Gregg Popovich is not always cooperative or charming with the media. Think of him like Billy Joel being asked to sing "We didn't start the fire" again, and his approach makes a lot more sense.
After the Game 6 loss, I was asked to appear on a few radio shows to talk about the end of the Spurs' season, and I was surprised how many times I was asked about Gregg Popovich's approach to the media in general and his last postgame presser in particular.
Apparently, the sharks were circling around Pop's prickly answers to a couple of the questions, especially the one about not going to a smaller lineup sooner, which got the reporter "Popped.