Archive Report: Jazz Coach Jerry Sloan to resign Thursday.

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sportswizuhrd

Posts: 3,215

Feb 10, 2011 2:35pm

Wow...Totally out of nowhere.

http://www.nba.com/2011/news/02/10/sloan-breaking/?ls=iref:nbahpt2

Someone want to get rid of that E on Sloan for me?

wildcats20

Posts: 27,794

Feb 10, 2011 2:36pm

This sucks. One of the great coaches and great men in the NBA.

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sportswizuhrd

Posts: 3,215

Feb 10, 2011 2:40pm

I hope someone gets in his head and he re-thinks this decision. Take the All-Star break to think it over.

like_that

Posts: 26,625

Feb 10, 2011 2:48pm

Probably was getting sick of pussies bolting when the going gets tough.

september63

Posts: 5,789

Feb 10, 2011 2:57pm

He is a good PG but screw Deron Williams if he had anything to do with Sloan wanting to quit. Its the new selfish players that care more about their own stats than wining. (Hint: LeBron come to mind?) System is to restrictive=I aint getting my points.

Heretic

Posts: 18,820

Feb 10, 2011 2:58pm

I read a blog entry on Yahoo about that. Something like 1900 games coached for the Jazz and enough playoff games coached to fill 2.5 seasons.

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sportswizuhrd

Posts: 3,215

Feb 10, 2011 3:02pm

Cue up the Deron Williams to New York rumors.

september63

Posts: 5,789

Feb 10, 2011 3:10pm

Interesting thought: Would this exact same Cavs team be on a 26 game losing streak if Jerry Sloan were the coach?

wildcats20

Posts: 27,794

Feb 10, 2011 3:16pm

Interesting thought: Would this exact same Cavs team be on a 26 game losing streak if Jerry Sloane were the coach?

No.

wes_mantooth

Posts: 17,977

Feb 10, 2011 3:18pm

wildcats20;673277 wrote:This sucks. One of the great coaches and great men in the NBA.

QFT

Hb31187

Posts: 8,534

Feb 10, 2011 3:22pm

This is kinda surprising, wonder why hes calling it quits

september63

Posts: 5,789

Feb 10, 2011 3:25pm

Hb31187;673366 wrote:This is kinda surprising, wonder why hes calling it quits

Read the link provided. He is fed up with the "me" generation athletes. Deron Williams publicly calling his offense too restrictive would be one reason.

A heated exchange with his GM, heard by some media, after last nights game would be another.

gorocks99

Posts: 10,760

Feb 10, 2011 3:32pm

sportswizuhrd;673273 wrote:Wow...Totally out of nowhere.

http://www.nba.com/2011/news/02/10/sloan-breaking/?ls=iref:nbahpt2

Someone want to get rid of that E on Sloan for me?

I think you can get rid of it yourself ... just double click right below the thread title in the forum.

Hb31187

Posts: 8,534

Feb 10, 2011 3:47pm

september63;673367 wrote:Read the link provided. He is fed up with the "me" generation athletes. Deron Williams publicly calling his offense too restrictive would be one reason.

A heated exchange with his GM, heard by some media, after last nights game would be another.

Where in that entire article does he said hes fed up with the "Me" generation?

Mulva

Posts: 13,650

Feb 10, 2011 3:50pm

Hb31187;673384 wrote:Where in that entire article does he said hes fed up with the "Me" generation?

He doesn't. I think the article was edited, but it didn't say anything about that before either.

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mallymal614

Posts: 3,746

Feb 10, 2011 5:06pm

This could be a plus for Sloan. It is VERY hard to win a championship in Utah. It is not a attractive place for Free Agents. Now he has the opportunity to sit out for a little bit and wait for a big market job to open up. He will be one of the top candidates for any future NBA coaching job.

like_that

Posts: 26,625

Feb 10, 2011 6:16pm

mallymal614;673502 wrote:This could be a plus for Sloan. It is VERY hard to win a championship in Utah. It is not a attractive place for Free Agents. Now he has the opportunity to sit out for a little bit and wait for a big market job to open up. He will be one of the top candidates for any future NBA coaching job.

He is 68 years old. I think he is done with coaching.

darbypitcher22

Posts: 8,000

Feb 10, 2011 6:50pm

I had thought he just signed a contract extension a few days or weeks ago did he not?

wildcats20

Posts: 27,794

Feb 10, 2011 10:46pm

His long-time assistant Phil Johnson stepped down too, I find that very weird.

And they announced that the "replacement" for Sloan will be Ty Corbin. And that he will NOT be an interim coach.

september63

Posts: 5,789

Feb 10, 2011 11:06pm

Hb31187;673384 wrote:Where in that entire article does he said hes fed up with the "Me" generation?

Deron Williams has publicly criticized Sloan's offense, saying it is too restrictive. Sloan is old school and these guys now are all about getting their numbers. These are both factual. You may draw your own conclusion.

Skyhook79

Posts: 5,739

Feb 10, 2011 11:12pm

wildcats20;673852 wrote:His long-time assistant Phil Johnson stepped down too, I find that very weird.

And they announced that the "replacement" for Sloan will be Ty Corbin. And that he will NOT be an interim coach.

Not really, I believe Johnson has been with Sloan his entire career in Utah and Johnson had said a while back that when Jerry hangs it up so does he.

wildcats20

Posts: 27,794

Feb 10, 2011 11:15pm

Jerry himself said it came as a surprise that he walked away too.

Hb31187

Posts: 8,534

Feb 10, 2011 11:15pm

september63;673878 wrote:Deron Williams has publicly criticized Sloan's offense, saying it is too restrictive. Sloan is old school and these guys now are all about getting their numbers. These are both factual. You may draw your own conclusion.

I agree that hes old school and that would bother him with williams saying that, just none of that was mentioned in the article you told me to read.

september63

Posts: 5,789

Feb 10, 2011 11:17pm

You are correct. Perhaps I made my own conclusion to why he is leaving.

september63

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Feb 10, 2011 11:31pm

Yahoo Sports............Sloan became tired of Deron Williams "blaming everything on someone else". After the altercation, at halftime of the Feb 9th game vs the Bulls, Sloan decided to leave at that time.