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Head Coach Jerry Sloan to resign today :(

zman1527 said:
Deron? Well, maybe Deron was the only with cajones in the organization to force what needed to be done. The Jazz have been going downhill and Sloan seemed to have zero solutions.
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bluenote said:
Dont forget to add Hot Rod to that list. I new Jazz era begins.
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We are on a countdown to the Jazz exit from Utah. After this fails miserably, the Millers are free of any commitments and obligations and would be an opportune time for Greg to sell the team.... the writing is on the wall. I suppose this is what we're embracing?
 
https://sports.yahoo.com/nba/news;_ylt=AsmpNv.bSYWFLkdICSu04B68vLYF?slug=aw-sloanretiring021011


After a 23-season Hall-of-Fame run as coach of the Utah Jazz, Jerry Sloan abruptly resigned his job on Thursday.

Sloan, 68, had agreed to a one-year contract extension in the past week but things publicly turned late Wednesday after a long meeting with Jazz general manager Kevin O’Connor following the team’s loss to the Chicago Bulls in Salt Lake City. Sloan and his longtime assistant, Phil Johnson, resigned together on Thursday. The Jazz planned a 5 p.m. ET news conference to officially make the announcement.

Sloan’s relationship with point guard Deron Williams(notes) had grown progressively worse over the course of the season, league sources said, and the coach had tired of dealing with the team’s best player. The frustration escalated on Wednesday night when Sloan and Williams clashed in the locker room at halftime.

“He decided right there in halftime that he was done,” a league source told Yahoo! Sports. “He felt like ownership was listening more to Williams than they were to him anymore. He was done.”

One source said Sloan had become tired of Williams “blaming everything on everyone else.” Still, Williams, who can become a free agent in the summer of 2012, has remained the Jazz’s best and most consistent player after the departure of several key teammates. Williams has always had a reputation for wanting to win badly and being a strong leader.

Assistant coach Ty Corbin, who is expected to be a candidate for other head-coaching jobs next offseason, is believed to be the heir apparent. His agent, Steve Kauffman, was still waiting to hear from Jazz officials on Thursday afternoon about the naming of Corbin as the interim coach.
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If the team had tuned out Jerry. I applaud Jerry for leaving. Was it too late? Maybe, but at least he finally did it.

Right or wrong this team was not listening to their leader, and not running around in his crop circle formations.
The time for change was now. Jerry did the right thing today.
 
“He decided right there in halftime that he was done,” a league source told Yahoo! Sports. “He felt like ownership was listening more to Williams than they were to him anymore. He was done.”

Well, I feel less bad about him leaving if this is true. Jerry will be the greatest Jazz coach ever, but it's a new era. It's much easier to replace a coach then it is to replace a Star.
 
Revolution 9 said:
If the team had tuned out Jerry. I applaud Jerry for leaving. Was it too late? Maybe, but at least he finally did it.

Right or wrong this team was not listening to their leader, and not running around in his crop circle formations.
The time for change was now. Jerry did the right thing today.
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Thats why he was such a great man
 
If the Deron connection is true, he's not going to WANT to stick around any longer with all the hate due to come his way. Only winning a championship single-handedly could turn away the impending wrath.
 
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