Should Jazz bring back Sloan?

finnegan · Post #1 » by **finnegan** » Mon Apr 4, 2011 5:12 pm

He recently indicated that he was open to coaching again.

My thoughts is that OConnor should swallow his pride and do the right thing for the team.

Fido · Post #2 » by **Fido** » Mon Apr 4, 2011 5:22 pm

That ship has sailed....

seejaydeja · Post #3 » by **seejaydeja** » Mon Apr 4, 2011 5:47 pm

no way. fire corbin. eat cheesecake.

Xsy · Post #4 » by **Xsy** » Mon Apr 4, 2011 10:14 pm

It won't happen.

But if he agreed to come back, I would welcome him with arms wide open.

gojazzmjsucks · Post #5 » by **gojazzmjsucks** » Mon Apr 4, 2011 10:16 pm

here a liitle hint who they should bring in.....He is the coach of the Rockets and for some reason he is probably gone this offseason.

RIJazzMan · Post #6 » by **RIJazzMan** » Tue Apr 5, 2011 12:42 pm

Adelman would be amazing. He's coached a bunch of role players and been through so many injuries and his team competes every year. He would be my first choice.

The59Sound · Post #7 » by **The59Sound** » Tue Apr 5, 2011 3:15 pm

MacheteConfetti wrote:It won't happen.

But if he agreed to come back, I would welcome him with arms wide open.

Ming Kong! · Post #8 » by **Ming Kong!** » Tue Apr 5, 2011 4:11 pm

RIJazzMan wrote:Adelman would be amazing. He's coached a bunch of role players and been through so many injuries and his team competes every year. He would be my first choice.

+1. I'm all for Sloan, but I don't think he wants to retool/rebuild.

retiredcoach · Post #9 » by **retiredcoach** » Tue Apr 5, 2011 4:16 pm

This topic is a prime example of spinning heads over nothing.

Sloan hasn't got a single thought in his head about coming back to the Jazz. LHM, Inc wouldn't consider it.

The organization has moved on. It's only the fans that can't.

finnegan · Post #10 » by **finnegan** » Tue Apr 5, 2011 4:27 pm

retiredcoach wrote:Sloan hasn't got a single thought in his head about coming back to the Jazz.

Maybe you should read the news a little more often.

retiredcoach wrote:LHM, Inc wouldn't consider it.

Which explains why we have gone from one of the premier franchises in the West, to one of the worst franchises in the entire NBA in less than 12 months. Dumb decisions by an inexperienced and prideful owner. He doesn't know what he doesn't know.

retiredcoach wrote:The organization has moved on. It's only the fans that can't.

Funny that you should say that! I will make a prediction. If Greg Miller does not start making decisions that are in the best interest of the team, and stop being guided by his foolish pride (i.e., Boozer, Sloan, etc.), then I predict that the Jazz are going to have a new owner within the next decade.

kebutah · Post #11 » by **kebutah** » Tue Apr 5, 2011 4:55 pm

Actually the decline was started with Sloan in place. He has DWill and was only 4-10 in his last 14 games. He had already checked out!

retiredcoach · Post #12 » by **retiredcoach** » Tue Apr 5, 2011 6:33 pm

finnegan on Tue Apr 05, 2011 8:27 am

retiredcoach wrote:Sloan hasn't got a single thought in his head about coming back to the Jazz.

Maybe you should read the news a little more often.

Finn, Finn, I read the news, lots of it, but I don't believe everything I read. You might consider trying that.

If Sloan ever does come back to coaching, it won't be anywhere near Utah!

By the way, where did you read that Sloan was considering coming back to Utah anyway?

finnegan · Post #13 » by **finnegan** » Tue Apr 5, 2011 7:00 pm

kebutah wrote:Actually the decline was started with Sloan in place. He has DWill and was only 4-10 in his last 14 games. He had already checked out!

That is actually an important point (i.e. was Sloan beginning to lose his edge?).

My understanding is that Deron was ignoring Sloans plays in close games and Deron was calling his own plays, and that was the principle reason that Sloan blew up at him. So Deron deserves a good part of the credit for several of the close losses.

In addition, Sloan was not in his normal frame of mind, as the situation escalated, and the front office too affraid to talk to Deron and put him in his place.

So I don't think that Sloan was losing his winning edge.

Fido · Post #14 » by **Fido** » Tue Apr 5, 2011 7:16 pm

Finn apparently reads and comprehends whatever he needs to continue to beat his opinion into the ground (in this case that Greg Miller is a prideful owner making bad decisions resulting in the downward spiral of the Jazz). This is the article that sparked the discussion and then this thread:

Star Tribune in Minnesota

Not done yet?
Jerry Sloan declared "I'm not looking for another job" when he resigned in February as Utah's coach after 23 seasons there, but he hasn't necessarily retired for good.

Sloan would listen if another team approached him, according to a source who has spoken to Sloan recently, and would seriously consider the right situation. But he won't actively seek another job or have anyone campaign for him. Almost alone among NBA coaches, Sloan, who turned 69 a week ago, doesn't have an agent.

How that turns the Jazz into "the right situation" when he walked away from this situation weeks ago I have no idea. Also notice that it doesn't mention Utah in any way except to talk about when Sloan resigned. I'd be shocked to see another team hire Sloan at age 69. And in spite of the credible reporting (this is a 2nd hand rumor, right?) I don't believe he will be coming out of retirement anytime soon.

Fido · Post #15 » by **Fido** » Tue Apr 5, 2011 7:19 pm

finnegan wrote:In addition, Sloan was not in his normal frame of mind, as the situation escalated, and the front office too affraid to talk to Deron and put him in his place.

And you know this based on what?

The59Sound · Post #16 » by **The59Sound** » Tue Apr 5, 2011 7:20 pm

I could easily see another team wanting to hire Sloan. That's a given, in my opinion. But I don't see him taking another job; I think he's finally ready to kick back with his wife and step-son and muck around with the tractors full-time.

Fido · Post #17 » by **Fido** » Tue Apr 5, 2011 7:24 pm

I could see a team considering it but I think the way he left did much to put a damper on future possibilities.

finnegan · Post #18 » by **finnegan** » Tue Apr 5, 2011 11:10 pm

Fido wrote:How that turns the Jazz into "the right situation" when he walked away from this situation weeks ago I have no idea.

Well here are a couple of ideas:

1) DERON IS GONE. In Sloan's mind that has to makereturning to the Jazz much more tolerable.
2) THE JAZZ NEED SLOAN. If the front office apologizes for whatever happened, and show that they have policies in place to address similar situations in the future, then everything is back to normal.

Is it really that unreasonable for me to believe that Sloan was a huge part of our success? Also is it really that uninformed for me to believe that the new owner was the principle cause of Sloans abrupt departure? Lastly should I give a crap about Greg's hurt feelings about the way Sloan handled the situation?

All I care about is being a high caliber team, and if there are dynamics that aren't working, then I feel Greg has the obligation to figure it out. He is the one that is the rookie.

finnegan · Post #19 » by **finnegan** » Tue Apr 5, 2011 11:12 pm

Fido wrote:I could see a team considering it but I think the way he left did much to put a damper on future possibilities.

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.

carrottop12 · Post #20 » by **carrottop12** » Tue Apr 5, 2011 11:12 pm

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

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