Utah flash for sale, Jazz moving to Idaho

carrottop12 · Post #1 » by **carrottop12** » Sat Jun 18, 2011 4:18 pm

Apparently the flash are for sale, all employees have been laid off, and there won't be a 2011-12 season. Considering how often the jazz used the flash I think this is a bad thing.

Post #2 » by **DelaneyRudd** » Sat Jun 18, 2011 4:28 pm

That was abrupt. Guess it's back to Boise.

Litany · Post #3 » by **Litany** » Sat Jun 18, 2011 4:36 pm

Sad. I just read this interview again the other day:

http://www.saltcityhoops.com/brandt-andersen-unplugged/

Ugh, too bad

carrottop12 · Post #4 » by **carrottop12** » Sat Jun 18, 2011 5:02 pm

With the Vegas league cancelled, anyone think rmr may be a contingency plan if lock out is avoided?

hoops4life · Post #5 » by **hoops4life** » Sat Jun 18, 2011 5:42 pm

That is really too bad. They were pretty fun. I guess Brandt Andersen talked a mean game but couldn't back it up.

3960HOOD · Post #6 » by **3960HOOD** » Sat Jun 18, 2011 7:17 pm

I wonder if there is going to be a lockout if more people would attend D-League games.

carrottop12 · Post #7 » by **carrottop12** » Fri Jul 8, 2011 12:40 am

http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/jazz/52148 ... n.html.csp

Looks like the Jazz are headed to Idaho, just like Rudd predicted.

HammerDunk · Post #8 » by **HammerDunk** » Fri Jul 8, 2011 12:58 am

So surprising, especially when you have an NBA legend like MJ attending your games!

Post #9 » by **StocktonShorts** » Fri Jul 8, 2011 1:16 am

HammerDunk wrote:So surprising, especially when you have an NBA legend like MJ attending your games!

That stunt was embarrassing and ill-conceived but also awesome because of it.

gojazzmjsucks · Post #10 » by **gojazzmjsucks** » Fri Jul 8, 2011 4:39 pm

So it's just the Flash going there right? I didn't see anything about the jazz moving there too. They are staying in Utah for a while, correct?

Post #11 » by **StocktonShorts** » Fri Jul 8, 2011 6:14 pm

The Flash aren't moving anywhere. They're just out of business - maybe temporarily, maybe permanently.

In the meantime the Jazz are switching their NBDL affiliation to the Idaha Stampede -- an existing NBDL team.

carrottop12 · Post #12 » by **carrottop12** » Fri Jul 8, 2011 6:39 pm

gojazzmjsucks wrote:So it's just the Flash going there right? I didn't see anything about the jazz moving there too. They are staying in Utah for a while, correct?

Nope, Brandt Anderson lost money so the Millers decided to ship the Jazz up to a bigger city in Idaho to try to really make some money. /green

Post #13 » by **DelaneyRudd** » Fri Jul 8, 2011 7:36 pm

It's a better market for the Jazz to lay roots. It'd be nice if the Jazz bought the Stampede and made it an exclusive affiliate. It makes sense since the Jazz have always considered Southern Idaho their territory and LHM has a large business footprint there.

carrottop12 · Post #14 » by **carrottop12** » Fri Jul 8, 2011 8:37 pm

I think the problem is the NBDL just doesn't seem to make any money.

Maybe Anderson just ran it like an idiot though.

I am not sure if this is a good thing or a bad thing for the Jazz however. I hated the Jazz reliance on the D-League where I felt they allowed some players to spend too much time there, and I think it hurt their confidence. I worry that the Jazz will send players up to Idaho to die now, with less willingness to bring them back to the team.

It could also dissuade the team from sending guys up there and allow them to stay with the team a little more than if they were still able to send guys just down the road to play for the Flash.

Probably not a big deal really.

gojazzmjsucks · Post #15 » by **gojazzmjsucks** » Sat Jul 9, 2011 1:47 am

The Jazz ever going to have a stadium in Idaho? What city would they move to? No more Utah Jazz?

carrottop12 · Post #16 » by **carrottop12** » Sat Jul 9, 2011 2:25 am

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I was kidding. There is nothing going on with the Jazz and idaho other than the occasional training camp, and the D-League team.

Otherwise the best thing Idaho is ever going to see is MWC football.

Reckless · Post #17 » by **Reckless** » Sat Jul 9, 2011 8:23 am

Bat wrote:Otherwise the best thing Idaho is ever going to see is MWC football.

And that's the best they'll ever get, Idaho is the dullest f'ing place on earth

gojazzmjsucks · Post #18 » by **gojazzmjsucks** » Sat Jul 9, 2011 3:38 pm

Thank God. Zero point in leaving Utah.

UTJazzFan_Echo1 · Post #19 » by **UTJazzFan_Echo1** » Mon Jul 11, 2011 9:13 pm

Bat wrote:With the Vegas league cancelled, anyone think rmr may be a contingency plan if lock out is avoided?

I was thinking about this too.

I'm a student at SLCC and they usually don't have much going on there during the summer so I don't see why they couldn't throw it together really quickly last minute if they NBA and PU strike a deal soon enough. I wonder if the owners have talked about doing something like that if things get figured out quickly enough, it's not like they couldn't set something like that up tentatively just in case but that's probably just me dreaming. I'm sure it takes a lot of planning, scheduling, etc. and wouldn't be something you could just throw together last minute. I mean, they had to cancel the summer league stuff pretty far in advance for a reason.

I would really love to see the RMR comeback though...going to those games is probably some of the most fun you can have as a Jazz fan; It's just such a unique experience.