We finally reveal the truth about Miami Heat Head Coach Erik Spoelstra! An article based on the NBA's Coach's challenge reveals Spo hate's to call for a challenge. Does Spo find it "Soft?"
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00:00So we were talking about this, uh, a couple of days ago, Leroy,
00:04um, very confused as to why Eric Spolstra, you know, you had an
00:10entire break to eat Gushers.
00:13No, this is good.
00:14We're getting to the good stuff.
00:15It's like popcorn with the movie.
00:16Unbelievable.
00:17Um, Eric Spolstra won't challenge.
00:22It's incredible.
00:23He won't, he doesn't, he gets mad as hell, but he won't challenge.
00:26He won't challenge.
00:28And so there's actually a, an article out here, breaking it down from
00:35Steven, no, from the sporting news.
00:37And he spoke to Eric Spolstra about the challenges.
00:42Now we were joking a couple of days ago and we're like, he
00:47must just think it's soft.
00:49Like there's no explanation for some of the reason he never challenges.
00:53And even when it's blatantly obvious, like you had the Milwaukee
00:56bucks out there flopping, like fish definitely could have gotten
01:01some calls overturned at some point.
01:03Meanwhile, doc rivers is out here.
01:05He's challenging.
01:06Everybody's challenging a little bit spoke.
01:09He never does it never.
01:13It just, it seems like he's almost against it.
01:17Well, Steven from the sporting news, Steven though, did a breakdown of this.
01:23And he has a chart of all the teams and all their challenges.
01:29Eric Spolstra by far, the least has only challenged 10 times this season, 10 times.
01:40And he told Steven quote, I know our numbers are lower than other teams.
01:48Every call is like, he starts twirling his finger to mimic a challenge.
01:53I understand the competition committee adding this, but I, I think it
01:57also just looks ridiculous.
01:58Every single play, the players are looking to the bench.
02:01It's distracting.
02:04So he's just against the challenge.
02:07He's against the challenge as a means of principle.
02:11He won't do it unless like backed into a corner.
02:15It seems like he hates it.
02:18Hates it, dude.
02:20We have our answer.
02:22He thinks it's soft.
02:25You have other teams out here challenging willy nilly.
02:30Do you know not to pull Leroy and ask you a question?
02:33You may not have the answer to.
02:34Yes.
02:35Do you know who the next person is?
02:38We have 10 as the lowest.
02:40It looks to me like the next lowest is the wizards at 18.
02:47And it's like, what do they have to challenge for?
02:51But by contrast, like the OKC thunder best team in the NBA, they have
02:57challenged 57 times this year, 57.
03:01I mean, can I just say this?
03:04If he doesn't challenge a call that almost looks blatant and they end the
03:10game and he has timeouts left, that's grounds for a fight, right?
03:17I mean, like, I get it if you don't want to use up a timeout, but if you
03:21in the game with those timeouts, it means you could have challenged.
03:26He doesn't believe in it.
03:27He doesn't believe in it.
03:29He thinks it's soft.
03:32That's crazy.
03:33I mean, it's, it's believable.
03:34Like if you asked me like why I think he doesn't do it, my number one thing,
03:39my, my number one thing would be, oh, because he thinks it's soft.
03:43That is correct.
03:43I don't know.
03:45I don't know.
03:45The way, the way you explain, the way you explain how he feels about
03:52challenging, you're going to take the next step and say he's covertly tank.
03:58Well, here's the thing though.
03:59Here's the thing with that.
04:02I've just noticed different behavior in his answers this year.
04:06He's almost been more accepting of things.
04:08He's been more accepting of things.
04:11He's almost been more accepting of things.
04:14Oh, if we don't have Tyler out there, oh, you know, we didn't have Tyler.
04:17I'm like, that's not Eric's full strength.
04:20I understand.
04:20You gotta be a little more patient.
04:22That's finally right.
04:23But I've also seen this dude basically go with like Rodney Magruder, Luke
04:27Babbitt, Henry Walker, and Hassan Whiteside and win more crunch games than this.
04:32Like I've seen this guy do it with nothing.
04:35He doesn't have nothing.
04:36And he, he's in, he basically loses to everybody.
04:40Who's not like the worst in the league and they need a lot to beat those teams.
04:44Well, does that, is that more of an indication of how good you are or more
04:48of an indication of how he's coaching?
04:50I don't know, but I'm just telling you, I've seen him do more with
04:54less than he has right now.
04:58Yeah.
04:59Cause whatever you think he's got three all-stars out there, three guys
05:02who have been to the all-star game.
05:03Yep.
05:04And they look like every fourth quarter is just like probably going to blow it.
05:11I mean, to me, and I've said this before, at some point as a leader of the team
05:19or a guy who handles the ball, you have to be the one that changes that around.
05:24Right.
05:25And get better shots and, and, and kind of understand where you are in the
05:31game and kind of do things accordingly.
05:34Right.
05:35It can't just be on spoke, like spoken, drop the craziest play.
05:39If you don't make a layup, cause you're batting it around, around the rim,
05:43you can't do nothing about that.
05:47Unless he's like, Oh, and then like, when he looks at Tyler, he goes,
05:55so now he's acting, he's putting on, I mean, how are you going to
06:00actively tank scoring 40?
06:03He's just cause it, cause you just know, he's like, Hey, Hey, Hey,
06:05let off the gas here.
06:06You know?
06:07Yeah.
06:07You got your little all-star number.
06:09So the guy, the guy who doesn't challenge, you're suggesting he's saying that.
06:16Well, the challenge, he just seems to say is, is a waste of time.
06:19He wants people to stop being babies, you know, but he is ultimately a
06:24competitor and he probably looks around and he goes, this ain't competing.
06:27We need to go get ourselves a unicorn.
06:28I look out of my farm right now.
06:30I see a lot of horses, but I don't see none with no horns.
06:33See, my thing is, is I put it more on the players.
06:37You on the court, you got to understand what kind of game you're playing and what
06:41your situation is and be aware of what you need to do.
06:46I think they start going in a tailspin and the team goes on a 14, 15 to 200.
06:54And it's like, instead of saying, okay, I'm going to get a free throw or I'm
06:59going to try to get an easy bucket or whatever it is like, they don't, they're
07:04not very aware of what's going on.
07:08Dekey soul says, I don't think the rest really respects, but all
07:11that crying on the sidelines.
07:13Yeah.
07:13But here's the thing.
07:15He doesn't go to computers to challenge their calls.
07:17All he does is he goes to the computer and he's like, I'm going to
07:20pay attention, pay attention, concentrate all valid, all valid criticisms of my job.