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Pillow Talk: Inside Source Anne Johnson ( Phil Johnson`s wife)

It's just a shame Jerry Sloan isn't a big tub of lard like Rick Majerus. Then he could have sat on Williams until he apologized and this would have all blown over.
 
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Everyone should have known that the press conference was going to be nothing but a bunch of BS before it even started. And if Deron was to be benched and they didn't want the bad media attention, why not just say he was sick or not returning due to muscle tightness or what not? Oh that's right, it's because he was getting his *** handed to him by Rose and that would have made him look like he was scared.
 
northeast said:
I don't buy bill's take. Too much calculating. it's a bball team, not a soap opera.
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And yet you believe Deron would actually try to go over Sloan's head? How many times since Deron showed up do you figure he's seen any player ever go over Jerry's head on anything?
 
billyshelby said:
Not 'good soldier' in the traditional sense. Deron would sit on the end of the bench being benched like he was told. He knows what a public relations quagmire that is so he doesn't have to say anything about it. The effect is Jazz dirty laundry gets aired in public. And since he wants Sloan to leave, and the controversy can only help, why not let that happen? It furthers his agenda while he hasn't done anything affirmatively wrong (besides whatever got him benched which, in this case, is breaking a play.)

KOC and Miller wouldn't want any of that. Either Sloan saying he's quitting or Deron getting benched. But does anyone really think they would OVERRIDE Sloan's decision to bench Deron if that's what Sloan really wanted to do? No way. They persuaded him to finish out the game and sort everything out.

But again: Deron is too smart not to know the potential fallout of crying for management in this case.
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I don't buy this because of the power Deron knows he holds over this franchise. He can say whatever he wants behind closed doors and that's where the Jazz will leave it. Not only would they be further disenfranchising a player by running to the media, but they'd go against everything they have built up and stand for. At that moment locker room trust is thrown out the window, and team candor would disappear.

Yeah, he would sit the bench (or more likely have a sprain), but that's not going to stop him from screaming KOC's ear off at halftime.
 
franklin said:
I don't buy this because of the power Deron knows he holds over this franchise. He can say whatever he wants behind closed doors and that's where the Jazz will leave it. Not only would they be further disenfranchising a player by running to the media, but they'd go against everything they have built up and stand for. At that moment locker room trust is thrown out the window, and team candor would disappear.

Yeah, he would sit the bench (or more likely have a sprain), but that's not going to stop him from screaming KOC's ear off at halftime.
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This doesn't explain why Deron would bother calling KOC/Miller. He doesn't need to. More importantly, it isn't in his best interest. What's in his best interest is to get benched. That's why I'm saying KOC/Miller, of their own volition, hurried in to put out the fires.
 
Again, principle of Occam's razor, your description of Deron's thought process is too complicated to be likely, IMO.
 
Or someone in the coaching staff - maybe Sloan himself - informed management of the decision since it's a big ****ing deal. That's even more simple.
 
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