Anybody cruised through it yet? I am almost done. It is about what I expected, although a little bit more candid in spots than I was expecting.
Finished last week, enjoyed it. Stock shard some insights without throwing people under the bus.
The part I found most interesting was the degree which the team culture fell apart in his last year. He admits that as a leader he takes responsibility for not knowing what the heck to do to fix the problem, so he went into isolation. He never mentions AK, Scott Padgett or Deshawn Stevenson by name but stories of the difference in youth culture versus historical Jazz culture had him pretty ripped up. (young guys called out Malone when Sloan was resting him in a practice, Karl stepped on the floor and destroyed them. I imagine this to be Padgett). And he mentions certain new vets who were in the Jazz counterculture camp (clearly meaning Mark J). That is from memory, I'll read through and add notes tonight. Personally, I would love to hear Harpring's thoughts on this year.
And it was almost comical his mea culpa about how badly he managed his retirement announcement (hint: tell your wife and Mailman before you announce to the press).
Finished last week, enjoyed it. Stock shard some insights without throwing people under the bus.
The part I found most interesting was the degree which the team culture fell apart in his last year. He admits that as a leader he takes responsibility for not knowing what the heck to do to fix the problem, so he went into isolation. He never mentions AK, Scott Padgett or Deshawn Stevenson by name but stories of the difference in youth culture versus historical Jazz culture had him pretty ripped up. (young guys called out Malone when Sloan was resting him in a practice, Karl stepped on the floor and destroyed them. I imagine this to be Padgett). And he mentions certain new vets who were in the Jazz counterculture camp (clearly meaning Mark J). That is from memory, I'll read through and add notes tonight. Personally, I would love to hear Harpring's thoughts on this year.
And it was almost comical his mea culpa about how badly he managed his retirement announcement (hint: tell your wife and Mailman before you announce to the press).
On another note **** that guy. He's the one that in a playoff game against the Kings tipped in Stockton's three ball at the end of the game when the Jazz WERE DOWN BY 3!!!! How can you be so ****ing stupid....just let the ball have a chance to make it.
I actually give Padgett a lot of credit - he somehow turned zero talent into a 8 year NBA career.
Padgett....I thought I liked him as a jazz player, the stories afterward reveal he was low class Kansas Trash, or was it Kentucky?
Anyway Padgett telling the nba the jazz were cheating by deflating the balls....then later saying it was just a joke ..Moran.