Old Coach Wino Burns NOLA Reporters

by JamesR on May 9, 2008 12:25 PM CDT

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But that humor evanesced when a local reporter asked him if he thought the Hornets would continue to dare the Spurs to shoot 3-pointers.

POP: “I don’t know. You’ll have to ask them.”

SEMI-CLUELESS MEDIA PERSON: “That’s kind of what they did in the first game.”

POP: “They did a lot of things well.”

NEW ORLEANS RADIO GUY: “Will you try to change up your defenses on David West at all tonight?”

POP: “Right. We’re going to probably do four or five things you’ve never seen before in basketball.”

NEW ORLEANS RADIO GUY: “I sense sarcasm.”

POP: “That’s correct. We’re going to spend the afternoon inventing the light bulb. Those CFLs (compact fluorescent lamps), a lot of people are having problems with them, so we’re going to think of something different.”

SEMI-CLUELESS MEDIA PERSON: “Do you have any words for Hugo, the mascot, by any chance?”

POP: “Who?” (media laughter)

(Someone chimes in, “the guy who jumped through the fire.”)

POP: “Why would you ask me that?”

The media is laughing now, but I sense Popovich doesn’t think this is all that funny.

TRYING-TO-BE HELPFUL LOCAL MEDIA PERSON: “Talking about the ring of fire.”

POP: “Hopefully that’s over with. We all know it wasn’t a great move. We all make mistakes.”

SAME GUY WHO ASKED ABOUT DEFENDING DAVID WEST: “Do you think you might try to use (Bruce) Bowen on David a little bit tonight?”

Ohmigod. This is going to set him off…

POP: “That’s a good idea! Look at this guy right here! He’s got all kinds of ideas! Let’s do that! What’s he gonna do, get 30? Maybe we’ll put Bruce on him. Bruce weighs, what 90 pounds? He’ll just knock the (bleep) out of him. That’ enough. You guys are terrible…”

End of interview.

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oh!

thats the famous san antonio spurs “class.” got it. honor a kid who passed away when he was supposed to meet nba superstars by writing his name on you shoes = classless hornets. be a complete condescending dick to the media = classy spurs. thank you for clearing that up.

by ginobli sucks on May 9, 2008 12:32 PM CDT reply reply 0 recs

cp3 definately honored the fan by flopping all around the court when it’s a dead ball. i feel the pride and class.

so what if pop hates talking to reporters, they are idiots. why would pop wanna talk about a game 1 mascot mishap when that was a week ago. he’s one of the, if not best, coaches in the league, and they want to ask questions about HUGO. i’d be annoyed too

What the Bowen giveth Horry taketh away. --LatinD (2008 Playoffs Round 2, Game 1)

by Hamer_SpursFan on May 9, 2008 1:19 PM CDT up reply reply 0 recs

damn, i need to go back to english class

What the Bowen giveth Horry taketh away. --LatinD (2008 Playoffs Round 2, Game 1)

by Hamer_SpursFan on May 9, 2008 1:20 PM CDT up reply reply 0 recs

the first question was regarding a game situation, not the mascot.

by ginobli sucks on May 9, 2008 1:58 PM CDT up reply reply 0 recs

Socrates would have been proud of Pop’s interview. Can you really blame him for his hilariously sarcastice responses when those media idiots were just engaged in mindless baiting? Oh, wait I see why you identify with those reporters.

by VWolf on May 9, 2008 1:26 PM CDT up reply reply 0 recs

i prefer the irony of having a fanpost about the hornets lack of class, followed up by a fan post celebrating gregg poppovich acting like a childish brat. if questions are unwarranted, there are ways to divert questions without being a complete dickwad. “no comment” is universally accepted.

by ginobli sucks on May 9, 2008 1:57 PM CDT up reply reply 0 recs

The childish brats in this incident were the reporters. The wise old curmudgeon was Pop. Nothing unclassy about the way he responded. He didn’t direct a mother joke toward the moronic reporters or anything.

by VWolf on May 9, 2008 7:25 PM CDT up reply reply 0 recs

rather be classless than be a fucking idiot (read: you).

by JamesR on May 9, 2008 12:47 PM CDT reply reply 0 recs

and yeah Matt, I know we are supposed to call other commenters names, but this guy is just full of cheesedickery.

by JamesR on May 9, 2008 12:48 PM CDT up reply reply 0 recs

its okay man, i had it coming. i was being kind of a cheese dick.

by ginobli sucks on May 9, 2008 12:54 PM CDT up reply reply 0 recs

stay classy.

by ginobli sucks on May 9, 2008 12:53 PM CDT up reply reply 0 recs

Actually

You just got a bad case of bitchassiness. :) Common how can you get mad at Pop, the media does ask ridiculous questions.

