This guy has been with the Jazz for a long time, and he is still one of the greatest coaches in the game. No one recognizes his ability to get the best out of his players, and the Jazz have significantly improved from the past couple years. The Jazz are sitting at 39-19 and could get their 40th win of their year tonight against the Hornets. What do you guys think? Obviously, we have a lot more basketball to play but their schedule in March isn't hard at all, as well as their April schedule.
I definitely agree with this if they finish the season strong. Phil Jackson and Avery Johnson deserve a lot of consideration too, but I really don't think that anyone thought the Jazz would be this good.
Yeah, no 1 expected the Jazz to be this good right?What about sam mitchell? raptors have been winnin. is he a part of it?
I expected them to be good, but I'm a homer. I thought they'd win 50 games, and the Northwest. but to actually look like a contender, I didn't think that would happen. Sloan diserves COTY, He should get it just because the number of times he's been spurned.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (P0W3RBALLIN @ Mar 4 2007, 08:28 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>Yeah, no 1 expected the Jazz to be this good right?What about sam mitchell? raptors have been winnin. is he a part of it?</div>Sam Mitchell sucks..it was more of the way the team was put together that got them where they are..not the coachingI'd say B.C should be executive of the year..not S.M coach of the year
^^Sam Mitchell definatly does not suck. It's not like the players know what to do when they're out there, he directs them.I say Sam Mitchell wins COY if the Raptors can win 43-45 games.And if you put it in your reasoning, it's more of how Deron Williams progressed as a player, then how Sloan is coaching.
Sloan's a very good choice, but I'll still give a little love for Avery here.I know, I know..."The Mavs were supposed to be good", right?But seriously, This GOOD?!?. 50-5 over their last 55 games, joining the Bulls in that regard as all time great good?This team is running away with the Southwest, when the Spurs are on like an 8 game win streak...and they haven't gained a game on Dallas. They're still 8-9 games back.The Suns are 46-14, and STILL 4 games back in the Win column, 5 back in the loss column...The team really has nothing to play for...they'll get the 1 seed, and you'd think they'd lose focus or go through a slump or something...but Avery WON'T let them.He's one of the best coaches in the game already, and that's just amazing.
They won around 60 games last year. No, no one expected them to be quite this good, but I don't think they came out of nowhere like the Utah Jazz did. No one expected the Jazz to be a top 4 (possibly 3) team in the West before the season started. They are on pace to win well over 50 games, around 55. When Boozer went down, they stayed right at their winning pace. Avery has done an AMAZING job the past 2 and a half seasons with the Mavs, transforming their mentality from soft to gritty and feisty. They are winners, and he has a very nice team that could be the 3rd dynasty of the decade. But, I'm definately on the Jerry Sloan for COY bandwagon. The Jazz have amazed me all year, and he has done such a great job of making them into a top team in the West after a few average, near .500 seasons.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Nitro1118 @ Mar 5 2007, 02:54 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>They won around 60 games last year. No, no one expected them to be quite this good, but I don't think they came out of nowhere like the Utah Jazz did. No one expected the Jazz to be a top 4 (possibly 3) team in the West before the season started. They are on pace to win well over 50 games, around 55. When Boozer went down, they stayed right at their winning pace. Avery has done an AMAZING job the past 2 and a half seasons with the Mavs, transforming their mentality from soft to gritty and feisty. They are winners, and he has a very nice team that could be the 3rd dynasty of the decade. But, I'm definately on the Jerry Sloan for COY bandwagon. The Jazz have amazed me all year, and he has done such a great job of making them into a top team in the West after a few average, near .500 seasons.</div>Oh yeah, Sloan is the front runner, and you'd hear no gripes from me if he won it.All I was pointing out is that I've heard people say Avery isn't a candidate because everyone thought the Mavs would be good to begin with, and I was just pointing out why he still should be consiedered, even if he isn't the favorite.
Whenever a team could possibly win 70 games, or near 70 games, that coach should recieve serious candidation. It'd be ridiculous to say he isn't a candidate.But what Sloan has done with the Jazz, and how they have highly exceeded all expectation, gives him the nod from me.
Well one thing thats holding Avery back is that no coach has ever won COTY back-to-back. Don Nelson came close in the 80s having won it 2/3 years.
Anyone that thinks Sam Mitchell should be COY is just an imbecile.Considering most NBA fans last year thought he was a terrible coach and should have been fired, now they add more experience, are 4 games over .500 and now Sam Mitchell is some savior? Give me a break.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Nitro1118 @ Mar 5 2007, 04:16 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>Whenever a team could possibly win 70 games, or near 70 games, that coach should recieve serious candidation. It'd be ridiculous to say he isn't a candidate.But what Sloan has done with the Jazz, and how they have highly exceeded all expectation, gives him the nod from me.</div>Nothing wrong with that, lo.
Yeah, he is my choice for COY. I know Boozer, Deron Williams, and Memo have emerged, but their best player last season has also played like crap. No one expected them to even make the playoffs, and now they are the 3rd or 4th best team in the League. My next candidate would probably be JVG, just for the way he has kept the Rockets atop the West even with Yao out...He is an amazing defensive coach.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Marvinmartian @ Mar 4 2007, 11:46 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>Sloan's a very good choice, but I'll still give a little love for Avery here.I know, I know..."The Mavs were supposed to be good", right?But seriously, This GOOD?!?. 50-5 over their last 55 games, joining the Bulls in that regard as all time great good?This team is running away with the Southwest, when the Spurs are on like an 8 game win streak...and they haven't gained a game on Dallas. They're still 8-9 games back.The Suns are 46-14, and STILL 4 games back in the Win column, 5 back in the loss column...The team really has nothing to play for...they'll get the 1 seed, and you'd think they'd lose focus or go through a slump or something...but Avery WON'T let them.He's one of the best coaches in the game already, and that's just amazing.</div>Eh, I don't think he really did much more than last year to deserve it. The league isn't as strong. The East has been terrible and the West teams have had many injuries. I don't think the Mavs improved by a great amount, but the Jazz really surprised. Still, Avery should be a top candidate this year and every year as long as his team is doing well. He has shown to be an elite coach, but I think Sloan is a top 3 coach in the league right now with some of the other old guys like Jackson and Popovic. He has been forgotten after Stockton and Malone left and guys like McMillian, Avery, D'Antoni came along and Riley came back to coaching. Sloan has done an amazing job though. The Jazz look like they could be a nice upset pick to come out of the West if they have their team together and that's pretty big when there were doubts that they would even make the playoffs. I had them as a #8 seed I think and an early playoff exit.
Not 1 person stands out to me. And that's the only reason I'd give it to Sloan. Though he's not on the level of real all time greats like Red.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Something-To-Say @ Mar 5 2007, 09:00 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>Not 1 person stands out to me. And that's the only reason I'd give it to Sloan. Though he's not on the level of real all time greats like Red.</div> Jerry Sloan didn't have 20 HOF'ers in the era with no salary cap like Red Auerbach had.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (BrewCityBuck @ Mar 6 2007, 09:10 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>Jerry Sloan didn't have 20 HOF'ers in the era with no salary cap like Red Auerbach had.</div> But he helped make those HOFers work together. If you put stars together on a team this year, they are 80% guaranteed to fight like every day. Red had as you just said 20 HOFers and got them to work together into over 10 championships. And I personally wouldn't bring up the salary cap, because if the players this year really truly cared, they'd take say, 5 mil, not 20.
He is a great coach, don't get me wrong, but If the mavs manage to win 70 games (which is very possible imo) There is no chance in hell anybody besides avery johnson is even sniffing the award
