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Jazz @ Magic | Wednesday November 10th @ 5:00pm

craig2112 said:
Uh, no. Sorry. I may get upset sometimes, and yes, Sloan does let opposing teams shoot threes a lot.
But I'm not going to respect anyone on Jazzfanz who is going to call our Hall-of-Fame coach "senile"
Get lost
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Relax there, bud. I don't know where you think you are, but you're certainly not at the ESPN forum c. 1999-2002.
 
Darkwing Duck said:
Wow, Sloan reinserted Jefferson at the perfect time. Say all you want about Stan Van Gundy. He's easily in the top half of coaches in the league, but he got severely outcoached tonight.
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I agree. Nearly every adjustment Sloan has made the last 2 games have worked perfectly. From not being afraid to bench Al the whole 4th quarter in Miami to switching into the zone tonight, pretty brilliant.
 
What's the deal with Hayward ?

Is he on the doghouse ?

He does not even seem interested on the bench.

Seems like aftern the blow up with dwell, the team got better and hayward regressed


I would like to see us develop him by getting him 10-15 a nite. Not 3-5

Thoughts?
 
udflyer said:
What's the deal with Hayward ?

Is he on the doghouse ?

He does not even seem interested on the bench.

Seems like aftern the blow up with dwell, the team got better and hayward regressed


I would like to see us develop him by getting him 10-15 a nite. Not 3-5

Thoughts?
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He's still young (only 20). His development process is going to take some time (much like CJ, although hopefully not as long). The team is better without him on the floor on this point. Being able to bench your lotto pick and still win ball games against some of the league's best teams is a good problem to have.
 
Sloan has basically cut the rotation to 6-7 players right now (6 tonight), probably for a few reasons. Foremost, we need to win games and are startin in the whole. He also probably wants to get a core who is familiar with each other for now, rather than just throw out a bunch of mish-mash lineups who can't play enough time together to adjust to each other. Hayward and the others will get more time later.
 
Kirilenko is making big plays out there.

Right now I think it's probably a tossup between CJ and Hayward out there. CJ hasn't made a shot it what feels like a week or two. While I guess he's slightly more proven than Hayward.

However, ever so quietly is Kirilenko having huge effects on these games. His clutch 3's, hustle plays, and assists have been huge.
 
I think Al's good showing tonight is an extremely good for us Jazzfans. He could have pouted after being benched, he didn't.

He carried us in the last few minutes. We all knew that someone other than Deron and Paul needed to show up. We desperately needed someone else to score. Fortunately, it happened to be big Al and his 3-4 shots he made in the final few minutes that kept us up. It's even more impressive since he did it against the league's best defender, Dwight Howard.

I think Al just needs some time.

I also think winning is starting to wear off on him. He's learning what it takes to win. That clutch put back he had is evidence of this. He found a way to get the ball into the hole.
 
I think Hayward is playing like a deer caught in headlights. He doesn't seem to be playing with any confidence and seems lost in what he needs to do. If he wants to stay on the court then he needs to start making some shots and hustling some more. The Jazz are going to need more help from their bench as the season goes forward. I would love it if the Jazz could get Petrius from Orlando since he isn't playing there. The Jazz need another shooter and a guy who can play some defense.

I thought AK played pretty well tonight. I know he didn't have big stats but his energy set the tone from the beginning of the game.
 
The Thriller said:
Kirilenko is making big plays out there.

Right now I think it's probably a tossup between CJ and Hayward out there. CJ hasn't made a shot it what feels like a week or two. While I guess he's slightly more proven than Hayward.

However, ever so quietly is Kirilenko having huge effects on these games. His clutch 3's, hustle plays, and assists have been huge.
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CJ has been very effective out there. You need to stop focusing on buckets and watch the rest of his game. He's been huge in the last two wins.
 
Good job to Jerry Sloan for his defensive scheme in the 3rd and 4th quarter. Good job Sloan.
 
Jeditiger said:
You will find, Craig, that IGS is generally disrespectful of Sloan and the Jazz, and rarely has anything positive to say. I oftentimes wonder if he is some troll from clutchfans just here to stir **** up. Oh, and he knows how to coach better than Sloan too.
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Too late with your hate.

Just three posts before your reflexive spew, I praised Sloan, which I am happy to do when he does more than motivate; you can hire drill sergeants or cheerleaders for that.

BTW, respect = playing players who have performed on the court, and not playing those who don't. Sloan was respectable in this regard tonight. And lo and behold, just as I have preached all along, players responded--at least AJ did, recognizing that minutes were not guaranteed.

No person in any field is immune from criticism. Unless you live in an oppressive society.

History is replete of tragedies in which people blindly followed leaders.

Oh, and BTW, this is a message board, not a Sloan support group.
 
Players gonna play and Haters gonna Hate. I think Sloans been doing a pretty good job. But i do want Hayward to get some more PT
 
Major props to our beloved team over the past 2 nights. I also predicted 0-4 and I was wrong.

but...

If we don't start getting something from our bench, the starters will be burned out by January. We're pushing close to having one of the worst benches in the NBA.
 
InGameStrategy said:
Too late with your hate.

Just three posts before your reflexive spew, I praised Sloan, which I am happy to do when he does more than motivate; you can hire drill sergeants or cheerleaders for that.

BTW, respect = playing players who have performed on the court, and not playing those who don't. Sloan was respectable in this regard tonight. And lo and behold, just as I have preached all along, players responded--at least AJ did, recognizing that minutes were not guaranteed.

No person in any field is immune from criticism. Unless you live in an oppressive society.

History is replete of tragedies in which people blindly followed leaders.

Oh, and BTW, this is a message board, not a Sloan support group.
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The annoying thing about your criticism is that you manage to ooze a smug superiority that isn't compatible with your status in this world as a basketball nobody.

This whole new persona of yours is easily the most irritating that the board has seen in the last seven years or so.
 
InGameStrategy said:
Too late with your hate.

Just three posts before your reflexive spew, I praised Sloan, which I am happy to do when he does more than motivate; you can hire drill sergeants or cheerleaders for that.

BTW, respect = playing players who have performed on the court, and not playing those who don't. Sloan was respectable in this regard tonight. And lo and behold, just as I have preached all along, players responded--at least AJ did, recognizing that minutes were not guaranteed.

No person in any field is immune from criticism. Unless you live in an oppressive society.

History is replete of tragedies in which people blindly followed leaders.

Oh, and BTW, this is a message board, not a Sloan support group.
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You are happy with Sloan for now, but as soon as we drop a game, you start spewing out a mess of things you would have done different.

And please, drop the 'sole warrior against a horde of blind ignorance' act.
 
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