving him props
Pop is and has been the best coach for 2 decades now...
but but Pop has lost it, is desinterested, he does not give a anymore
Pop is just trolling us...and the NBA...
Concur.
I will get started for this groups gathering.
http://www.food.com/recipe/old-fashi...ea-time-421076
yes, the ST creed. still kills me that so many ST posters still hold on to the belief that pop sucks as a coach.
MVPop tbh...
All those posters who complained all year about Pop not letting Kwahi play 40 minutes or about the rotations of the bench into games ought to apologize. They guy is a great coach because he develops his bench with on the court minutes all year in all games, not just blow outs. And the result is a happy team and a team that is ready to play from 1-15 on the roster.
http://www.nba.com/video/2017/05/11/...=EMA_NBA_daily
People has called him the GOAT coach in that very same thread, the reality is that if TP and KL don't get injured, we go with that ship and even maybe go down with that ship. The injuries made him have to actually coach and play Simms, DJ, etc on a closeout game on the road, and they responded. I'm glad they did, it just sucks it took two major injuries to force his hand and get him interested...
Goddamn, I bet Pringles wakes up in a cold sweat at night thinking about Pop.
I wanna see what he has in store for the worriers. I feel like Pop and the Spurs have waited 3 yrs to get a crack at these s.
"I mean, usually we get that in the first half, I can't explain it. We just didn't play well. We just didn't have that pop." -Pringles
dat subtle tho
you create one or two threads a year to call Pop done, desinterested... Pop just went through Houston without his PG, without his star player for last game and you are still in the backhanded compliment business...smh
You called him done few weeks ago like you do every season since probably 2013... but yet you see Pop yelling at everybody on the team except Kawhi, Parker and Manu (
Pop did not lose fire neither love for bb or his team, Pop is the best coach in the NBA for two decades and there is no sign of him retiring anytime soon
dat subtle tho
you create one or two threads a year to call Pop done, desinterested... Pop just went through Houston without his PG, without his star player for last game and you are still in the backhanded compliment business...smh
You called him done few weeks ago like you do every season since probably 2013... but yet you see Pop yelling at everybody on the team except Kawhi, Parker and Manu (
Pop did not lose fire neither love for bb or his team, Pop is the best coach in the NBA for two decades and there is no sign of him retiring anytime soon
I created that thread after the OKC series last season, IIRC, and I think the point is still valid. The criticism isn't that he's not a good coach, but that he's lost the motivation and that he's too stubborn to change until it's too late in a series. And until further notice, the point stands, tbh. In this particular series, the changes were forced by injury, that's a fact.
He should absolutely get all the credit for coaching the guys that came in and responded, and for giving them confidence throughout the season. But I'm not sold he makes these changes if injuries don't happen.
Furthermore, I had the team with a WCF ceiling, so I have no complains about this team or Pop now if they fall to the Dubs. IMO, this season, mission accomplished.
He would have needed to bench and reduce roles further to Manu and Tony.
You know how Pop feels about that.
They wouldn't have come to matter if it wasn't for Tony's injury and Manu looking done pretty much except a couple of playoff games.
TBFH
Agreed.
He has made more adjustments this playoff run than any of the prior two seasons.
He has started different guys, tweaked defenses, given more minutes or less depending on who was playing better, etc.
He has had it so far. He still threw a couple of playoff games early, but he got out of that whatever he wanted (whether it was rest for his guys as some of them were not 100%, to anger them, or experience for his younger players in those losses, which has payed off in game 6 Rockets series).
Good and encouraging to see.
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