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How does Spurs coach keep his job after this?
Posted on 6/14/26 at 10:34 am
Posted on 6/14/26 at 10:34 am
The last 2 games might have been the worst coached NBA team I've watched....positively in the finals.
He makes the game so hard for Wimby. He has him setting high screens at damn near half court. That is NY's dream scenario. 7ft + and this dumb frick thinks "hey, I got an idea! Lets play him 25 ft from the basket...they never see it coming"
He was 1 of 6 of 3 ptrs.
And every single game he just continued to try that failed approach to make Wemby out to be a guard. Was weird, and hard, to watch.
At the end of game, after a timeout, his invound play was trying to get Wimby a corner 3! WTF? It didn't work (shocker, he was covered).
And of course, previous game was as bad as anyone could ever manage a large lead, at ANY level.
He makes the game so hard for Wimby. He has him setting high screens at damn near half court. That is NY's dream scenario. 7ft + and this dumb frick thinks "hey, I got an idea! Lets play him 25 ft from the basket...they never see it coming"
He was 1 of 6 of 3 ptrs.
And every single game he just continued to try that failed approach to make Wemby out to be a guard. Was weird, and hard, to watch.
At the end of game, after a timeout, his invound play was trying to get Wimby a corner 3! WTF? It didn't work (shocker, he was covered).
And of course, previous game was as bad as anyone could ever manage a large lead, at ANY level.
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Posted on 6/14/26 at 10:39 am to ChatGPT of LA
He’ll either learn…or should be fired.
Young team…young coach.
They took out OKC. They should have won the NBA Finals.
They choked. All of them. Too much, too soon.
Young team…young coach.
They took out OKC. They should have won the NBA Finals.
They choked. All of them. Too much, too soon.
Posted on 6/14/26 at 10:41 am to ChatGPT of LA
Maybe because this is his 1st year as headcoach and he just led the Spurs to the finals when they were supposed to be a fringe playoff team.
So you would fire a HC in his 1st year that led your very very young team to the finals?
So you would fire a HC in his 1st year that led your very very young team to the finals?
Posted on 6/14/26 at 10:41 am to ChatGPT of LA
How far did you have the Spurs getting before the season started?
Posted on 6/14/26 at 10:42 am to ChatGPT of LA
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ChatGPT of LA
From ChatGPT
If you're talking about Spurs coach Mitch Johnson after the Finals collapse, the answer is: he probably keeps his job pretty easily.
Fans are furious because San Antonio blew a 29-point lead in Game 4, then lost Game 5 at home to hand the championship to the Knicks. They led in all four losses during the series and repeatedly failed to close games.
The biggest criticisms are:
Sticking with De'Aaron Fox despite his struggles.
Not giving more late-game responsibility to rookie Dylan Harper.
Questionable late-game execution and adjustments after the historic Game 4 collapse.
Even analysts like Charles Barkley openly argued Fox should have been benched during Game 5.
That said, from an ownership/front-office perspective:
Johnson just took one of the youngest teams in the league to the NBA Finals.
This was his first full season as the permanent head coach.
The core of Victor Wembanyama, Harper, and Stephon Castle is extremely young.
Most organizations don't fire a coach after a Finals appearance unless there's major locker-room dysfunction or repeated failures.
So while Spurs fans are understandably roasting him today (and plenty of Reddit threads are doing exactly that), the more likely outcome is that Johnson enters next season with high expectations rather than unemployment.
The tougher question for San Antonio may not be whether Johnson survives—it may be whether he learns from this series and becomes more willing to make hard rotational decisions when veterans are struggling. That criticism is going to follow him all offseason.
Posted on 6/14/26 at 10:45 am to Split2874
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So you would fire a HC in his 1st year that led your very very young team to the finals?
After seeing his inability to adjust, change, or actually coach to hold a 30 pt lead in the finals? Yes
Handing the ball to a 7ft+ center (not named durant) near half court and expecting him to successfully "create ", is beyond ignorant
Posted on 6/14/26 at 10:50 am to Splackavellie
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How far did you have the Spurs getting before the season started?
Why does that factor, if he shows he can't handle the pressure when it matters?
At 5 minute mark, he SITS WENBY, and puts in that white scrub backup, that might be the worst player in the league.
Champions don't rest then! If Wemby was tired, you rest him long before that! Not at one of the more pivotal points in a series ending game.
That's a coach choking, plain and simple.
Posted on 6/14/26 at 10:52 am to ChatGPT of LA
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How does Spurs coach keep his job after this?
scorching hot, albeit dumb, take...
the dude just took a bunch of young dudes, in his 1st year as HC, to the fricking NBA finals... yes, they lost... but god damn... do you REALLY not see how bright both he and the Spurs' futures are?
