Headband Ban To End

[Kyoto]

Bull. COTY is voted by media members, not his peers. His peers did vote him COTY (Sporting News) in 03/04 after Stockton and Malone left and it was AK and scrubs that almost got to the playoffs. Otherwise, Sloan was always perceived as having two all-times on his team up until they retired/left. But he was respected enough to get into the HoF as a coach his first crack out. That is something

Beyond that, Utah suffered from the small-market stigma for the longest time. Not sure if you know this, but it's not common for small markets in the NBA to land marquee players.

Oh I agree with you that he was great with that team that was lead by kirilenko and Harpring. I never said he was a bad coach or a mediocre coach, but he wasnt a great coach.

He wouldnt ever call a play for a 3 pointer

He wouldnt make an adjustment on the court

He would make his substitutions like clockwork no matter how x player was performing

He wouldnt ever call a timeout when a team was starting to make a run, he would wait until it was like a 12-0 run before a timeout

He wouldnt let his point guards call plays

He ruined AK47

Refs DID NOT like him and I'm sure would sway calls because of it

A lot of players did not want to play for him

Did not ever make an adjustment when the league allowed zone defense

I think people have mistaken the toughness and intensity that he brought to the game as coaching IQ. He was a good coach, he belongs in the hall of fame (because of his record and longevity), but he wasnt a great coach.

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[kabenac]

You wanna wear a headband? You gotta be an all-star. Anything less is jackpotting around.

 

[One Brow]

Dumbest **** ever

Rooted in a solid understanding of human psychology.

 

[One Brow]

The same reason he hated shooting 3’s.

He didn't have players who could wear headbands productively?

 

[Kyoto]

He didn't have players who could wear headbands productively?

The headband rule came into effect when people in the early 2000s started to wear them as a fashion statement. People like Iverson made them popular and Jerry was against anything that could be deemed as a distraction.

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[Jazzmix]

Isn't headband primary goal the comfort of the player? (preventing the sweat from running down). Also one of the main things in sport's psychology is routine. Why force someone to stop wearing it if he did it during his whole career on different teams. As far as uniformity goes I could understand the rule like "you are only allowed to wear plain white band". But total ban was too much in my opinion.

 

[NUMBERICA]

Who cares.

Mike Conley cares.

Thanks for the question.

 

[infection]

He ruined AK47

AK ruined AK.

 

[Scat]

They didn't/don't all wear the same shoes iirc

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They all wore the same color shoes. Different brands but all wore white due to the team unity thing. I remember the first time thy wore black shoes. Deron Williams initiated it and Sloan was fine with it as long as everyone wore black shoes, which they did.

 

[Scat]

The headband rule came into effect when people in the early 2000s started to wear them as a fashion statement. People like Iverson made them popular and Jerry was against anything that could be deemed as a distraction.

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The "headband rule" was a thing waaaaaaay before the early 2000's.

 

[fishonjazz]

They all wore the same color shoes. Different brands but all wore white due to the team unity thing. I remember the first time thy wore black shoes. Deron Williams initiated it and Sloan was fine with it as long as everyone wore black shoes, which they did. It was with the baby blue jerseys.

Fine.
Big dog Carr and his glasses.

Fesenko and his wristbands.

The point here is that it's untrue that they all wore everything the same. That it was everyone or no one. There were exceptions.
It was a stupid rule


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[Kyoto]

The "headband rule" was a thing waaaaaaay before the early 2000's.

I'm not sure that's true. There were only a couple of players in the league that actually wore a headband before the early 2000s. Cliff Robinson is the only player that comes to mind but I'm sure there were others. Out of 450ish players in the league and only a couple wore a headband would suggest that players didnt want to wear them, so no need for a rule

It's like, having traffic signs when the model-t was invented. There wasnt a need for it

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