OT: Utah Jazz coach Jerry Sloan to announce resignation today

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  1. oldmangrouch

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    That's what I was thinking. Better for the team PR wise if it looks like Sloan made the choice himself. In return, Sloan gets a nicer severance package.
     
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    Wonder what's up.
     
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    I blame Bush.
     
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    Time for Portland to swoop in and trade for Deron. Get on it, Cho.
     
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    So, basically, KP made Sloan resign with the "toxic offers".
     
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    LOL, their management absolutely hates us. They've openly spoken about how they won't be "bullied" by PA and the Blazers. They will- under no costs- trade US a top 10 player.
     
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    :tsktsk: Sloan is too old to be getting a Brazilian.
     
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    Nikolokolus There's always next year

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    Forget Williams. Let's go get that skinny white Butler kid ... whathisname ... he's awesome (I've heard).
     
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    That's a major reason why Boozer is gone and the franchise is so cash poor. Even from his grave, the ghost of kpee still haunts the Jazz.
     
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    I'm not sure about that. I do think it's possible that they would simply not trade with Portland, but I think they also have to worry about their jobs. If Portland's offer was the best, they really can't afford professionally to make their team worse just to avoid trading with the Blazers. It's not like there's just one monolithic entity known as the Jazz...there's a bunch of people running the Jazz who can be fired. I assume their jobs are more important to them than holding grudges.
     
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    The talk in Jazz forums is that Deron and Sloan were clashing all season, and that Williams was getting tired of Sloan. If that's the case, it's not very likely that he's getting traded.
     
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    End of an era, whether you liked him or not (I hated him).
     
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    Over on yahoo is a little more info:

    http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/news;_ylt=AmxqwZNUzrAQvERGHmou1gu8vLYF?slug=aw-sloanretiring021011
     
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    If Deron indeed is causing all this trouble, then Sloan might still want to coach.

    I wouldn't mind a trade of Nate for Sloan next year.
     
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    No chance. When the team makes a big bet on Williams at the expense of a Hall-of-Fame coach, they are not going to trade him now.
     
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    I think this is true in the short-term anyway. If the team doesn't get some help for D-Will soon he will force his way out though.
     
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    They basically swapped Boozer for Jefferson. They lost Korver and Wesley Matthews. Now they've lost a HOF coach. They are trending downward. It's a shame really as I think Sloan is a terrific coach. His style just might not fit in today's NBA though.
     
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    d-will wont be back. book it.
     
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    Wrong forum. Wrong alias. Are you not supposed to annoy Jazz fans with this remark?
     
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