Don gone, too?

[Handlogten's Heros]

I'm fine if Don finally gets some power. And no trading for Paschall and not playing him wasn't some appease Don move.

We have done everything to maximize Rudy's strengths and minimize his weaknesses for Don's entire career here.

It's a new era

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Heavy is the head that wears the crown

 

[Hearsky]

I'm fine if Don finally gets some power. And no trading for Paschall and not playing him wasn't some appease Don move.

We have done everything to maximize Rudy's strengths and minimize his weaknesses for Don's entire career here.

It's a new era

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WTF do you give a top 40 player that has peaked power?

 

[Saint Cy of JFC]

WTF do you give a top 40 player that has peaked power?

So Ryan Smith can be cool.

 

[Jingled]

I'm fine if Don finally gets some power. And no trading for Paschall and not playing him wasn't some appease Don move.

We have done everything to maximize Rudy's strengths and minimize his weaknesses for Don's entire career here.

It's a new era

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Don has had all the power ever since Ryan Smith bought the team and everyone knows it.

 

[LoPo]

Don has had all the power ever since Ryan Smith bought the team and everyone knows it.

How has this power been utilized? Please give examples.

And don't say the trainer many in the organization were pissed at and Paschall who we got but Quin wouldn't play.

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[Saint Cy of JFC]

View: https://twitter.com/AnnaJaneSmith4/status/1533611716063514626


Even people outside the fanbase know it

 

[Rubashov]

Here we go.


View: https://twitter.com/andyblarsen/status/1533593530777554944


View: https://twitter.com/andyblarsen/status/1533596294660251650

and the tail wags the dog...

 

[FalseFlagg K]

so Donovan is unnerved and posturing to get a say in the new coach. Trade him now while he has value and before we get stuck into the pandering to a primadonna star player treadmill.

 

[Rubashov]

Dude, if my boss left suddenly, we'd all be wondering what the plan was for the team/department. This is really not news.

Dude, if my boss suddenly left i'd probably stop looking for a new job.

 

[Rubashov]

Heavy is the head that wears the crown

 

[Rubashov]

so Donovan is unnerved and posturing to get a say in the new coach. Trade him now while he has value and before we get stuck into the pandering to a primadonna star player treadmill.

Pandering... Enough about my sex life...

 

[Jingled]

How has this power been utilized? Please give examples.

And don't say the trainer many in the organization were pissed at and Paschall who we got but Quin wouldn't play.

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From Tim MacMahon:

MITCHELL'S INFLUENCE WAS felt in a flurry of moves during the 2021 offseason, including one noteworthy departure and several additions. Mike Elliott, vice president of performance health care, "decided to pursue other opportunities outside the organization," the Jazz announced in a news release at the beginning of training camp.

Mitchell, team sources said, had lost confidence in Elliott during the recovery process after spraining his right ankle in mid-April 2021, an injury that sidelined the All-Star the final month of the regular season.

Mitchell then increasingly relied on the expertise of his personal athletic training staff, which was assembled by his representation at Creative Arts Agency and led by Miami-based David Alexander.

Mitchell became irate when Elliott determined before Utah's playoff opener that he wasn't ready to return, a decision made after Mitchell had been informed by another member of the team's medical staff that he was cleared and participated in the morning shootaround.

Sources say Mitchell, who aggravated the injury later in the first round and was hampered defensively due to his limited lateral quickness the rest of the playoffs, didn't demand Elliott's departure.

Smith, Wade and team executives had been alarmed by how the situation unfolded. And staffers who clash with stars -- and by extension the front office and ownership -- usually don't stick around.

Among the additions:

• Murphy Grant was hired by the Jazz as an athletic trainer dedicated solely to Mitchell. Grant, who had been a senior associate athletic director and athletics health care administrator at Wake Forest, interviewed initially with Mitchell, Mitchell's mother Nicole, and one of his agents.
• Irv Roland, a respected player development coach who worked with James Harden in Houston, was added to Snyder's coaching staff. Mitchell had often worked during offseasons with Roland, who has emerged as a strong voice for social justice causes in his native Oklahoma and around the nation in recent years. Roland works with Mitchell during pregame and individual sessions.
• Frank Donalds, Mitchell's personal security guard, was put on the Jazz's payroll, a perk that is common for NBA franchises to give high-profile stars.
• Mitchell strongly suggested the Jazz acquire forward Eric Paschall, his childhood friend. Paschall, who like Mitchell is represented by CAA agent Ty Sullivan, had been a first-team All-Rookie selection in 2019-20 but fell out of the Golden State Warriors' rotation in the latter half of last season. The Jazz ultimately traded a protected future second-round pick for Paschall.

A clear message had been sent: Mitchell's comfort in Utah was a top organizational priority.

MacMahon also reported that the main reason Don's mentor Dwyane Wade was brought in was to make Don happy.
Jake Fischer said on a podcast that Royce was intentionally held out of trade talks before last years deadline to avoid upsetting Don.