Should Jazz bring back Sloan?

[finnegan]

I don't think he'd do that to Corbin.

I think you are right.

[Fido]

In terms of public opinion, I think that the majority do not fault Sloan for his abrupt departure.

I clearly don't know what happened and neither do you, but he is a well respected coach, and most of the non-Jazz fans that I talk to blame organization and not Sloan.

This is why I think blaming the organization is the wrong move--even if that is the opinion of the majority of public opinion (after all--since when did that make it right?):
Excerps from Unofficial Transcript of Jerry Sloan press conference per Deseret News
Greg Miller speaking:

I'd like to start by making it clear that nobody pushed Jerry or Phil out
No players pushed him out; Kevin didn't push them out... An aspiring head coach didn't push them out and I certainly didn't push them out

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Up until about 10 minutes ago, we were still trying to talk both Jerry and Phil out of leaving but that didn't work either

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I had one of the great moments of my career last night when I was talking to Jerry after the game and expressed to him my commitment and my support to him and he said to me quote; your commitment to your coaches and the people who work for you is second to none

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Question (waking up one day its over.)
Sloan: I thought about it a few days ago and it seemed like this was the time to do it
When it's all said and done it's just a matter of me deciding it's time for me to leave
Not big a big deal out of most things anyway, go forward

(Why now?) You know you only have so much energy left and my energy level has dropped off a little bit and I think it's time that somebody else gets a chance

Let's move forward. It's the only thing I can tell you

(Player confrontations) I've had confrontations with players since I've been in the league, whether it's guys I've coached ...I've coached a number of guys I've had confrontations with, but those things are minor as far as trying to go forward.

(Game less fun than say a decade ago) just because my energy level isn't as high as it used to be, everything that hit me I challenged, everything that popped up I challenged for a long time

My energy level isn't as good as it used to be that's why Scott and Ty and Phil have done a lot to cover my rear end

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Offers from other organizations question to Jerry) no, I'm not looking for another job

My wife has a job for me when I get home

So either Sloan is a liar (which I don't believe) or a puppet of the Jazz organization (which I don't believe) or "public opinion" is wrong. I don't know what happened and neither did you. I'm taking a coaching legend at his word. Sloan placed no blame on Greg Miller.

So maybe I'm wrong--do you have any quotes that back your version of events?

[gonzo]

Can anyone find greg miller's quotes at the Sloan departure? I remember it really odd that he said 'no player would blah blah blah the franchise and eventually the trade happened. Mostly odd because it was off topic from the questioned asked, if I remember right.
Thanks.

[Fido]

See the link to the press conference transcript in my post above. It is in there.