Comments on: An Open Letter to Gregg Popovich

By: Crow

Crow — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 21:40:11 +0000

With Kobe Bryant some nights you want him to shoot a lot from mid-range or even from 3. Let him become a ball-hog. You are trying to beat the team not him and when he is Kobe by himself they ain’t as good.

By: Pok Flied Lice

Pok Flied Lice — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 07:05:00 +0000

I would love the idea purely for the fact that we can laugh at Craig Sager’s suit for a few more seconds. You guys should create a poll… then a petition… then, who knows

By: Caleb

Caleb — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 22:05:17 +0000

Not a Spurs fan myself, but I love Pop’s flippant, condescending answers. Its the sort of answers those questions deserve. Its always the same recycled cliche nonsense, and Pop looks at them like they are stupid because they are asking stupid questions. I love it.

By: Yuccaflats

Yuccaflats — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 21:32:22 +0000

I think what Pop should say to an insipid question as are usually asked is that he is planning on having Timmy play the point with Parker playing power forward in the 2 nd half. That should keep them thinking for a while.

By: b1gdon

b1gdon — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 16:06:33 +0000

An open letter to 48MoH,

Booooooooooo.

Signed,

Spurs Fans who love Pop’s flippant answers

By: Robby

Robby — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 08:46:34 +0000

what about? because he’s Tim Duncan?….

By: phoebus

phoebus — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 08:46:15 +0000

the thesis here is basically anti-average-NBA-fan.

Of which the numbers are dwindling, rapidly, while the NFL explodes and baseball sort of staggers away.

Maybe alienating them isn’t such a great idea?
What were the golden years to a lot of us? Sure was a whole lot of Ahmad Rashad on the screen back then huh?

By: phoebus

phoebus — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 08:41:26 +0000

Sager? how can you hate Sager? It’s basically like having an extra cheerleader, or mascot, or… something. something kind of like Donald Trump, only okay with being mocked.

By: Ruffy

Ruffy — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 05:16:33 +0000

Love this idea.

Pop’s utter disdain for the vacuous inanity of the sideline reporters always tickles me, so flipping it upside down and giving them long and technically involved answers would be hilarious!

PS I’d really like to beat the living crap out of Sager and Gray… hate those guys.

By: 09.20.21.50

09.20.21.50 — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 22:30:57 +0000

BigFresh: He’s not supposed to be in there.

Good call Andrew McNeill.

By: AP

AP — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 20:19:29 +0000

X’s and O’s are great, and I’d love to hear about them, as long as Pop continues to verbally abuse Craig Sager and his wardrobe.

By: Joe

Joe — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 18:20:26 +0000

I’m not sure that all half-time or between-quarter coaching adjustments are as obvious as shifts of defensive sets. Sometimes the subtle moves are what matter most.

For example, in the 2007 series against Phoenix, there was a game where Amare had something like 30 points on us in the first half (I’m going off of memory, so forgive me if the details are off a bit). Every time he got the ball near the free-throw line, he put it on the floor, and by the time the help defender rotated to him, he was already at the rim. The subtle adjustment I noted at the time was that after the half, we started making sure that someone bumped him or made a swipe at the ball during his first step. Sounds simple, but it disrupted his dribble just enough that he couldn’t finish the drive, and we basically shut him down after half time and won the game.

By: SAJKinBigD

SAJKinBigD — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 18:06:16 +0000

Someone should collect all of Pop’s sideline moments and put ‘em online or sell a DVD of ‘em!
“Pop’s Greatest Hits!” MWAHAHA!
I understand the point, but I really like the little displays of dry wit that we get from those interviews.
He should figure out a way to metaphor winemaking and wines for every answer.

By: Andrew A McNeill

Andrew A McNeill — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 17:57:20 +0000

Sure it throws them off for a second, that’s the idea of keeping them on their toes, but these guys are professional athletes and they’ve been seeing zones since high school. In the end, it all comes down to recognition and execution, which is where the Spurs excel.

By: GREG53

GREG53 — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 17:57:08 +0000

I can still see Bucher standing there with his mouth open and no come back as Popovich turned and walked away,my all time fave! Thanks for bringing the memory to the surface Timothy. On a different note can anyone tell me when we can look forward to seeing the draft pick from Phoenix for Leanard Barbosa? Did we trade it and I just missed it or what? Thanks in advance.