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He signed an extension this week!
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Nevertheless, this is an immense loss for the Jazz and NBA. Sloan is a standard and his run in Salt Lake won't be duplicated in pro ball.
Ty Corbin has the interest of several GM's who expect to make coaching changes this summer, and this could be way for Jazz to keep him.
Things changed for Sloan in Utah with passing of late owner Larry Miller. He could always get Miller to spend on players when it was needed.
He signed an extension this week!
How do you go from signing an extension at the beginning of the week to resigning at the end of the week. I'll believe it when I see it.
You just could smell something like this is in play here... Larry Miller was a great owner too.Things changed for Sloan in Utah with passing of late owner Larry Miller. He could always get Miller to spend on players when it was needed.
It's not just Sloan that needs to pay the price for the bad offseason moves the team made.
For the record, here's a list of the order in which the current NBA coaches were hired by their clubs:
12/09/88 -- Jerry Sloan
12/10/96 -- Gregg Popovich
07/16/99 -- Phil Jackson (resigned 6/18/04; rehired 6/14/05)
04/29/04 -- Doc Rivers
01/27/05 -- George Karl
07/07/05 -- Nate McMillan
05/23/07 -- Rick Adelman
06/07/07 -- Stan Van Gundy
04/21/08 -- Scott Skiles
04/28/08 -- Eric Spoelstra
05/09/08 -- Rick Carlisle
05/13/08 -- Mike D'Antoni
01/25/09 -- Lionel Hollins
04/15/09 -- Scott Brooks
04/22/09 -- Flip Saunders
05/09/09 -- Alvin Gentry
05/11/09 -- Jay Triano
06/10/09 -- Paul Westphal
07/09/09 -- John Kuester
08/10/09 -- Kurt Rambis
05/21/10 -- Doug Collins
06/07/10 -- Monty Williams
06/13/10 -- Larry Drew
06/15/10 -- Avery Johnson
06/23/10 -- Tom Thibodeau
07/01/10 -- Byron Scott
07/07/10 -- Vinny Del Negro
09/27/10 -- Keith Smart
12/22/10 -- Paul Silas (interim)
01/30/11 -- Frank Vogel (interim)
On Monday, to be exact. Considering these events are about Jerry Sloan, this has got to be one of the strangest moves in NBA history.
This is what happened after yesterday's game:
tah's Jerry Sloan and GM Kevin O'Connor go at it The Jazz have been a pretty funky outfit all season. Supposedly one of the more staid yet well-inspired groups that this league has to offer, Utah has come out of the gate consistently this year as the NBA's worst first quarter team. And while Utah's many second half comebacks prove to their well ‘o mettle, the fact remains that this first half failing has cost Jerry Sloan's crew far more losses than it has wins. It's also the first year the team has played without Carlos Boozer(notes), and though that may seem like a mitigating factor (as Boozer has averaged around 20 points and 10 rebounds in his first year with Chicago), his stats have been just about replaced by Paul Millsap(notes) and Al Jefferson(notes), and the Jazz would seem to be enjoying the first season since 2003-04 (think about that) that hasn't had either trade rumors involving Boozer, injury issues surrounding Boozer, or potential contract issues surrounding Boozer clouding the air. The guy has been a soap opera since his first few months with the Jazz, and with his return to Utah on Wednesday, the hope was that Utah could show their former forward just how well they're doing in his absence.
And while Boozer struggled, somewhat (14 points and six boards, four of his shots were blocked), the Chicago defense kept Utah at arm's length all night, and the Jazz lost yet another one. The team is now on pace for 47 wins, and is in danger of falling to third in their division behind the rapidly-improving Denver Nuggets.
