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I wont hold my breath but I hope the Jazz front office or Stockton himself read these forums. That is If the Jazz do pick Stockton as their HC.

Many years ago, John Stockton and Karl Malone were fishing in a private pond in Idaho that was owned by a friend of the late Larry Miller. There was a little girl there who is she's a great niece Larry's friend. Being a fan of both players and was so excited to have met them there, she asked both for autographs but got only Karl's. Apparently Stockton at the time was under some contract that he himself can't sign his john doe for fans(at least that's what he told her). Though who would have told if he signed that autograph or not? It's his right to refuse anything to anyone but come on, what kind of person would do that to a young fan?

Now with that said, we all know Stockton is really to himself but is this the type of person we want to lead the team? I just hope Stockton would be a better coach than he was a person about 22 years ago.
 
Cmix said:
I wont hold my breath but I hope the Jazz front office or Stockton himself read these forums. That is If the Jazz do pick Stockton as their HC.

Many years ago, John Stockton and Karl Malone were fishing in a private pond in Idaho that was owned by a friend of the late Larry Miller. There was a little girl there who is she's a great niece Larry's friend. Being a fan of both players and was so excited to have met them there, she asked both for autographs but got only Karl's. Apparently Stockton at the time was under some contract that he himself can't sign his john doe for fans(at least that's what he told her). Though who would have told if he signed that autograph or not? It's his right to refuse anything to anyone but come on, what kind of person would do that to a young fan?

Now with that said, we all know Stockton is really to himself but is this the type of person we want to lead the team? I just hope Stockton would be a better coach than he was a person about 22 years ago.
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take it you were a big ty corb fan. I hear tell that he was a real stand up guy.
 
I am going to go ahead and assume he has become an even more terrible person and would that same scenario happen now, that girl would be swimming back to shore.
 
Cmix said:
I wont hold my breath but I hope the Jazz front office or Stockton himself read these forums. That is If the Jazz do pick Stockton as their HC.

Many years ago, John Stockton and Karl Malone were fishing in a private pond in Idaho that was owned by a friend of the late Larry Miller. There was a little girl there who is she's a great niece Larry's friend. Being a fan of both players and was so excited to have met them there, she asked both for autographs but got only Karl's. Apparently Stockton at the time was under some contract that he himself can't sign his john doe for fans(at least that's what he told her). Though who would have told if he signed that autograph or not? It's his right to refuse anything to anyone but come on, what kind of person would do that to a young fan?

Now with that said, we all know Stockton is really to himself but is this the type of person we want to lead the team? I just hope Stockton would be a better coach than he was a person about 22 years ago.
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Stock said a similiar thing to me after a training camp work out in the early 90's when I asked him to sign one of his basketball cards for me!!
 
You douches can say what you will but as a young fan of any sports being treated that way by an athlete isn't fun. I'm sure if it happened to you you'd feel the same way, maybe not now but when you were younger.
 
Cmix said:
I wont hold my breath but I hope the Jazz front office or Stockton himself read these forums. That is If the Jazz do pick Stockton as their HC.

Many years ago, John Stockton and Karl Malone were fishing in a private pond in Idaho that was owned by a friend of the late Larry Miller. There was a little girl there who is she's a great niece Larry's friend. Being a fan of both players and was so excited to have met them there, she asked both for autographs but got only Karl's. Apparently Stockton at the time was under some contract that he himself can't sign his john doe for fans(at least that's what he told her). Though who would have told if he signed that autograph or not? It's his right to refuse anything to anyone but come on, what kind of person would do that to a young fan?

Now with that said, we all know Stockton is really to himself but is this the type of person we want to lead the team? I just hope Stockton would be a better coach than he was a person about 22 years ago.
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Sad if true.
 
Cmix said:
I wont hold my breath but I hope the Jazz front office or Stockton himself read these forums. That is If the Jazz do pick Stockton as their HC.

Many years ago, John Stockton and Karl Malone were fishing in a private pond in Idaho that was owned by a friend of the late Larry Miller. There was a little girl there who is she's a great niece Larry's friend. Being a fan of both players and was so excited to have met them there, she asked both for autographs but got only Karl's. Apparently Stockton at the time was under some contract that he himself can't sign his john doe for fans(at least that's what he told her). Though who would have told if he signed that autograph or not? It's his right to refuse anything to anyone but come on, what kind of person would do that to a young fan?

Now with that said, we all know Stockton is really to himself but is this the type of person we want to lead the team? I just hope Stockton would be a better coach than he was a person about 22 years ago.
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I have John Stockton's signature. He scribbled it on a miniature basketball and gave it to my little sister about 28 years ago when she was 3 years old and dying of cancer at Primary Children's Hospital. Is that the kind of person you'd want to lead the team?
 
I thought it was pretty common knowledge that Stockton liked to refuse giving autographs?
 
Glad someone finally brought this up. My #1 issue for coaching is the ability and willingness to sign autographs. Can't believe no one else has brought this up.
 
Cmix said:
You douches can say what you will but as a young fan of any sports being treated that way by an athlete isn't fun. I'm sure if it happened to you you'd feel the same way, maybe not now but when you were younger.
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How about being a player that never gets any time to themselves because fans refuse to leave them alone? I get that it's exciting to see a player you like and want an autograph, but when does it end for the player? Never. They are continually bombarded with this type of stuff. So I am one who does not blame the player a bit. And I'm not going to judge the player for wanting some time to themselves. Refusing all autograph's except when required by the league to sign is a good way to avoid treating people differently.
 
I grew up in portland and went to a blazer/jazz game and tried to get stockton's autograph, he denied which sucked cause I was wearing his jersey and I was about 8 or so. I started to well up with tears when Jeff Hornacek came up and signed a mini jazz ball and wrote 'to the best jazz fan in portland'. I still have it to this day, and I love it...plus I got his autograph at his book signing, so it evened out in the end
 
olden_undercover said:
I have John Stockton's signature. He scribbled it on a miniature basketball and gave it to my little sister about 28 years ago when she was 3 years old and dying of cancer at Primary Children's Hospital. Is that the kind of person you'd want to lead the team?
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No because he won't spend mass amounts of his free time signing crap for everybody who wants him to.
 
The story is that Stockton use to sign autographs, until he signed one for a woman who didn't bother to get out of his sight before selling it.
 
Ellipse said:
The story is that Stockton use to sign autographs, until he signed one for a woman who didn't bother to get out of his sight before selling it.
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Same story I heard as well. Pissed John of that people were selling his autographs, so he said no more.
 
Stockton also hated the mandatory service time the Jazz required. Said so in his book. He expressed regrets in this area, but you could tell that he is just an extreme introvert and needed time alone and with family to recharge his batteries.
 
Karl didn't sign something when I was young but The Big dawg did and even took a photo. As a young kid I was mad but then I grew up and realized that these are real people. If random kids interrupted me every time I sat down to eat with my kids or when I was on vacation in Idaho I would get annoyed rather quickly.
 
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