We still have one problem!
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Who hasn't said that in the past few months leading up to these trades. Everyone has said it or at least thought it one time or another.
Actually many of us realized that the off-season is not over after the first 2 days of free agency. While some of you were predicting and criticizing lineups with Fes and Koufos playing major minutes, most of us could see that there was still a lot of water to go under the bridge before play starts.
In fact, i will predict that the Jazz rotation will still change from what we currently expect before the season starts.
Hopper
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Lemme guess, eh? You don't likes neither yo Mama or yo Papa, or, for that matter, yo 8th grade teacher, neither, eh?
I admit I jumped on the Sloan bashing bandwagon early last season when I thought his dreadful coaching moves cost the Jazz a win against Dallas. But after that he coached the team to something like 19 of 21 victories. While I still have issues with his substitution patterns and his refusal to call timeouts when the team seems to need one, it's hard to bash the guy too much.
We'll be really really solid though. Sigh.
Wait. Who is this?
vslice02
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Even the Jefferson trade can't makeup for the fact KOC didn't fire Sloan and hire Vinny Del Negro. Talk about a no-brainer.
KhaOZ
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You know. It's funny cause you always hear other coaches talk about how great Sloan is. Other players talk about how they'd love to play for the guy. Even Boozer went on about how Sloan did a lot for him and helped him grow up. I've heard a few superstar players even say they'd consider playing in Utah just to play for Sloan(Shaq like 6 years ago). I don't get why so many Utah fans hate him. He's far from perfect and even I get real frustrated with some of his decisions, but he's still a top notch coach.
Because Jazz fans know better and can see behind the mystique of the coach. Don't get me wrong, Sloan is a good coach, he's just not a great coach. What it comes down to is how you, personally, rate coaches...meaning, what do you use as a barometer.
KhaOZ
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It's hard to rate Coaches. If we could put Sloan on the bulls with Jordan, Pippen, etc, or have him Coach the Lakers with Shaq, Kobe or whatever, would he have just as many championships? If Sloan spent over 20 years coaching for big market teams with good management and tons of cash to throw around, would he be considered one of the greatest of all time? No way to tell.
All I do know is, he's a good coach.