Following Wednesday's loss, both coach Sloan and Jazz GM Kevin O'Connor apparently had it behind closed doors, before sheepishly meeting the media:
Brian Smith, of the Salt Lake Tribune, has the details:Sloan spent more than 30 minutes behind closed doors before finally speaking with the media. He was clearly disturbed during the initial portion of his postgame interview, and quickly answered two questions about his meeting with O'Connor before saying that he would only discuss game-related queries and then trailing off in mid-sentence.Both Sloan and O'Connor are the longest-tenured people at their respective positions in the NBA, so they're clearly used to working together, but it's also clear that something's not as right as it could be in Utah, and there's no real shame in butting heads over it.
During and following the conversation involving Sloan and O'Connor, a practice scheduled for Thursday morning was abruptly canceled, forward Andrei Kirilenko(notes) emerged from the coaches' room and not the locker room, and multiple players acknowledged that there was a weird vibe after the game. Meanwhile, Sloan vaguely hinted that an update would be provided in the future about his discussion involving O'Connor, while a request for an interview with O'Connor was quickly denied. However, no indication was given that anything drastic is expected to happen with the Jazz, Sloan or O'Connor.
Kirilenko's presence in the meeting makes sense, as he hasn't been the same player since Boozer came out to Utah in 2004, and he's a constant thorn in Sloan's side with his gambling defense and iffy shot selection. Despite 5-14 shooting, Kirilenko played well on Wednesday, blocking four shots along with a 13-point, 10-rebound, two-assist, two-turnover, two-steal night. He also dominated Chicago's Luol Deng(notes).
But the frustration is clearly there, in Utah. If Boozer's flight to Chicago was supposed to clear the air and usher in a new era, then the Jazz have fallen flat to start it. And if two old pros like Sloan and O'Connor can't see eye to eye, even if this is your typical moan-fest in the course of an eight-month season, you have to wonder what would work at this point.
http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/blog/bal...ysp_frm_woah=1
noooooo...
This is sad news for the Jazz, Im sure the players will have some trouble adjusting...
Yeah ... he resigned. Thats why I did not understand the breaking news at first.
He found out Utah was about to trade Deron to the Lakers for a couple of bench scrubs
Something don't add up. Guess we'll have to wait for press conf.
Teams usually do better in the first few games after a coach leaves, I wonder if the same happens here.
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.
http://twitter.com/#!/tribjazz/status/35790446567362560@tribjazz
Brian T. Smith
Sources say Sloan had lost team. One described situation as Deron Williams only staying if Sloan stepped down.
Extremely disappointing. Especially for Deron.
RT @tribjazz: Sources say Sloan had lost team. One described situation as Deron Williams only staying if Sloan stepped down
Two sources say Wednesday's tension started when DWill ran different play than play called on sideline by Sloan, leading to halftime blowup
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Screw the Jazz.
Unbelievable !
IT WILL BE INTRESTING TO SEE HOW JAZZ FANS REACT AT HIS NEXT HOME GAME INTRODUCTION
Honestly, im surprised the FO didn't just immediately trade Deron. I can't fathom why they'd side with a genuine star with a limited shelf life, versus their landmark of a coach.
Sad to see Sloan go, but it's apparent he's lost his players. Though it wasn't always the case, Pop's ability to successfully adapt his system to his players in recent years is quite admirable.
Jerry had to be getting close to retirement even without this. Willilams, when healthy, is in the discussion for best PG in the league. As distastefull as it is to run a guy like Sloan out of a gig he's been in for 20 years I can understand how management would look at that equation and come down on the side of the who's got the longer NBA future ahead of him. Would have liked to have seen Sloan get a classier send off, but the guys running the show don't have the same connection that Sloan and Larry Miller had.
DWill all but intentionally threw the game in the fourth quarter last night. Should be an idea of what to expect without Sloan around.
Good point!
One of the smartest moves that Pop has done during his tenure with the Spurs is establish a relationship with TD.
The fact that TD lets Pop get on him and treats him like one of the guys and has been a major key is Pop's longevity as the coach.
Also, other players know that TD and Pop have such a relationship that everybody else has to fall in line or you will be gone.
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