Does Popovich Need To Calm Down?

San Antonio Spurs head coach Gregg Popovich is known for lots of things besides being great head coach. One of those things is getting ejected from games for arguing with the refs. Except this time kit has happened in two straight games. During the Denver nuggets game last night Popovich was ejected sixty-three seconds into the game.

Popovich has always been know to be loud and get in people’s faces. It did not matter who they were officials or players. Just go ahead and ask Spurs legend and former Spurs point guard Tony Parker. Tony Parker came into the NBA when he just nineteen years old from France, Popovich got in his face and yelled at him constantly. Former teammates Tim Duncan and Sean Elliott said that sometimes during meetings it would be the Tony Parker show because Popovich would yell at him so much and that every now and then they would have to give him a pat on the back to let him know that everything was going to be ok. Like I said before Parker was only nineteen years old when he came into the league and quickly became the Spurs starting point guard after only four regular season games. Popovich had to make sure Parker grew up quickly especially because he had the biggest role on a veteran team at such a young age.

Popovich would also yell at shooting guard Manu Ginobili. Ginobili was a reckless player who would do all these weird passes that would drive Popovich crazy. With Ginobili there were two different kinds of passes the fancy pass that would be on Sportscenter later that night and the pass to the stands pass.The pass to the stands pass would mostly happen during the beginning of his career and Popovich’s face was priceless and he felt that yelling at Ginobili would be the only way to get to him.  

Popovich does not just yell to yell, he is a smart man so he does it with a purpose. He wants to get his point across and wants to make his voice heard to either teach a lesson or to tell the refs that they were wrong and made a horrible call. Popovich has adjusted from all they yelling he has learned how sit back and let the players play like he did with Ginobili no matter how crazy whatever Ginobili did that drove him crazy and with the refs he would just give them the death stare that say it all.