I told y'all muh'fukkas that Pop's being left behind.....

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If Monty Williams was the Spurs coach,

They win 45 games, @Gil Scott-Heroin ?
I don't think it's about the wins, in a vacuum, but other coaches would probably give them more drive and a different outlook that could potentially unlock shyt that has previously been kept away. That doesn't just apply to the Spurs-Pop either, it goes for every team where they've reached the end of the road with their respective coach; Pop's been on the same franchise for two decades now, during a period that has changed more than any other in NBA history. It only makes sense someone of Pop's era doesn't quite have their finger on the pulse. We saw the same thing happened to Phil Jackson after he was left behind, shunning any analytical strategem and continuing to revive the Triangle after it was dead and gone. And wins =/= good coaching; there seems to be a common misconception that wins, themselves, means a coach is doing a good job, or conversely, losses means the coach is doing a bad job. Which is funny here because you've got smart dumb nxggas like @Don Homer who are excusing Pop for the Spurs' lack of wins, when he wouldn't do it for any other coach. When he's really none the wiser, because i) he doesn't watch Spurs games, ii) he doesn't understand coaching or how to measure it.

It's really the problem with this board: once you're deemed a good or bad coach, that's going to stick, and the same excuses afforded to Pop for not making the playoffs for three consecutive years would be used to ridicule another coach in the same position. Confirmation bias takes hold and folks just use whatever they can to fuel that, not really knowing if the coach is still who they think he was.
 
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