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I miss old man Jerry Sloan.

JoelHodgeJr

JoelHodgeJr

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I'll admit I was one of the many demanding a coaching change. Hindsight though I would love to see what Sloan could have done with this team under his wing.

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I miss him too,love that guy, but I don't think he had the years in him. He seemed really out of it at his retirement ceremony this year....it depressed the hell out of me watching him.
 
Meh.

I definitely don't miss him as coach though I do miss his personality. He had 23 years -- the longest tenure of any coach -- to help win the championship for this team. That was an ample amount of time. In those 23 years many things changed both in the culture of the game and the culture of the country. In my opinion, he did not adapt the way Popovich adapted.

@ Duck: I thought the same thing. When I watched that segment of the raising of his jersey, it seemed like he was suffering from Alzheimers. It made me sad.
 
Pretty obvious though Sloan was declining, he just didn't have it anymore and health wise... depressing.
And just like V1 said, ADAPTATION.
 
Pretty obvious though Sloan was declining, he just didn't have it anymore and health wise... depressing.
And just like V1 said, ADAPTATION.
 
Look, I would do terrible things to Jerry Sloan. But he's 72, it's time to move on folks. Lose your inhibitions. Let him go.
 
Duck Rodgers said:
I miss him too,love that guy, but I don't think he had the years in him. He seemed really out of it at his retirement ceremony this year....it depressed the hell out of me watching him.
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Believe me. Sloan's not out of it at all. If he decided to take a job, he'd be a top 5 coach tomorrow.
 
green said:
Believe me. Sloan's not out of it at all. If he decided to take a job, he'd be a top 5 coach tomorrow.
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Sloan leaving was a result of Jazz mgmt not backing him up disciplining Dwill IMO.

I blame the FO for Sloan really not leaving on his terms (though they try to make us believe that)

He has plenty of fight left in him.
 
I liked this cute girl in college too but times change and so do people. Did you really think Sloan was going to coach forever? I think many people need to go back and reread some of the anti-Sloan comments about his rotation and not guarding the 3 pt line, not shooting enough 3 pts. I definitely think he would have gotten more out of this team but would that have been a good thing? The guy had 23 years to do his thing. He did it very well and should have been COY and won the 1998 championship but unfortunately these things didn't happen so we have to move on. The thing I miss most about Jerry is his interviews and one liners but I was ready for a change away from the S&M years because that NBA doesn't exist anymore. Sad but true. I wonder what that girl is doing these days, I am sure she doesn't look the same..Neither do I. I guess what I am saying is get over Jerry he is done coaching for the Jazz.
 
cowhide said:
I liked this cute girl in college too but times change and so do people. Did you really think Sloan was going to coach forever? I think many people need to go back and reread some of the anti-Sloan comments about his rotation and not guarding the 3 pt line, not shooting enough 3 pts. I definitely think he would have gotten more out of this team but would that have been a good thing? The guy had 23 years to do his thing. He did it very well and should have been COY and won the 1998 championship but unfortunately these things didn't happen so we have to move on. The thing I miss most about Jerry is his interviews and one liners but I was ready for a change away from the S&M years because that NBA doesn't exist anymore. Sad but true. I wonder what that girl is doing these days, I am sure she doesn't look the same..Neither do I. I guess what I am saying is get over Jerry he is done coaching for the Jazz.
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His name came up quite a bit this past off season when a job was open and then he became a consultant to the Jazz.
 
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