Sloan to retire....
A little piece of me just died. Jerry Sloan has been one of the constant sources of awesomeness in my life for many years. They just don't make coaches, or human beings for that matter, like him any more - old school, humble and refuses to take any &$#%#&@!.
Respect to Phil Johnson as well. That's a type of loyalty you don't see much these days.
I'm going to wait for the rumors to stop flying and the full truth to come out to find out who's fault this is and who I need to despise as much as Yoko Ono.
Was on ESPN radio in Chicago yesterday. It sounds like he has a lot of energy left, but is 70+ and no way he comes back. To put things in perspective, he said he remembered watching Joe Paterno (yes- coach of the Penn State Football Team) play quarterback in High School. Joe's brother was the fullback.
So, if D-Will got Sloan fired, who is he going to pick to be the head coach. Bring back Lou "Doo" Hensen!
"His old school approach is not working. He is a good coach don't get me wrong, but overrated IMO."
His system made the Utah Jazz the best passing, most efficient team in the NBA over the past 4 or 5 seasons. His win record speaks for itself. How can you say his system doesn't work?
NBA.com says he will be replaced by Corbin, and they say he will be their permanent head coach, not just the interim label.
http://www.nba.com/2011/news/02/10/sloan-breaking/?ls=iref:nbahpt2
To answer Landshark, everytime I see Tom Thibodeau in an interview, he scares the Asian out of me, also SVG is never smiling, and I would have said Avery Johnson too, but he ain't doing to get Brook to rebound. I remember he used to cuss a lot of players out in Dallas.
It's a sad, sad day when Jerry Sloan has to retire because of Deron Williams's punkass ways, but here's some humor to maybe lift some spirits.
Not sure how to embed video files, but I think the link works.
Sad to hear one of the greatest coaches of all time resign in such a fashion...this is why i can't give any of these superstars the benfit of a doubt...put up a few good stats, a few recognition and they go bizzerk with it....i swear people need to learn how to humble themselves...
We're pretty much done for on the D-Will front.
Even if he had nothing to do with Jerry leaving, the Utah Jazz fans (who have had nothing but unwavering support for Williams thus far) will blame him for this and give him hell.
I doubt management trades him, although I think that's the best option right now.
I love Tyrone Corbin, but the franchise is in serious trouble.
"Deron's gone. There's a zero percent chance he stays in Utah if his legacy is Jerry's departure."
- Ross Siler
Now DWill is gonna try and handpick his own coach.....