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Why the hell we didn't make a run at David Blatt?

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Diamond77

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I'm very disappointed that the Cavaliers signed Blatt and we didn't even take him in consideration! As I told many times Blatt is the real deal as a new coach!

Does the Cavs have more appeal than the Jazz? No

Is Cleveland more interesting than SLC as a city? I think no

Is the Cavs roster more talented than ours? No

Does the No. 1 pick have an influence in his choice? Maybe

Is the Cavs future more promising than ours? Maybe

So why the Cavs had the brilliant idea to invest in a proven and winning coach as Blatt and we opted for a little known coach as Snyder?

If Blatt has accepted the Cavs bench then the Jazz would have had the right premises to hire Blatt too!

I just know that taking Snyder is much more risky than Blatt. I'm sure that the Cavs gamble on Blatt will pay off!

I hope Snyder will prove me wrong.
 
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I think the Jazz are very deliberately putting an emphasis on development as an entire organization. Not all tenured coaches do that very well, or even think it should be their responsibility to help their players improve individually. They could've had Messina in the bag, but again, I think they're really focused on bringing in someone that sees the game from a developmental angle. And that makes a lot of sense, at least for this team.
 
NUMBERICA said:
I think the Jazz are very deliberately putting an emphasis on development as an entire organization. Not all tenured coaches do that very well, or even think it should be their responsibility to help their players improve individually. They could've had Messina in the bag, but again, I think they're really focused on bringing in someone that sees the game from a developmental angle. And that makes a lot of sense, at least for this team.
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This is a good point, and a lot of what I have heard/read about Snyder is how he teaches and develops the players on his team. My main worry is that as HC he won't have the time I would want him to put into that aspect of this team, but if he could do it in the NBADL as a HC I hope he can do the same here.
 
Triangle Man said:
This is a good point, and a lot of what I have heard/read about Snyder is how he teaches and develops the players on his team. My main worry is that as HC he won't have the time I would want him to put into that aspect of this team, but if he could do it in the NBADL as a HC I hope he can do the same here.
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Well the other thing to consider, too, is that two of the other guys on the bench (probably): A former D-League coach that has won coach of the year in that league, and another former D-League coach that won a D-League championship.
 
NUMBERICA said:
Well the other thing to consider, too, is that two of the other guys on the bench (probably): A former D-League coach that has won coach of the year in that league, and another former D-League coach that won a D-League championship.
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Sounds like a good combination on paper for the development of our players. I really hope it plays out that way.

I really am curious what sort of defensive system we will run next year. I hope the players buy into it and learn their roles.
I'm less interested in the offensive system even though I know that is important too. I hope it involves lots of running, fast breaks, secondary breaks, lots of cuts, and pnr when in half court sets...... but the defense system/philosophy/rotation is what I'm most interested in.
 
Triangle Man said:
Sounds like a good combination on paper for the development of our players. I really hope it plays out that way.

I really am curious what sort of defensive system we will run next year. I hope the players buy into it and learn their roles.
I'm less interested in the offensive system even though I know that is important too. I hope it involves lots of running, fast breaks, secondary breaks, lots of cuts, and pnr when in half court sets...... but the defense system/philosophy/rotation is what I'm most interested in.
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Well therein lies another wrinkle to why superstars are so integral (and I don't want to hear from anyone that the Spurs had no stars, eat a dick, whoever you are): As a team, you have a finite amount of time to practice or prepare otherwise, so you have to prioritize what you're going to work on. You can try to simplify the offense or the defense in order to shortcut the process, but at the end of the day, you only have so much time. If you have two or three players that can just get buckets and have chemistry with each other offensively, that frees up your practices for more defensive drills and film sessions.

Hypothetically, anyway. But you need stars because teams need continuity for a lot of reasons (more effective use of practice time being a major one), and the best way to have continuity is to have, again, two or three core players that know what to do and can mediate and act as additional coaches on the floor.

This is what irks me about the term "CORE 4" or whatever absurd number it's up to now. I'm not sure the Jazz have one of those players right now. Would anyone on this team be any better than the 4th best player on a real contender like the Heat or Spurs? Or even the Pacers? How many players do the Jazz have right now that are even better than Reggie Jackson, honestly? This idea that the Jazz just need to be content that they'll get Aaron Gordon or Noah Vonleh because Derrick Favors is too valuable to trade up or that Joel Embiid isn't worth the risk at five makes no sense to me.

How the hell did I get here? Sorry, I was talking about something else, but I arrived at some things that I've wanted to touch on for a while, so whatever.
 
NUMBERICA said:
I think the Jazz are very deliberately putting an emphasis on development as an entire organization. Not all tenured coaches do that very well, or even think it should be their responsibility to help their players improve individually. They could've had Messina in the bag, but again, I think they're really focused on bringing in someone that sees the game from a developmental angle. And that makes a lot of sense, at least for this team.
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Player development is key to the Jazz' plans: Lindsey has touched on that a number of times. And we've seen how successful the Spurs have been with developing talent. As for the OP, who's to say if the Jazz didn't try to get Blatt or Messina? Cleveland does have an all-star in Irving and the #1 pick. To me that would be a LOT more appealing as a coach.
 
I'm bummed that the Cavs hired Blatt because it's a sign that they might no longer be a completely ****ing brain-dead organization. Those teams are great for the league. And by that I mean, for the 29 other teams.
 
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