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...I just left another board full of racism, bigotry, hypocrisy and kobe kids that won't shut up. My posting privileges were inexplicably removed, I assume because I called into question the various failures that the associated sports network that hosted the site had committed over the last century. Funny that all the people that use constant racism, vulgarity and hatred are allowed to post to their hearts content!

No worries here though. I've heard really good things about realGM and I hope they are true. I am a true blue Jazz fan, and have been since I can remember liking basketball. The day Stockton hit the 3 that sent the Jazz to the finals was one of the best and most memorable of my life. I am excited to see where this new team can go while keeping the tradition of classy and hard-nosed basketball to win games.

Anyway, I hope you all will accept me and I hope to learn much from your boundless wealth of basketball knowledge.

Howdy.

Quick question... Is Sloan a basketball genious????

AKsWill wrote:Quick question... Is Sloan a basketball genious????

Loaded question careful.

Glad to have you aboard!

welcome!

Welcome to the board, there is a reason why the Utah Jazz are tied for having the number of white people in...

I am just teasing man... Hope to see you post more often as the playoffs come along!

AKsWill wrote:Quick question... Is Sloan a basketball genious????

Pretty much the standard question to ask all newcomers to see how much they truly know.

But welcome HammerDunk.

DelaneyRudd wrote:Howdy.

....32 posts a day?!?

Dude, that is not healthy.

AKsWill wrote:Quick question... Is Sloan a basketball genious????

No doubt about it

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....32 posts a day?!?

Dude, that is not healthy.

I've done 350 in a day, but never ever that much. That really is unhealthy.

I have been lurking here for 3 years and finally decided to start posting as well.

Great! More posters, more jazz fans.

I think the real question is whether Sloan is a unsteadied genius.

Welcome aboard partner! We need as many Jazz fans as we can get.

Welcome both of you! Always glad to hear from other Jazz fans.

Stay away from the general board, seems like most other fans on this board do also.

Just kidding, but beware of being labeled as a hater and a homer if you insult any of the following players.

Kobe
CP3
T-mac
Luis Scola
Brandon Roy

Otherwise it's pretty much wide open.

All the cool kids post on the Off-Topic Board.

We gotta get pumped guys... The playoffs are coming. Utah = Hostile fandom

Sorry that I haven't posted other than my 1 post, I have been pretty busy the last few days. Anyway it was nice to see the Jazz get a nice win tonight. I hope Boozer decides to play like this for the rest of the season and into the playoffs, he was an animal.

On the Sloan question, I don't have a yes or no to that. It's funny because I think he has become somewhat of a mascot in his later years. I don't say this to demean or poke fun. He is obviously responsible for the style of ball the Jazz have played for so long now, and it is a quality style. But I do think that he probably sits back in cruise control while his assistant coaches do the heavy lifting. As the players learn the system they also become able to govern themselves. This is something just about any long term coach gets the luxury of doing. This is a sign of coaching genius since he was able to come up with the system and make it so strong. I love that he doesn't beat around the bush, he tells it as it is. He isn't a media darling, but is hard-nosed and consistent (perhaps to a fault).

I would be foolish to just crown Sloan a genius without some question though. Sometimes I watch a game and notice that we aren't adjusting on one end of the floor or the other. I wonder, why isn't Sloan seeing the same thing? Why doesn't he adjust? I also wonder why he will sit a hot player just because of a set rotation that he has. Recent memories include CJ looking good in a game we lost recently (can't remember specific one) and Sloan benches him for a less successful player. I hate that he almost always sticks to his set rotations. It takes a good coach to set up the system so well, but it takes a great coach to be able to adapt according to a game, so I can't say that he is a complete coaching genius. I can honestly say that there are very few coaches I would rather have because his system is fundamentally sound.

The unsteadies genius part may very well be true since he doesn't get the recognition he deserves. But many believe his style of basketball to be very boring, so it isn't very popular with some. You know he must be a very good coach to be successful for so long and with different team makeups.

Verdict - Damn good coach

HotRod is, or course, the Unsobered Genius...