"You Gotta Love It Baby" Official Jazz thread

[YOhio]

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D-Will's left elbow?

Not his elbow. It was the injured wrist who was resentful of the old tractor enthusiast.

[NorthwestUteFan]

one thing i can't stand about locke is how he has to forgo any kind of criticism of the team or front office because he's on their payroll. it makes his show and interviews impossible for me to listen to.

The Jazz (or more accurately Karl Malone) already got David Locke fired once (around '97?). Then he did a stint up here in Seattle and maybe even Portland.

Prior to that he was BRUTAL in his criticism of local sports teams especially the Jazzzzz, the Utes (can't beat Kentucky and football sucks), and BYU's record in bowl games and against big teams. He used to call out Karl Malone for being a prima donna in the offseason, and a whiner during the season who half-assed his way to $275k/game.

[MarkGrace]

[ame="http://espn.go.com/video/clip?id=6112046"]Did Williams Force Sloan Out Of Utah? - ESPN Video - ESPN[/ame]

"The real fault lies with the Jazz management, who should have found a way to ease Jerry out when it was clear he was ready to go."

Pretty much.

[Donuthole]

Did Williams Force Sloan Out Of Utah? - ESPN Video - ESPN

"The real fault lies with the Jazz management, who should have found a way to ease Jerry out when it was clear he was ready to go."

Pretty much.

Absolutely. Jerry all but said as much: "I've been wanting to quit for the last 3 years, but they just kept giving me these multi-million dollar extensions, no questions asked, and I didn't know how to tell them no, even though I had been giving them the signs that I was done for the last 3 years." Paraphrasing, but that's essentially what he said.

He's a grown-ass man, and can't shift the blame to them entirely, but how ridiculous is it that they weren't sitting down and evaluating things with him on a regular basis? Seems like if they'd given him the opportunity to bow out gracefully in the last few years, he'd have jumped at it.

[Blueintheface]

Morbid curiousity alone ALMOST compels me to go to tonights game. I want to see if the fans turn on D-Will. It might be worth an upperdeck ticket. I'll see what the wife's plans are tonight.

[smokymountainrain]

As much as I want to give Deron the credit for doing what should have been done long ago, the more I learn about things, the more I'm confident Deron did nothing out of the ordinary that may have caused Sloan to hang it up. It sounds to me like Sloan simply - perhaps, finally - realized he was too old and couldn't do the job any longer.

[MarkGrace]

As much as I want to give Deron the credit for doing what should have been done long ago, the more I learn about things, the more I'm confident Deron did nothing out of the ordinary that may have caused Sloan to hang it up. It sounds to me like Sloan simply - perhaps, finally - realized he was too old and couldn't do the job any longer.

It's all lining up that way. Sloan has had a million similar confrontations with players. This time he realized he didn't have the energy to keep doing it.

I don't think there's much more to the story than that.

[smokymountainrain]

It's all lining up that way. Sloan has had a million similar confrontations with players. This time he realized he didn't have the energy to keep doing it.

I don't think there's much more to the story than that.

Exactly. I think it's really that simple.

[MarkGrace]

Exactly. I think it's really that simple.

A friend just told me that KFC said on the radio today that what happened between deron and sloan doesn't even rank among the top 10 dust ups between a player and jerry that he's been a witness to. Personally I would have paid money to be there when tag threw the bag of ice at his head.

[whoneedscorners?]

The Mailman is bringing the heat:


tribjazz Brian T. Smith
Malone said Jazz can't fire him, so he can say whatever he wants anytime.
6 minutes ago Favorite Retweet Reply

tribjazz Brian T. Smith
Malone said Jazz players need to start playing "old school," like uniforms, court.
7 minutes ago

tribjazz Brian T. Smith
Malone said "idiots in the studio" don't know anything about Sloan.
9 minutes ago

tribjazz Brian T. Smith
Malone said ESPN analyst who said game has passed Sloan by is "bullshit."
10 minutes ago

tribjazz Brian T. Smith
Malone said organization has never taken him up on offer to help.
11 minutes ago

tribjazz Brian T. Smith
Malone said power above Sloan had to be strong for him to resign.
12 minutes ago

tribjazz Brian T. Smith
Malone said Jazz organization is at crossroads.
13 minutes ago

tribjazz Brian T. Smith
Malone said he won't join Jazz staff but would be honored to coach in future.
14 minutes ago

tribjazz Brian T. Smith
Malone said Sloan might've got tired of BS.
16 minutes ago

tribjazz Brian T. Smith
Malone says Sloan he knew would never resign.

[MarkGrace]

Jerry 2011 is not the Jerry that Karl knew as a coach. That was apparently part of the problem.

[LiveCoug]

They are playing hard for Corbin.... or something.

[MarkGrace]

Wait, did Roger get benched straight away? Awesome!

[Sizzle]

Wait, did Roger get benched straight away? Awesome!

Roger is out hurt tonight.

[LiveCoug]

Wait, did Roger get benched straight away? Awesome!

I think they said he was hurt... I'd like to believe that Ty is already steppin up as the head coach.