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I am abandoning this team.

C'mon. The Jazz are 27-18. There are a lot of fan bases who would gladly trade places with us. T'Wolf fans would kill for 27-18 and we are crying? C'mon everyone. This team is still 27-18! We need to keep things in perspective! Two weeks ago, they were 27-13! That's really good![/apologist]
 
YB85 said:
C'mon. The Jazz are 27-18. There are a lot of fan bases who would gladly trade places with us. T'Wolf fans would kill for 27-18 and we are crying? C'mon everyone. This team is still 27-18! We need to keep things in perspective! Two weeks ago, they were 27-13! That's really good![/apologist]
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YB always the voice of reason. And while I agree it is also somewhat comparable to when my company closed our facility. I was making good money and had lived a life high on the hog, but the way the company was headed I could see the writing on the wall and it wasn't long before, yep, we got shut down and all lost our jobs. We can see the Jazz on a similar slippery slope now. I sure hope they turn it around and keep the doors open, for lack of a better analogy.
 
If things are so bad for the Jazz, what makes the Spurs so good for so long?

I would really appreciate some of the more astute posters on this forum breaking down what separates the Spurs from the Jazz. I don't think it is all about location and no-one wanting to play in Utah, because is San Antonio really that much more appealing than Salt Lake? I've never been there - but I'll be going to SA for a conference in November. Why can other franchises like SA remain relevant for as many years as the Jazz, and still have so many championships? Because I'll tell you, as a life-long Jazz fan, I'm really starting to care little for 50-55 win seasons and feeling as though the Jazz have no shot at a championship. I know we had 96 and 97 against the Bulls, and maybe any other opponent would have put 2 championships in the rafters. You could argue that the Jazz take no big chances, but then could you say the Spurs have taken big chances with trades or free agency to win so many championships? Does it come down to one special player, and the Spurs have just gotten lucky to get 3 (Duncan, Ginobili, Parker)? Is it coaching, front office?

Is it as hopeless as it seems? I know everyone is jumping off a cliff right now, but what would everyone like to see? New coach? Major risks with trades? Selling the team and moving it to Vegas? As has been pointed out, there are plenty of very bad teams that would trade places with the Jazz record-wise (some of them have beaten the Jazz recently). Just curious as to what everyone thinks.
 
I think it starts at the top...from the front office all the way down to the mascot. In this instance Sloan has been given carte blanche and can do whatever he wants. That single decision effects everything else.

I truly believe if Sloan retired this team would change incredibly...for the better.

Now, don't get me wrong, I dont hate Sloan although some people would say that. When, in last nights game, the poll regarding the greatest coach to never win a championship was put up, I would vote Sloan hands down. In a heartbeat. Dude has been nothing short of brilliant in his career. He has many qualities that I want in every coach. That said, in life, time comes to pass and time passed Sloan a long time ago. The game has changed and Sloan has not. He's a dinosaur and the longer he continues to coach the more and more he loses the respect I have for him. I hope if I am ever in his situation in my life, I know when to call it quits...because, really, thats what its about. Knowing when you can no longer make a difference in the same capacity. Stepping down is difficult to be sure, but it takes guts to make that decision.
 
This Jazz team plays better when they run, but that's not Sloan's style. I'm not sure if that's what it comes down to or if the guys just don't want to run, but the Jazz would likely be more successful (this season, anyway) running a Don Nelson-style offense. They'd still lose in the playoffs, though.

Another thing the team is missing is someone to fire them up. As much as I hate to say it, Boozer did that pretty well. Sloan is not the kind of coach to do that.
 
Also want to say that I'm not seeing much in terms of offensive strategy. At the start of the Knicks game, Stoudemire committed a foul (on Millsap) something like 20 seconds into the game. The first thing I thought is that they should send players straight at him and see if they could get him to pick up that second foul right away. But no, the Jazz were taking jumpshots for the next six or seven plays and Millsap never got the ball...
 
fairweather said:
This Jazz team plays better when they run, but that's not Sloan's style. I'm not sure if that's what it comes down to or if the guys just don't want to run, but the Jazz would likely be more successful (this season, anyway) running a Don Nelson-style offense. They'd still lose in the playoffs, though.

Another thing the team is missing is someone to fire them up. As much as I hate to say it, Boozer did that pretty well. Sloan is not the kind of coach to do that.
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Boozer was great, but his best attributes were firing the team up with his "yell" defense and his "and 1" layups/outside j's. Let's not forget "grab it memo" too. epic boozer is epic.
 
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