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Do you Pop bashers ever STFU?
Yup you guessed it. He started Barry over Manu.
Over/under how long that lasts?
Do you Pop bashers ever STFU?
Maybe if Pop wasn't sucking right now you'd have a valid gripe.
I'm not normally a Pop basher. I just think this move has proven to be the only move he knows how to make. It has been done before and it always was aborted in 2-5 games.
I wonder why? Was there a reason it failed before? Could it be that it didn't provide enough spark in the first quarter?
would you rather pop bench duncan and have him come off the bench?
Ducks go learn logic. Otherwise you will always lose by default; like you just did there.
the bench is sucking latetly
making manu come off the bench is smart
he will still play his 30 minutes
spurs need points from the bench
I'm with ducks here -- short of making a new player materialize on his roster, Pop has to find some way to get some punch and consistency off his bench, and putting Manu there for that purpose makes sense. It also breaks up the Big 3 and makes it easier for Pop to keep at least 2 of them on the floor in most stretches of the game, which might prove more helpful than finding punch off the bench.
I'm not sure that the fact that he's done it before makes the move any less valid.
No, everyone is sucking lately outside of Parker- Duncan- Manu. Whether Manu starts or comes off the bench won't change where the points are coming from, nor will it make the others better.
What would you have Pop do? I mean complaining is one thing; but it's just ing unless you propose a solution.
spurs problems start when 2 of the big 3 are not on the court
making manu come off the bench is smart
pop has to find a way to keep 2 of the big three on the court
Bottom line is the Spurs are not going to win a le playing small ball because guys like Finley and Barry can't play with the opposing team's swing players who are either bigger/quicker. Play Elson and Bonner (when he's healthy) and stop playing Horry and Finley. Let teams try and match up against our big men who are relatively skilled. This ain't brain surgery yet Popovich is getting paid more than a brain surgeon. Figure that?
How many of the big three are on the court right now? I see Manu...Beno, Finley, Elson, and Bowen.
Now that manu tried to do it all alone...and fouled himself to the bench, Tony's in there with no Duncan.
Howabout playing Finley less minutes and not running the second team offense through him? He sucks.
I agree with the criticism that Pop would be well-served to reconsider the minutes he gives to some of the guys on this squad, but I don't see how the decision to move Manu to the bench, standing alone, is a suspect one.
Despuration.
Maybe Pop is starting Barry to up his trade value.
For next game, Pop should bench himself and start PJ.
Doesn't Poop get tired of the same over and over?
EXCUSE ME
WHAT WERE YOU SAYING
So what kind of move would you have made? Would you have left the lineup unchanged? What would you have done to make the team shoot better? The thing that's funny is people must think that coaching is easy. You have 12 players on the bench, you can't go out and get anymore during the game, so what is Pop suppose to do? Telling your players to shoot better, or play better defense can only get you so far. These players are profesionals and shouldn't have to be told all the time. There have always been Pop bashers, but in 2003 and 2005, you didn't hear much bashing. Yep, yep, yep, probably because they won the championship those years.
So the big question is:
WHAT KIND OF MOVE WOULD YOU HAVE MADE?
.................................I'm waiting!
So what kind of move would you have made? Would you have left the lineup unchanged? What would you have done to make the team shoot better? The thing that's funny is people must think that coaching is easy. You have 12 players on the bench, you can't go out and get anymore during the game, so what is Pop suppose to do? Telling your players to shoot better, or play better defense can only get you so far. These players are profesionals and shouldn't have to be told all the time. There have always been Pop bashers, but in 2003 and 2005, you didn't hear much bashing. Yep, yep, yep, probably because they won the championship those years.
So the big question is:
WHAT KIND OF MOVE WOULD YOU HAVE MADE?
.................................I'm waiting!
Didn't you know? Every poster in the forums criticizing Popovich knows more about basketball than Pop does. In fact, Pop knows very little about basketball. He won 3 rings by sheer luck. His CotY award was a total fluke. His players happen to play great defense under his coaching -- but it's just coincidence. None of the successes Pop has had can really be attributed to his abilities as a coach, therefore all criticisms of him are completely valid. It's really all just Duncan. You know, the other guy that Spurs fans are ripping into on these boards for being lazy, unaggressive, and whiny for the past two months.
This board is so full of finger-pointing pansies, it makes me sick. 3 les and the best winning % of any team in ALL OF PROFESSIONAL SPORTS, and these morons still think they know basketball better than Greg. I guess the fact that the internet is relatively faceless gives them an excuse to blather malcontent like a 4 year old, but personally I'm not ready to give up on a team that is on a roll and has the 3rd best record in the league.
Watch the Spurs win the le this year, and then everyone start coming out of the woodwork saying how they had faith in Pop all along and how much trust they had in Duncan and Co. to get the job done.
I hate seeing Manu come off the bench, but at this point, the team needs someone to create some energy and enthusiasm from the bench. And Manu provides all of this. It wasn't a great start stat wise, but result wise, it helped Finley and others. And it helped the team get a win.
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