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Originally Posted by GH0STrider
I really don't see how you can say that. Mike brown has only been an nba head coach for 2 seasons. In those two seasons he took a team that had not been in the playoffs since what 96? and brought them to the semis his first year and conference finals this year. Not to mention he won 50 games each season. Find me another head coach that in his first season won 50 games. Pop on the other hand has also been at it as a head coach for 11 years. guess what he did his first season? 17 wins. the next he did 56. so...
Mike brown after 2 seasons- 100-62
pop after 2 seasons 73-73. ( and mind you he only coached 64 games his first season. God only knows how bad it might have gotten.)
also despite winning 56 in his second season- pop got bounced in the second round. so you see that comparison is as far off as mj and lebron. It really can't be made yet. wait till brown has coached 11 seaons then make that judgment.
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Ok, you might be right and I should give Brown a benefit of a doubt in his coaching.
About Pop's coaching, he took over a team (in Dec. 1996) that was hurt by major injuries. 4 of their 5 regular starters missed most of the 96 - 97 season. How bad they were in the 96 - 97, you ask? They signed the aging Dominique Wilkens and with all of their injuries, Nique actually had to play the PF spot!!!!! They sucked that year, but their reward was Duncan.
In the 97 - 98, Pop's first full season, the Spurs going from winning just 20 games in the previous season, to winning 56 the next year? Sure, anyone can win with Robinson and Duncan, but mind I remind you that it was Duncan's rookie year. And you are also correct, they lost in the season round. In fact, they lost to the Utah Jazz 1-4, but I have no problem with them losing to the Utah Jazz. Hell, the Jazz were at their peak between 1996 - 1998. In that same conference finals, they even destroyed the Lakers (with Shaq and Kobe, mind you) 4-0!!!!! So what is so ashame about losing in the second round to the mighty Jazz? My point is, I might not be a Spurs fan, but I know Pop deserve more credit than people have given him. He is a much better coach than alot of people out there realize.