Sloan signs 1 year extension

[Jean-Luc]

Long-time Sloan supporter here. Wish he'd hang up his cap after this season. Oh well.

I came into this thread to write this. So IAWTP. Oh well in general I guess...

 

[Scorpjazz]

Good job Jazz.

 

[VINYLONE]

If laker fans are upset by the extension Slone must be doing something right. Just saying.

None of them were laker fans...they are all transplants from other cities.

 

[NUMBERICA]

If laker fans are upset by the extension Slone must be doing something right. Just saying.

Yeah, because Sloan has just been carving up the Lakers. The Lakers are so scared of the Jazz. And it's because of Sloan.

 

[fairweather]

Phil Jackson is quaking, I am sure.

 

[NUMBERICA]

Phil Jackson doesn't even know where to start when it comes to packing the paint and stuffing the **** out of the arsenal of layups that the Jazz try to get.

 

[vj_74]

Sloan is the least of this team's issues. I am glad if he really wants to come back.With the kind of flawed personnel that we have I cant think of any other coach who could get this team going beyond where Sloan has taken them.

 

[NUMBERICA]

Sloan is the least of this team's issues. I am glad if he really wants to come back.With the kind of flawed personnel that we have I cant think of any other coach who could get this team going beyond where Sloan has taken them.

I agree to an extent. The question that has to be raised and really can't be answered until he leaves is how much of a role does he have in composing a flawed roster? More specifically, is the fact that the Jazz rarely have shooters worth a **** because Sloan doesn't want them (when compared to whatever the Jazz would have to pass on in the draft or through trade)? Who knows, but it seems like there's a pattern that isn't just with this year's team.

 

[vj_74]

Hornacek, Giricek and Korver were all designated shooters that we traded for. I dont believe that for a moment.

 

[vj_74]

KOC specifically mentioned that the Jazz wanted a shooter when he traded for Korver, because they needed to space up the floor. He also told the crowd while drafting Mo Almond that "you wanted a shooter and you got one". While the acquisitions might not have panned out there is no evidence whatsoever that the Jazz were allergic to shooters. But for $$, Korver would still have been on this team.

 

[NUMBERICA]

Hornacek, Giricek and Korver were all designated shooters that we traded for. I dont believe that for a moment.

Many teams (and a majority of elite ones) have more than two or three players that can hit 3s at a good percentage consistently.

 

[vj_74]

Many teams (and a majority of elite ones) have more than two or three players that can hit 3s at a good percentage consistently.

Well, Miles, Bell and Okur were supposed to be those 3 players for us. It is more of personnel not living up to it than anything to do with Sloan.
2 years back, we had Korver and Okur shooting well from the 3-pt land and Deron was'nt so bad either. Those were your three players who could space up the floor a bit. Not quite Orlando Magic-esque but not too bad. I think some of the moves made since then have resulted in players who are either past their prime(Bell, although he seems to be getting it back) or are just not up to it(Miles) or are injured(Memo)