And the players didnt beg him to stay, management did.
As if that even means anything. Who cares what the players think or want? Other teams? This league is upside down from pandering to people who should shut up and play instead of putting their FA decisions on TV and skipping player intros. I mean really, who cares what Deron Williams thinks? When is he going to go out there and execute like a real man?
The truth is that the players are not real men. They are 20-somethings experiencing an extended adolescence because of fame, money, and an inflated sense of self-importance. What they think or want doesn't amount to winning, much less a championship.
That's why you utilize a coach. Coaches are real men. Sloan was a real man, and the players would have accomplished far more had they gone with his game plan. Instead, they usually go with a fame plan.
He walked away because his players stopped buying in to his philosophy, evidenced by the team leader, Deron Williams, refusing to run his plays during a game and management did not want to suspend Williams like Sloan wanted.
Why suspend a guy you are planning to trade? Sloan simply didn't want to rebuild. Otherwise he'd still be in Utah.
And I've been watching the Jazz since 1987.
Could have fooled me.
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