Quin Snyder is the new coach
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Stifle Tower
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KOC never went with a full rebuild and the successor to Sloan was already chosen. I give KOC a lot of kudos for the job he did; he made the team competitive again in short order after losing two HOF'ers. Many teams go into long losing periods (Boston, Chicago, even LA). It will be interesting to see what happens to SA once Duncan, Parker and Manu hang 'em up.
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Speaking of D-League teams, because we are taking over the Idaho Stampede's basketball operations, who do you guys think that we will name as their head coach? Now that Snyder is in command, do you think that he will choose somebody that he knows, or, will he assign somebody already associated with the Jazz? They obviously will be running our offense and or sets, so, who is it going to be? Maybe Alex Jensen? Brad Jones was briefly the head coach of the failed Utah Flash. I think that the D-League is a highly untapped place that the Jazz can develop players, especially if we control said team's offensive sets and the amount of minutes players are going to get. With as many young players as we potentially will have next year, I think that it would be wise for us to use this resource.
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Stifle Tower
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Both Brad and Alex have already "been there, done that." After the Flash, Jones coached SA's team (succeeding Snyder) and won a D-League championship, IINM.
It's interesting how fate/luck/kismet...whatever you want to call it, sometimes sets a person on a incredible journey. Had it not been for Sloan changing his mind about coaching the Evansville team, he would have perished in that horrible plane crash in 1977. As for Snyder, he tucked his tail between his legs and moved to Austin after his downfall at Missouri. It was a move completely independent of basketball; he liked the city and wanted to get away. But fate intervened. The Toros had just been sold by David Kahn, a good friend of Snyder to the SA Spurs. And the Toros coach, Dennis Johnson, had passed away a few months previously during a workout. Kahn got in touch with Quin and then recommended him to the SA management group (RC Buford and Dell Demps). I believe Dennis Lindsey was hired as SA's assistant GM just a few months later.
It's interesting how fate/luck/kismet...whatever you want to call it, sometimes sets a person on a incredible journey. Had it not been for Sloan changing his mind about coaching the Evansville team, he would have perished in that horrible plane crash in 1977. As for Snyder, he tucked his tail between his legs and moved to Austin after his downfall at Missouri. It was a move completely independent of basketball; he liked the city and wanted to get away. But fate intervened. The Toros had just been sold by David Kahn, a good friend of Snyder to the SA Spurs. And the Toros coach, Dennis Johnson, had passed away a few months previously during a workout. Kahn got in touch with Quin and then recommended him to the SA management group (RC Buford and Dell Demps). I believe Dennis Lindsey was hired as SA's assistant GM just a few months later.
I just want to know how this word made its way to English spoken countries.
Nevermind, I found it. It was popularized by a play, a number of movies, a musical, and a song by Elvis. There is also a Marvel and a DC character by the same name.
