But obviously they told Sloan Dwill was out the door.
The Jazz didn't make the decision to trade Dwill until after Jerry quit, the team was still very mediocre, Duron still wasn't super happy, and the Jazz front office finally realized the hell which was awaiting them. They recognized that if they didn't act quickly they'd end up like Cleveland.
If anything, Jslo demanded KOC make that trade with the Nets. From what I've gathered, that trade with the Nets had been kicked around for some time. KOC, at that time, refused. I believe he was merely going to suspend him or something. That wasn't good enough for Jerry. Jerry quit. It was only after when KOC finally pulled the trigger. Had KOC backed Jerry up at the half of that Chicago game and agreed to move Duron via the trade with the Nets that night, I have no doubt in my mind that Dfavors, Kanter, etc would be rolling with a HOF coach, not Ty Corbin, right now.
One of my sources comes from one of the Football coaches who my Dad has worked with for years. He has connections to the Sloan family. Jerry CANNOT STAND Duron. "He has never coached a more selfish player in his life." I believe that was the exact quote.
I cannot stand Duron. While Jslo killed me sometimes... He was 100x better than 99.9 percent of NBA coaches out there. and at least 1000x better than Ty Corbin.
One of the greatest coaching jobs I've ever seen was the Jazz team who played against the Nugheads. Memo's career had essentially ended. AK47 was injured. Boozer was a pansie ***. Yet.... The lone matchup we had, was Jerry Sloan kicking Adrian Dantley's ***. Jazz quickly dumped the Nugheads after a bad game 1 loss.
Jerry, even at his latter stages, could still coach the hell out of teams.
True, Pops and Phil Jackson were better... But then again, Pops and Phil Jackson are probably in the top 3 coaches of all-time.
People tend to forget how truly godlike some of our legends were. Jerry, Stockton, and Malone, were just plain awesome. Especially when you consider the league today, with so many pansie *** jackwagons who take nights off and just don't give a damn. If Dwight Howard had half the work ethic and toughness that Malone had, he'd be averaging 40 pts per game and be leading the Lakers to a championship.
I'd take Stockton and Malone at age 50+ over the crap we have right now at the point and freaking Big Al and his pansie *** weezy.
Even if Favors blows up and becomes an all-star, I doubt he'll be loyal like Jerry, Stockton, and Malone. He'll probably take his talents to South Beach or Los Angeles leaving us in the dust.
Sloan, Stockton, and Malone failed at getting that championship. But no one can deny that they truly were special.