An incredibly emotional post.
Head Coach Jerry Sloan to resign today :(
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An incredibly emotional post.
vegas
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Don't have time to read all the posts right now, but I for one am sad to see Sloan and Phil go. The extension shows that the organization felt he was the right guy for the job. I wish him well and hope that this gaping hole can be filled. I cringe when I think of the teams that have gone through coaching changes. Some pan out, others just seem to change coaches like they change underwear and those teams are usually don't win a lot of games.
This is the ending of an era for me. Sloan, Johnson, Hot Rod, Stockton, Malone. He was like the last piece standing of what I remember to be the best days of the Utah Jazz to this point. I hope the next era can go beyond what happened in that era. For now, nobody has been able to replace any of those guys with the exception of possibly Dwill heading in that direction.
Also I heard Raja say on KFAN that some guys liked him and those who didn't have their reasons. Sounds like we have obvious coach-player differences on this team, and Dwill is the only one that I can think of that has been vocal with the media about it. Raja also said Sloan was much more relaxed vs. his first stint with the Jazz.
This is the ending of an era for me. Sloan, Johnson, Hot Rod, Stockton, Malone. He was like the last piece standing of what I remember to be the best days of the Utah Jazz to this point. I hope the next era can go beyond what happened in that era. For now, nobody has been able to replace any of those guys with the exception of possibly Dwill heading in that direction.
Also I heard Raja say on KFAN that some guys liked him and those who didn't have their reasons. Sounds like we have obvious coach-player differences on this team, and Dwill is the only one that I can think of that has been vocal with the media about it. Raja also said Sloan was much more relaxed vs. his first stint with the Jazz.
tribjazz Brian T. Smith
To be clear: Issues with Sloan weren't just with Williams. Multiple key players have been frustrated with Sloan.
All the reports Im reading say that it was more than one player that had issues...
Again, writing was on the wall. Most players are professional and dont say anything.
vegas
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This is a scary thought. It's like parents that allow their children to be involved in major decisions for the family. The child will expect to be involved more going forward. If the child is mature and wise enough this can be positive, but if not, it has destroyed most of the ability to parent, or in this case coach.
I pray that Dwill is smart enough to handle being listened to over a coach.
jimmy eat jazz
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Ok, listening to the commentary, I gotta say that I'm a bit nauseated by the hagiography surrounding Sloan. I respect the guy like hell, but listening to all this, you'd think the guy sh**s marble. It's not the friggn' apocalypse. Much of it also appears to be a romantic attachment to 'old school' and disparagement of the 'modern day athlete.' Geez, things change, they evolve, nothing remains constant. This longing for the 'good old days' (which are inevitably never as good as romantically imagined) just gets annoying after awhile.