Pop is the president of basketball operations, I'd imagine he has a ton of say over what the Spurs front office does. Something like that would make more sense than Ime directly taking over as GM and trying to do all the detail work. Not with Stone as his GM, of course. It would have to be a fresh face who knows the lay of the land when he takes the job.
man, people were out here telling me coaching doesn't matter. I wish I kept tabs on those people who were saying that. I know I was getting in arguments with them. one day im going to go back and see who they were.
This must be the single most stupid statement I’ve ever heard about basketball, period. You can not possibly take it serious, coach is one of the cornerstones of any team sport. Arguably the most important in most cases. I feel 2nd hand embarrassment.
I was wondering about that: am I the last one? When he was hired I felt so conflicted. Now it's worse because he's clearly an amazing coach. Where I am now, I confess, is that I'm thrilled he's the Rockets' coach, but I've found I can't listen to/watch his press conferences and interviews. It's not on principle; it just feels gross. Is it a really tiny population on here, the very conflicted? It doesn't feel so radical considering that we never learned what he did in Boston. Sketchy rumors and innuendo, almost nothing solid. We don't know if we're cheering for a guy who made a dumb-but-not-unforgivable mistake or if the guy we're all so excited about is a truly awful person who was an a-hole to tons of people in the Celtics org, including a subordinate he was sleeping with. So yeah, I'm conflicted.
Coaching matters but you could argue that most coaches do not matter.....and Udoka is one of the few impact coaches. Relatively to super star players' impacts. Basically coaches cannot suit up and make the basket or get a stop.....but the NBA league is finding ways to give Coaches more decisions to make and to challenge. It is way too easy to get a coach fired......and therefore unbalance the team.
If there's any path to forgiveness, he's taken it. Said in the summer he was regretful and sought help to work on himself. He looked embarrassed saying it. I'm fine with someone who acknowledges they messed up and took steps to address it. He did what a man should do in that situation despite being part of a wider culture that ignores the systemic damage these things cause in a family and community. He's more intelligent than the posters on here that seemed to think it's irrelevant.
I’ll be honest, beyond hearing he had an affair with the wife of one of the partial owners, I have not heard anything else bad he did. I tried looking to see what was the big hub up was about; and whatever it was it must have been tightly sealed. However, I’m sure the streets have a way of word of mouth, to unveil the truth. Unfortunately folks have affairs to the point it isn’t too scandalous nowadays. But Ume has shown to be a top notch coach. He has that group of guys believing in his system.
It is something different if you have seks with the wife of a boss or someone who is working in the same building ..... Him being a top coach does not coincide him being a horny guy who would bone a married woman.
Infidelity isn't a crime. It was a mistake on his part to involve himself in something that could have such bad public consequences for him but it isn't really fair to judge him beyond that.
Infidelity is a character flaw. I have never met a cheater who wasn't selfish, manipulative, absent. I like him as a coach hope he stays with us for many years but he's a ****ing prick that destroyed his family. Children should grow up in family environment nobody has any right to take that away from his/her child. You made that kid you are responsible for his mental well being not just physical well being. Yeah 0 symphaty from me.
This is exactly my point, nobody knows what he's done so nobody knows what the appropriate response is. I've heard the affair with the minority owner's wife story; I've also read worse reports like, for example, that he had an affair with a subordinate and the woman wanted to end it, but he wouldn't allow it. If he was just cheating on his wife, I don't care. If he used his power in the organization to coerce a woman into a non-consentual sexual relationship, that's a hell of a lot worse than sleeping around. IF. Who knows?
If he was forcing her into a non-consensual sexual relationship then he'd have been arrested for sexual assault/rape, or it would've been reported that way so no other teams went near him; it wasn't. Sounds like you're trying to project demons on to the situation to clutch your apron strings and make a big issue where there isn't one. He ****ed the wrong chick, he lost his job on a contender for it. Move on already.
