Gregg Popovich
Gregg Popovich
Gregg Charles Popovichis an American basketball coach who is currently the head coach of the San Antonio Spurs of the National Basketball Association. Taking over as coach of the Spurs in 1996, Popovich is the longest tenured active coach in both the NBA and all US major sports leagues. He is often referred to as "Coach Pop" or simply "Pop"...
ProfessionCoach
Date of Birth28 January 1949
CityEast Chicago, IN
farewell guy
You can only like the guy so much. After a while, it's 'OK, OK, we get it.' It's like a farewell tour.
composure kept team
The team kept their composure well when we were down.
emotional maybe tough
He's just had a tough time. Maybe it's emotional in some sense for him. I'm not sure.
people
It always has been that people didn't think we were for real,
mistake
Basketball's a game of mistakes.
kinda philosophy
Our philosophy here is kinda like participatory management,
beyond break difficult reasonable
I think it's a reasonable thought that if it went beyond the All-Star break that would make it difficult to do something.
final games gone good great last ready situations three time watched
In the three games we've watched them play, they've gone from a 2 to a 5 to an 8 on a 10 scale. They've got a great coach, they've been in these situations before, and they know how to get ready for the final round. By the time that comes, they're going to be as good or better as they were last summer.
who-we-are way
The measure of who we are is how we react to something that doesn't go our way.
everybody tried
We tried everybody on him -- and he was great.
angry came coach fuel great last looks loss night played tough
We responded well from a real tough loss last night. That's what a coach always looks for. It was great to come out angry enough to try to put last night out of their heads. We played well most of the night, but a lot of the fuel for that came from last night.
practice
We would probably never put him and Timmy in the same room, ... because they never would find out when practice is.