Posted on 6/14/26 at 10:52 am to ChatGPT of LA
He should be fired not only for all the bonehead coaching decisions, but for coaching his players to injure the other team and not shake hands after the game.
Also none of them ever gave credit to New York, Wemby even said they “dominated” the whole series. Bitch you lost in 5 games.
Also none of them ever gave credit to New York, Wemby even said they “dominated” the whole series. Bitch you lost in 5 games.
Posted on 6/14/26 at 10:53 am to ChatGPT of LA
1. Because he's barely 2 years into being a head coach, there's learning pains and understanding the flow of a game.
2. Their team overachieved (Flipping from 34 to 62 wins is impressive; then beating a superior OKC team in 7), but they're a year early. This is reminiscent of 2011-2012 OKC - who we said were a bit young, except they're younger than even OKC.
The bigger issue is NYK counters what SAS do best. That's the life of having 3 wing defenders who can guard 1-4.
2. Their team overachieved (Flipping from 34 to 62 wins is impressive; then beating a superior OKC team in 7), but they're a year early. This is reminiscent of 2011-2012 OKC - who we said were a bit young, except they're younger than even OKC.
The bigger issue is NYK counters what SAS do best. That's the life of having 3 wing defenders who can guard 1-4.
Posted on 6/14/26 at 10:58 am to ChatGPT of LA
You think it dosent matter at all that he made it to the Finals when their over/under was 44.5 games going into the season? Maybe they only made it that far because of the way he coached along a young team.
Experience matters. Period. There's only one way to get experience. How did Mike Brown do his first finals trip??
Experience matters. Period. There's only one way to get experience. How did Mike Brown do his first finals trip??
Posted on 6/14/26 at 10:59 am to navy
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They took out OKC. They should have won the NBA Finals.
They choked. All of them. Too much, too soon.
This is true but you knew they were fricked the moment Wembanyama went all 1991 Michael Jordan when G7 of the WCF was over.
The difference was Jordan waited till he was at the mountaintop.
Posted on 6/14/26 at 11:00 am to ChatGPT of LA
Spurs got further than they were expected. they overachieved, not underachieved. They're missing a pretty big puzzle pieced needed to win the Finals. that's not on the coach.
Posted on 6/14/26 at 11:03 am to ChatGPT of LA
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After seeing his inability to adjust, change, or actually coach to hold a 30 pt lead in the finals? Yes
Sure, just hire another coach that can pull off another improbable NBA finals appearance after all preseason projections viewed their talent as a fringe playoff team with only about 40 wins forecasted.
Piece of cake. Happens all the time.
Posted on 6/14/26 at 11:08 am to ChatGPT of LA
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He makes the game so hard for Wimby. He has him setting high screens at damn near half court. That is NY's dream scenario. 7ft + and this dumb frick thinks "hey, I got an idea! Lets play him 25 ft from the basket...they never see it coming"
He was 1 of 6 of 3 ptrs.
And every single game he just continued to try that failed approach to make Wemby out to be a guard. Was weird, and hard, to watch.
You've clearly never seen Wemby play before
Posted on 6/14/26 at 11:21 am to faraway
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Spurs got further than they were expected. they overachieved, not underachieved.
They were -200 to win the Finals. They underachieved if you’re considering expectations from a week ago, which would be the appropriate frame of reference. Why compare them to the preseason, that was almost a year ago.
Posted on 6/14/26 at 11:23 am to navy
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They should have won the NBA Finals.
I keep seeing this. Why? Because they lead a bunch before looking God awful in the 4th quarter, over and over?
Posted on 6/14/26 at 11:34 am to ChatGPT of LA
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7ft + and this dumb frick thinks "hey, I got an idea! Lets play him 25 ft from the basket...they never see it coming" He was 1 of 6 of 3 ptrs. And every single game he just continued to try that failed approach to make Wemby out to be a guard. Was weird, and hard, to watch. At the end of game, after a timeout, his invound play was trying to get Wimby a corner 3! WTF? It didn't work (shocker, he was covered).
Wemby doesn’t have enough muscle yet… that’s why Mitch and KAT were a bad matchup for him
If I’m the Spurs I might sign Mitch, just so OKC doesn’t have him
This post was edited on 6/14/26 at 11:48 am
Posted on 6/14/26 at 11:39 am to ChatGPT of LA
I'm gonna have to go find that dude on YouTube who yells a lot about shite coaching and get his take. He may have had an aneurism from this.
Posted on 6/14/26 at 11:40 am to navy
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They should have won the NBA Finals.
They lost 4-1
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