Yeah.. I would imagine that those who like the Dead (or, to a lesser degree, Phish) would usually be somewhat different than Bowie fans. And viceversa could very well be even less likely as I would imagine (in my unfair prejudice of Bowie-ites) that you guys just consider us to be dirty hippies who can only stand to listen to the rambling tunes we listen to because of drugs. I’ll bet you have a pretty darn special wife there for ranging across those wide worlds..

Yeah.. I would imagine that those who like the Dead (or, to a lesser degree, Phish) would usually be somewhat different than Bowie fans. And viceversa could very well be even less likely as I would imagine (in my unfair prejudice of Bowie-ites) that you guys just consider us to be dirty hippies who can only stand to listen to the rambling tunes we listen to because of drugs. I’ll bet you have a pretty darn special wife there for ranging across those wide worlds..Bowie was definitely weird and, more importantly for myself, all aspects of the glam rock scene were largely lost on me. High levels of theatrics and makeup are just about as opposite from the dead vibe as you can get. In my older age, I’ve come to respect artists like Bowie (almost all rock and pop originating in the 70’s seems to have a high level of production and theatrical elements) and can even appreciate it for what it is.

for me.. I follow the general rule of ‘hate the game, not the player’

Pops plays the game. We can judge him and others on this, but the fact is that the NBA officials regulate the game and have created this madness. I won’t judge him on his theatrics, because he is playing the game, and he is one of the best for many reasons – not all as pure as we would like. I don’t have problems with coaches doing this stuff per se; I have a problem with the league not uniformly enforcing their rules. I have MUCH more problem with the fact that Pops is not getting TO’d during some of these exchanges when another coach or player would have for the same thing.

So I don’t want to judge Pops’ on-court class count based upon a broken system that he merely using to his advantage.

The issue is different (for me) than it is for player’s who flop, because a flop takes advantage of the difficulty of the charge/block call.