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Punxsutawney Phil Jackson making excuses

More funny stuff. This is actually listed under "pregrame praise for Jazz"

Heck, Jackson and Bryant even gave some of their sworn enemies — Jazz fans — some props.

"I enjoy coming here. The fans here are nuts," Bryant said. "This place is loud, and Utah, they play extremely well here."

Added Jackson: "I always tell players, 'Don't get too far ahead against the Utah team or Jerry's going to wrap them up here in this arena. He's going to get the fans, including the referees, involved in this, so be very careful what you ask for.' "
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Really, Phil? Really? What a back-handed compliment to Sloan
 
Even Kobe seems more classy with his props:

Bryant on Williams, his 2008 U.S. men's Olympic teammate: "It's my opinion that he's always been the best point guard in the league. His size, his ball-handling abilities, defensive ability makes him tough. He gives us huge headaches every time we face him."

Bryant saved some of his highest pregame praise for Sloan.

"I love him. I love his tenacity," the Lakers' star said. "He's one of the coaches I would love to have an opportunity to play for."

That doesn't mean they should start making some Jazz jerseys with Bryant on the back or that Paul Millsap will lose his No. 24.

Bryant laughed when asked if he might head to Utah when his contract is up.

"Nah," he said. "I meant one of these All-Star games (or) USA."
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and this:

They play that way (physically) all the time," Bryant said. "You can take the softest player in the league and put him on the Jazz and he's going to turn into a tough guy. That's just how Sloan teaches them. It doesn't change."
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Get Down said:
phil jackson is a fantastic basketball coach and there's no question the broken 24 second clock disrupted the flow of the game. it's a legit complaint.
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....no one knows what would have happen differently had the shot clock not malfunctioned....but it did and that's sometimes part of the game. Fact is the Jazz beat the Lakers last night despite Kobe going ballistic at the end with some uncanny shooting. We finally got stops, they didn't. We shot better than them, we out rebounded them, and we kept our turnovers to a managable number. Looks like we finally broke out of our home court funk....and now that we have the best record of any team on the road....we may pull away from the Oklahoma team in the next couple of weeks!
 
Get Down said:
phil jackson is a fantastic basketball coach and there's no question the broken 24 second clock disrupted the flow of the game. it's a legit complaint.
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i agree i even said it in the caht.

the replay rule actually has a disadvantage of disrupting the flow. but the shotclock help disrupt the flow even more
 
This is the difference between Phil and Sloan... Sloan will just come out and say, "We stunk", whereas Phil whines and makes excuses... There was a possession or two where the Jazz got the rebound, had momentum and the refs had to make them stop play and take it out too...

I highly doubt that having to take the ball out from half court after about a 30 second to 1 minute delay effected the "rhythm" of Phils players... What if we fouled or called a timeout?? How is that any different?? That would stop play for a limited amount of time as well...

Dwill gets away with everything?? Oh PUH-LEEEZE... Kobe gets away with bloody murder out there!! Grabbing Bell by the arm around screens all night, using it right forearm to push off and get distance from the defender... I could go on and on... Why don't you mention that, Phil??

What a sore loser...
 
Dude, with the lakers and their bandwagon fans, there's always an excuse.

If it wasn't the shot clock person, it was going to be the Bynum injury (while carefully forgetting the fact that we're without our allstar center).

IF it was none of the above, then they would have blamed Thanksgiving on the loss.... Or the Utes... Or the BCS or something.
 
I think Jackson is the most overrated coach in NBA history. Sure he has a bunch of 'ships, but look who was on those teams. Even I could have coached them to the championships. How well did he do when MJ retired for 2 years to play baseball? Then the second MJ leaves Chicago, guess who was right behind him?

As for the game last night, I thought Kobe got away with throwing a lot of elbows when he was battling for position. Also, what happened to the quick T's for showing emotion? Kobe would've been gone real quick if they were still enforcing that. There were a couple of times when he thought he should have gotten a call where he puts up his arms and is like, "Don't you know who I am? Didn't Stern call you today?". I hate playing the Lakers.
 
Surely said:
I think Jackson is the most overrated coach in NBA history. Sure he has a bunch of 'ships, but look who was on those teams. Even I could have coached them to the championships. How well did he do when MJ retired for 2 years to play baseball? Then the second MJ leaves Chicago, guess who was right behind him?

As for the game last night, I thought Kobe got away with throwing a lot of elbows when he was battling for position. Also, what happened to the quick T's for showing emotion? Kobe would've been gone real quick if they were still enforcing that. There were a couple of times when he thought he should have gotten a call where he puts up his arms and is like, "Don't you know who I am? Didn't Stern call you today?". I hate playing the Lakers.
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I disagree with him not being a great coach. Sure he has had some of the best players to ever play the game leading his teams, but he also put the mega stars together with some of the biggest headcases to ever play the game. It is very difficult to put the mega stars and talented headcases on the same team and Phil has been able to get the best out of each and everyone of them.
 
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