Whose Fault?

[Chad Feldheimer]

I think Write4u's strategy is if he makes enough Matthews threads that Portland will cut him and he will re-sign with the Jazz.

 

[Chad Feldheimer]

He Killed the Sonics, then came back to destroy the Jazz. The Jazz financial woes started when Locke convinced Larry that the team needed a 3pt shooter to compete for a championship--thus the Korver trade.

Locke killed the Sonics? Enlighten us all please.

 

[mellow]

These two are blammed for most everything else, so the must have had a hand in the jazz destruction.

 

[LogGrad98]

1. Okur was not injury-prone prior to being re-signed.
2. Replace? It's not so black and white. Boozer had made his bed. And so had we with him.
3. Um, the dollar amounts on the former two is about triple what Bell's getting annually.
4. True, we should have waited 'til the last moment like Denver who go oh so much for Carmello.
5. The Maynor deal made sense. The Brewer too in many ways though that was the beginning of the end imo so in some ways, I agree with you there.
6. Agreed, though I'm not sure "multiple" teams made offers for him.
7. We should have done it earlier.
8. At his price tag and a look at our other options on the bench, it's tough not to.
9. We had one, except that's about all he could do.
10. True. Don't worry though. We'll foolishly re-sign AK, excuse me overpay to retain AK's services, by offering him a 3 year, 25M deal. Just watch.

This.

 

[akirac73]

Everyone talks about how we should've hired Tom Thibodeau as if he were sitting by his phone anxiously awaiting a call from the Jazz. Was there any indication that he was even interested?

 

[LunaticWolf]

Everyone talks about how we should've hired Tom Thibodeau as if he were sitting by his phone anxiously awaiting a call from the Jazz. Was there any indication that he was even interested?

Clearly. Just like the Pacers wanted to give us Foster for Fes, Koufos, and a second round pick.

 

[jazzrule]

Everyone talks about how we should've hired Tom Thibodeau as if he were sitting by his phone anxiously awaiting a call from the Jazz. Was there any indication that he was even interested?

Don' be dumb. Tell me what NBA ASSISTANT coach that would not have been interested in coaching the Jazz back then, when we had D'Will at point guard.

 

[homeytennis]

Phil Johnson, Ty Corbin

 

[Gyp Rosetti]

Everyone talks about how we should've hired Tom Thibodeau as if he were sitting by his phone anxiously awaiting a call from the Jazz. Was there any indication that he was even interested?

You're right. I've said as much. But it's more about the Jazz doing the right thing, firing Sloan when it was obvious his time was up rather than holding on to nostalgia and being terrified of fan backlash. It's about taking a chance. Instead, we waited too long and will never know if we could have gotten Thibedeau. Similarly, we now once again have done the safe thing. Keep a coach who's been on the staff and sign him to an extension, unnecessarily mind you. Let's not kid ourselves either. Corbin will be here next year too as the team withers away into oblivion. Why? Because Jazz fans are stupidly loyal to their own, even if they suck, and he's as cheap a head coach as the Millers will be able to get.

 

[LogGrad98]

It's San Andreas fault.

 

[Gameface]

It's San Andreas fault.

Zinnnggg

 

[Sneakers]

The idea that the Jazz somehow "blew it" by not firing Sloan to hire Thibedou seems so ridiculously "20/20 hindsight" it is just absurd.