Was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor?-- Bluto , Animal House

by Spursfanindallas on May 9, 2008 2:46 PM CDT up reply reply 0 recs

despite all his success, you think he would enjoy himself just a little bit. he comes across as a sad old man. the media does ask retarded questions, but the media also spreads the word about players and coaches creating the hype which sells tickets and teevee contracts and ultimately pays his lavish salary.

by ginobli sucks on May 9, 2008 3:04 PM CDT up reply reply 0 recs

I sincerely doubt that the Spurs will sell more tickets or get new tv contracts if Pop answers with the usual cliche lines. Hell, it’s more likely to work to give the Spurs some of that scandal-fueled notoriety everyone criticizes the Spurs for not possessing.

Or it might not affect “the hype” in any way. Which is far more likely.

Controversy sells, as you’ve yourself proved in this forum. If anything, I appreciate the dry sarcasm because it deviates from the norm. Same with Phil Jackson, who’s a huge asshole – but you still know that he might actually say something quotable any given day.

by LatinD on May 9, 2008 3:26 PM CDT up reply reply 0 recs

You don’t know Pop. He comes across as a great guy. Someone most people would be proud to call dad. I really respect him and I appreciate his acerbic wit. Unfortunately that wit is lost on some who do not have the mental capacity to grasp it.

by VWolf on May 9, 2008 7:27 PM CDT up reply reply 0 recs

Pop is the Bill Belichick of the NBA…sans the cheating of course.

Superman wears Manu Ginobili pajamas to bed.

by CMoney on May 9, 2008 7:55 PM CDT up reply reply 0 recs

and sans being a homewrecking womanizer. and a douchebag.

(not a belichick fan)

by JamesR on May 10, 2008 6:39 AM CDT up reply reply 0 recs

def: classy (adj.)

trolling a competitive sport opponent’s website to pick internet fights ironically speculating that a lack of class of the site’s participants or of the team members are directly proportional between the two groups especially when the two groups are disjoint, when short phrase forms of blanket statements such as “thats the famous class” and “stay classy” are used in place of logical arguments to support the speculation of lack of class, and when there is no history of heated rivalry between the opposing teams to warrant such a passion of hatred. see fear.

who are you who can summon fire without flint or tinder? there are some who call me ... tim.

by ptruser on May 9, 2008 1:25 PM CDT reply reply 1 recs

i love that later on when the reporters interviewed byron scott, they asked for advice on how to talk to pop

What the Bowen giveth Horry taketh away. --LatinD (2008 Playoffs Round 2, Game 1)

by Hamer_SpursFan on May 9, 2008 1:30 PM CDT up reply reply 0 recs

good point.

stay not classy, san antonio. keep defending an asshole coach who sure showed it to them reporters by acting like pouting child. there you go. good for you.

by ginobli sucks on May 9, 2008 1:38 PM CDT up reply reply 0 recs

Byron Scott is the asshole, not Pop. Scott regularly talks shit to players during games. What other coach does that? Also he knocked one of his team mates out when he was a player with the Lakers in the 80’s…

by speedostuffer on May 9, 2008 10:15 PM CDT up reply reply 0 recs

GS = Suns fan

Guys why are you even trying to reason. The only thing it’s doing is allowing GS to enjoy himself at your expense. Besides, since he’s not a Hornets fan (yesterday he revealed he’ll be moving to Scottsdale and added a “Go Suns”) he really doesn’t have any stake in the series except to; a) rile this blog up and, b) cheer for N.O. to win.

Please quit falling for the bait, just skip his replies and talk amongst ourselves.

Actually, it's more of a guideline than a rule. - Dr. Peter Venkman

by jollyrogerwilco on May 9, 2008 2:02 PM CDT reply reply 0 recs

have you ever been to scottsdale?

shit you would want to move there to, it is like paradise. not a suns fan, but i am guilty of wanting a) to rile up this blog. and b) cheer for the hornets.

by ginobli sucks on May 9, 2008 2:11 PM CDT up reply reply 0 recs