The Jazz FO told Corbin to develop a defensive identity...

[Gameface]

The defense improved every month last year BEFORE the all-star break. Quin was building a defensive identity even with Kanter and Burke. Of course, at thte break he made the adjustment to get the team to the next level.

And yeah, Gobert makes a difference. He will improve the defensive metrics on any team that gives him minutes. But what if Quin's focus had been on offense? Kanter would have been the more vital piece. Gobert would have a hard time getting minutes and there's no way the Jazz would have traded an offensive piece (no pun intended) like Kanter to start a player with very little offense.

So the FO asks for defense and Quin gives them defense. There are times still this year when the Jazz can't seem to score. That's still a problem, but Quin doesn't panic and think his *** is on the line because his team isn't winning. He sticks to his guns and keeps the overall focus on defense.

And I hear people talking about how we need more offense. That's true, obviously. But you do not sacrifice something your team is elite at so that you can be mediocre at both offense and defense. If you have a team that's elite on defense you do everything you can to remain elite at defense while improving the offense enough to allow the defense to win you games.

 

[Saint Cy of JFC]

You know what? At the end of the day Quin was still starting Kanter over Gobert when he was here. It wasn't until the FRONT OFFICE made the move to trade Kanter that we really made the next step. If the trade doesnt happen does keep trying Kanter the whole year? Maybe the FO was telling Quin to keep starting Kanter?

If the FO was asking for defense (above all else, all that matters), why didn't Quin start Rudy from day 1?

 

[Watcher]

Maybe the jazz screwed corbin over and treated him unfairly. Maybe the kings screwed corbin over and treated him unfairly. Maybe every team in the league is treating corin unfairly right now by not hiring him.

Maybe corbin is a crappy coach. I watched him coach for 3+ years and saw him make lots of bad decisions that most of us would never make once we were older than ten.
If the opponent has the ball, down 1 point, with less than 24 seconds left in the game should a good defender like favors be in the game or a bad defender like big al? I know, it's a tough one.
Never knew when to foul to extend games, used his timeouts horribly, drew up horrible plays when coming out of those timeouts, had an obvious obsession with veteran players, and just generally sucked at being a head coach.

Oh, that's all well and good but at least he understood that the Jazz "just needed to get better." He was able to elaborate that very clearly when interviewed.

 

[Watcher]

You know what? At the end of the day Quin was still starting Kanter over Gobert when he was here. It wasn't until the FRONT OFFICE made the move to trade Kanter that we really made the next step. If the trade doesnt happen does keep trying Kanter the whole year? Maybe the FO was telling Quin to keep starting Kanter?

If the FO was asking for defense (above all else, all that matters), why didn't Quin start Rudy from day 1?

They were still trying to make something of Kanter. If they had been able to get Kanter to play decent defense along with his offense that would have been a very nice team. Honestly, Quin's first real opportunity to move Gobert into the starting lineup came when Kanter was injured and Rudy started to dominate in Kanter's absence. Maybe Snyder should have made the switch right then but they were still trying to make things work for both of them. But really that set the stage for Kanter to realize his days were numbered and he demanded a trade.

 

[NAOS]

You know what? At the end of the day Quin was still starting Kanter over Gobert when he was here. It wasn't until the FRONT OFFICE made the move to trade Kanter that we really made the next step. If the trade doesnt happen does keep trying Kanter the whole year? Maybe the FO was telling Quin to keep starting Kanter?

If the FO was asking for defense (above all else, all that matters), why didn't Quin start Rudy from day 1?

I think the answers to all of these questions are implicit in Joe Ingles' commentary

 

[gregbroncs]

You know what? At the end of the day Quin was still starting Kanter over Gobert when he was here. It wasn't until the FRONT OFFICE made the move to trade Kanter that we really made the next step. If the trade doesnt happen does keep trying Kanter the whole year? Maybe the FO was telling Quin to keep starting Kanter?

If the FO was asking for defense (above all else, all that matters), why didn't Quin start Rudy from day 1?

Maybe he was trying to keep Kanter engaged in the games? But what I believe though it will never be reported is that Kanter was told he was going to the bench, then he demanded a trade. It's the only thing that makes sense to me with the timing of his trade demand. Also Kanter had steadily been losing minutes to Gobert.