Jerry Sloan and Phil Johnson Appreciation Thread
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I second that.
Jerry Sloan was one of the reasons why I started watching and rooting for Utah Jazz beside John, Karl & Jeff. In one hand I will still continue rooting for my favorite NBA team, while in another I won't be that happy if we ever win the championship under Ty or any other coach. But at least Ty is a new head coach and not just a temporary thing. Hopefully they will bring John & Jeff lets say ease the pain and fill the shoes to some level, since I don't think any other coach will be what Jerry & Phil were and what they meant to Utah Jazz organization & Jazz fans, even though some of us fans expressed some anger towards Jerry's decisions over the past few years, but deep down we all loved him, especially knowing that he was what Utah Jazz was all about beside our legends John, Karl & in some way Jeff.
Not sure about others, but he was simply the best coach ever in sports history and I took few minutes to write something about it as my tribute to Gerald Eugene "Jerry" Sloan & Phil D. Johnson.
It's a sad day to be a Jazz fan. You will both be missed.
chawx
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There's no way I could put into words how great I think Jerry and Phil are as Basketball coaches and as people. They deserved to go out on top, and to go out as winners, and the most painful thing to me right now is to think that that didn't happen.
February 10th, 2011 will go down as one of the saddest days I've felt as a fan of the Jazz or any of my favorite sports teams. More sad then when Stockton retired and Malone left, more sad then when my Seahawks got robbed in Super Bowl XL, more sad then those last moments of the Finals, knowing we weren't going to win it all that year...Although I knew it would happen one day, it's just tough knowing he's gone.
I just wished that there would have been some way he could have gone out with a Coach of the Year and a World Championship trophy... but, in the end, it just wasn't meant to be. .... ....
February 10th, 2011 will go down as one of the saddest days I've felt as a fan of the Jazz or any of my favorite sports teams. More sad then when Stockton retired and Malone left, more sad then when my Seahawks got robbed in Super Bowl XL, more sad then those last moments of the Finals, knowing we weren't going to win it all that year...Although I knew it would happen one day, it's just tough knowing he's gone.
I just wished that there would have been some way he could have gone out with a Coach of the Year and a World Championship trophy... but, in the end, it just wasn't meant to be. .... ....
I think all true Jazz fans feel like a piece of them died today. I never realized how much I would miss Jerry until he was actually gone.
billyshelby
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When really good plays happen during games, I always shout "That's Jazz Basketball!" That's all Jerry Sloan. The way he got players to play together so unselfishly will always be what I loved about him the most. His character is the Jazz DNA. That's a pretty unique legacy.