He should’ve just rode off into the sunset when Tim, manu, and Parker left. Let a young coach take the reigns and rebuild and just take a job in the organization if he wanted to be around.
If you are making this comment in reference to Pop’s legacy, I don’t think this affects it all that much. Pop is a 5 time champion and HOFer. No one is going to judge his career off a few subpar seasons at the end.
If you’re making this comment because Pop’s game philosophy is no longer effective in this league, then I agree. But, I would also say that Pop has somewhat earned the right to go out on his own terms. And that it probably can’t just be Popovich’s fault. For the Spurs to play this style of basketball in this era, the front office has to be supporting it. So fixing the Spurs may not be a simple case of Pop stepping down. It might require a fundamental philosophical shift across the organization. I only say this because if there are people at the top who would prefer the Spurs play a different style of ball, you’d have to think SOMETHING would leak out over it. This is the NBA after all...
