Prediction: KOC and Sloan will get awards
Posted: Tue Oct 19, 2010 4:05 pm
I have been Sloans and KOC biggest detractor in the past.
I hated that Sloan never used AK-47 at PF position but he now going to do that at times during the game. I have called for his firing for the 5 seasons prior to last season. I have had a change of heart! Sloan did a great job with the Jazz last year. The Jazz were a bunch of free agents to be more worried about earning a contract than winning games and Sloan got them to win games. I think the Jazz will have the best, or second best, record in the West this year, thus I think Sloan will win coach of the year. He deserves it as he has modified his style in dealing with today's players while keeping his toughness and high expectations of his players. It is impressive when announcers talk about Sloan demanding his players to be in Jazz shape suggesting other coaches in the league are unable to make those type of demands on their players. Jerry Sloan 2010-2011 NBA Coach of the Year!
I use to hate KOC for not getting rid of Boozer years earlier as clearly Boozer/Memo combination didnt work as they both suck defensively. Boozer was also clearly an injury prone player that cares more about Boozer than the team success. KOC made up for it this off season. KOC had a sinking ship after Boozer was gone but he got the trade exception needed to get Jefferson. He drafted Hayward and Evans, and stole Al Jefferson from Minn. He also added defensive toughness in Watson and Bell. He had a tough job this summer and did it extremely well. KOC 2010-2011 GM of the Year!
Its going to be a special year for the Utah Jazz. I have not been this excited about a Utah Jazz team since Stockton and Malone were at their peaks.
I hated that Sloan never used AK-47 at PF position but he now going to do that at times during the game. I have called for his firing for the 5 seasons prior to last season. I have had a change of heart! Sloan did a great job with the Jazz last year. The Jazz were a bunch of free agents to be more worried about earning a contract than winning games and Sloan got them to win games. I think the Jazz will have the best, or second best, record in the West this year, thus I think Sloan will win coach of the year. He deserves it as he has modified his style in dealing with today's players while keeping his toughness and high expectations of his players. It is impressive when announcers talk about Sloan demanding his players to be in Jazz shape suggesting other coaches in the league are unable to make those type of demands on their players. Jerry Sloan 2010-2011 NBA Coach of the Year!
I use to hate KOC for not getting rid of Boozer years earlier as clearly Boozer/Memo combination didnt work as they both suck defensively. Boozer was also clearly an injury prone player that cares more about Boozer than the team success. KOC made up for it this off season. KOC had a sinking ship after Boozer was gone but he got the trade exception needed to get Jefferson. He drafted Hayward and Evans, and stole Al Jefferson from Minn. He also added defensive toughness in Watson and Bell. He had a tough job this summer and did it extremely well. KOC 2010-2011 GM of the Year!
Its going to be a special year for the Utah Jazz. I have not been this excited about a Utah Jazz team since Stockton and Malone were at their peaks.