Sloan, he ROCKS, eh!?

[Hopper]

"Los Angeles Lakers coach Phil Jackson said Sloan’s success has been predicated upon maximizing good — but not superior — talent. “Jerry’s an animal,” Jackson said. “He’s a dogged guy. He’s somebody I’ve watched play basketball for 40-something years...He’s been playing and coaching basketball as long as I can remember, as far as an adult life goes. His statement is always, ‘You’ve got to work hard. And that’s kind of the model he’s always had, and he’s good at that. He’s good at inspiring his team like that.’”

“I’m somewhat envious of the fact that he does things his way. They’re 100 percent his way,” Phoenix coach Alvin Gentry said. “He established a toughness with his team. He’s not a screamer, he’s not a yeller, he’s not anything. I think he gets the point across that it’s going to be done this way or you just don’t play. And I think coaches have an unbelievable respect for that.”

Sloan is also always quick to point out that he does not know everything, while often reminding reporters that he actually knows less and less as the years go by...“I think one of the most important things is having the kind of people I have that work with me,” Sloan said. “Phil, Ty and Scott and those guys have all been around me all my life.”


Brian Smith again, eh?: https://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/sports/50514932-77/sloan-nba-coach-coaches.html.csp

 

[BabyPeterzz]

Makin Siler look like a hack.

 

[honz]

I was skeptical of BTS at first as he seemed like a stiff, but he is a very good and knowledgeable basketball writer.

 

[carolinajazz]

I think he gets the point across that it’s going to be done this way or you just don’t play.

....ah, can you imagine an NBA with all SLoan coaches! Hopper ball would be a thing of the past....in fact, it would never have gotten started!