Jerry Sloan to resign

[Mr.Bottomtooth]

http://twitter.com/#!/NBAFanHouse/st...69668325081088

[Mr.Bottomtooth]

KSL: Utah Jazz coach Jerry Sloan to resign
Published: Thursday, Feb. 10, 2011 11:29 a.m. MST
Scott G. Winterton, Deseret News

KSL has learned that Utah Jazz coach Jerry Sloan and assistant coach Phil Johnson will resign at a press conference later Thursday.

More details will be posted as they become available.

The news comes after the Jazz lost to Chicago in Salt Lake City on Wednesday, where former Jazz players Kyle Korver and Ronnie Brewer helped the Bulls escape Utah with a 91-86 win.

After the game, Sloan didn't come out of his office for a postgame interview until about a half-hour after his team lost for the 10th time in 14 games.

The Hall of Famer, who usually talks to reporters about 10 minutes after the final buzzer, had been in a discussion with general manager Kevin O'Connor.

"We just had something we had to discuss," Sloan said, "and we'll talk to you all later on about that." A major part of the discussion, however, was the possibility of a trade in the works.

http://www.deseretnews.com/article/7...to-resign.html

[Mugen]

lol damn.

[4>0rings]

Over rated coach.

[Leetonidas]

About ing time.

Paging Mike Brown.

[jacobdrj]

About. Freeking. Time...
Too late for Karl Malone and John Stockton, but maybe not too late for this crew. Although, Deron is so looking like he is gone the 1st chance he gets, which sucks.

[bostonguy]

It's only fitting. The Jazz have made some fatal moves this past offseason. Choosing an old Raja Bell over Wesley Matthews. Drafting a bust with the 9th pick. Replacing Boozer with Jefferson.

Deron is bolting that franchise and I do not blame him. They made stupid fatal decisions this summer.

[spurs_fan_in_exile]

Wow. Definitely didn't think he'd go out mid-season. Tough to picture management telling him to do this, even tougher to picture an old warhorse like him just leaving after all this time out of frustration. Wonder if a health issue at play?

[koriwhat]

pretty shocking, no doubt about it.

[#41 Shoot Em Up]

Truly one of the greats. Tough way for him to go out

[ALVAREZ6]

Damn.


He's probably pissed to learn that Deron is about to be on his way to Los Angeles.


If this really is the case, the NBA.

[DMC]

Seeing how he just signed an extension for another year, it has to be something drastic to cause him to bolt mid season if indeed that's his plan. He seems like a guy that would wait until the end of the season, or move into the front office and allow someone else to coach, citing personal reasons.

[4>0rings]

Seeing how he just signed an extension for another year, it has to be something drastic to cause him to bolt mid season if indeed that's his plan. He seems like a guy that would wait until the end of the season, or move into the front office and allow someone else to coach, citing personal reasons.

I was thinking he just signed the 1 year extension to groom his replacement. I guess that's not going to happen.

[jjktkk]

Wow!!! Great coach. A shame the Jazz FO went cheap on Sloan the past couple of seasons.

[The TroutBum]

Holy ing .


I'm telling you right now that the Jazz would never fire Jerry Sloan, and this was Jerry's way of saying, " you!" to Greg Miller and Kevin O'Connor. I would pay anything to have been a fly on the wall in their secret meeting last night. The fact that Phil Johnson is leaving w/ Sloan just adds to my theory.

[PGDynasty24]

Another person has just surfaced for the Lakers job in the offseason,Kobe loves Slone and if he has a say he will get him here

[jeebus]

I'm going to laugh if the Jazz win it all next year.

[Mugen]

Another person has just surfaced for the Lakers job in the offseason,Kobe loves Slone and if he has a say he will get him here

i would love that, tbh.

[rickross]

DAAAAAAAAAAAAAAM we'll get a new coach in miami by next season might as well be a HOF.

Since we got such epic talent on our team we deserve 2 coaches and both should be HOF , rice boi can bring da coffee

[Dex]

Hard to believe.

Not because Sloan was doing such a great job, but just because I can hardly imagine the Jazz with someone else at the helm. Sloan was probably the one guy who had more job security than Pop, and even he's getting shown the door.

[Booharv]

The people that are saying "its about time" are re ed.

[Mr.Bottomtooth]

http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/news;_yl...retiring021011

Sloan resigning after clash with Williams

By Adrian Wojnarowski and Marc J. Spears, Yahoo! Sports
26 minutes ago

After a 23-season Hall-of-Fame run as coach of the Utah Jazz, Jerry Sloan abruptly resigned his job on Thursday.

Sloan, 68, had agreed to a one-year contract extension in the past week but things publicly turned late Wednesday after a long meeting with Jazz general manager Kevin O’Connor following the team’s loss to the Chicago Bulls in Salt Lake City. Sloan and his longtime assistant, Phil Johnson, resigned together on Thursday. The Jazz planned a 5 p.m. ET news conference to officially make the announcement.

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Sloan’s relationship with point guard Deron Williams(notes) had grown progressively worse over the course of the season, league sources said, and the coach had tired of dealing with the team’s best player. The frustration escalated on Wednesday night when Sloan and Williams clashed in the locker room at halftime.

“He decided right there in halftime that he was done,” a league source told Yahoo! Sports. “He felt like ownership was listening more to Williams than they were to him anymore. He was done.”

One source said Sloan had become tired of Williams “blaming everything on everyone else.” Still, Williams, who can become a free agent in the summer of 2012, has remained the Jazz’s best and most consistent player after the departure of several key teammates. Williams has always had a reputation for wanting to win badly and being a strong leader.

Assistant coach Ty Corbin, who is expected to be a candidate for other head-coaching jobs next offseason, is believed to be the heir apparent. His agent, Steve Kauffman, was still waiting to hear from Jazz officials on Thursday afternoon about the naming of Corbin as the interim coach.

@tribjazz
Brian T. Smith
Sources say Sloan had lost team. One described situation as Deron Williams only staying if Sloan stepped down.

http://twitter.com/#!/tribjazz/status/35790446567362560

[HarlemHeat37]

As I've been saying since last year, Deron Williams isn't a leader..he's overrated(when people refer to him as the clear #1 PG in the NBA, which most people do), he doesn't perform in clutch time, and as he has shown this season, he's a drama queen/pussy..as was evident in last night's game, where he had 3 turnovers in the last 2 minutes of the game..

I can't wait until he goes to the Lakers, where all the drama queens belong..

[Hoops Czar]

next Laker head coach.

[tlongII]

Unbeavable. That's all I got to say.