John Amaechi said Jerry Sloan was a "cruel person," the worst person he's ever met. And in 20 years, Sloan never won shit. He had maybe the best PG and PF of all time! Phil would've won several titles with those guys. Good riddance, Jerry.
If Phil coached Karl Malone and Stockton, MJ would've been remembered as a guy who was too selfish to ever win a title.
Yes but not for three years. Just one and a half years. 92-93 Jordan 93-94 no Jordan 94-95 Jordan returns mid season By the way, the 93-94 Bulls were damn good and would've probably won the title if not for a bad call on a phantom foul against Hubert Davis.
In a legacy of stupid things you have said, this may very well be the dumbest. His teams made the playoffs all but two years. He made the finals twice and the second round multiple times. The Jazz team that existed after Malone and Stockton left still managed to be respectable. Apparently you think Aldelman is a pile of shit. He never won a damn thing. Ramsey only won a single title, the fucking loser. Come to think of it, look at all the Blazer players that never won a title. Porter sucks. Buck Williams is a pile of shit. Fuck Sabonis, what a choker. Well either that or the idea that not winning a title makes a player/coach worthless is fucking stupid. Take your pick.
What if John was an overly sensitive person? The meanest and most cruel people I ever dealt with did the most for me. My drill sergeants were cruel as fuck, but set me straight and taught me how to be a man. Sloan seems like a drill sergeant and some people can't handle that.
By all reports, that was not the case. I'm not sure why you had to lie to try and make a point. My bad for believing the premise of your question. http://www.cnbc.com/id/41521829 It was 100% Sloan's decision, and the Jazz wanted him to stay.
I love your angry man routine. Do you do parties? I didn't lie. I said "IF" that was the case (go back and read the post you quoted, you'll see!)...as was being speculated at the time. I obviously had no idea what was happening behind the scenes of the Jazz and never claimed to know. Why did you have to lie about what I said, PapaG? Why are you a liar about other people's posts? Please stop lying. You're a quality poster when you're not telling lies about what people said.
Poor Minstrel. Always the victim. I must have missed the "if" part of this post, though. To me, I read it as you believing it was an either/or scenario. Perhaps next time you should clarify you hypotheticals, because this one reads as an assumed reality and not a hypothetical. Perhaps "allegedly" would have been a better adverb to more clearly express your point? Why did you have to lie about using the word "if", Minstrel? Oh, and yes, this confirms that Sloan, quite literally, was a quitter who quit on his own accord.
And always by you. Yes, that was my first post, and I did say "apparently." Realizing that it might be viewed as me claiming something as fact (which I wasn't, even then), I wrote a second point clarifying that it a theoretical. Which leads us to this: As noted above, that's exactly what I did. Second post clarified the first. And you did see the second post, since that's what you quoted. So, this leads us to a new question: why are you lying about whether I clarified? It does confirm that Sloan resigned without pressure. Whether that makes him a quitter will have to be left up to opinion.
Ric Bucher blames Nic Batum: "Actually, I'd like to put Sloan's firing on Nic Batum. He was the one who was quoted as saying Rose couldn't play D and then suddenly woke up and realized whose cage he was rattling and quickly took it back saying he never said it. I suspect Deron Williams paid a price for Batum's comment, that led to Deron getting into it with Sloan, Sloan has a talk with management...and there you go."
I know this will spin Papa G out of his head but I think they should make Sloan coach of the WC in the ASG. I'm sure Pop wouldn't mind taking the weekend off.
I read a good idea on Jazz forum. Name the COY award him. It would be ironic as hell ('cause he's never won the award), but really fitting.
Nah, Stern has already said he's going to name the COY after Kevin Love. I did email my all star coaching idea to Brian T Smith and he's going to ask Pops and Sloan about it.
I'd have no problem with that at all. Seems like a good idea. Kind of fitting that his last game would be a meaningless exhibition.
The Jerry Sloan 'You'll Now Never Win a Title and Are Still Likely Will Be Fired Within 3 Years" Coach of the Year Award. Sounds good to me!
What would you next season if Jerry Sloan was coaching the Blazers with Andre Miller as the point guard and Kevin Love as the starting power forward?
1) Sloan never won a championship. That is all you play for. Banners. A billion playoff appearances without a title is failure. 2) Never said Sloan was a piece of shit so no, I don't think Adelman is a piece of shit. But Adelman has never won anything either. Had best record in the league with Blazers ('91) and Kings ('02) and didn't reach the Finals in either time. And HCP... 3) Overly sensitive? I don't see how using homophobic slurs and calling a player a "c**t" is supposed to be "good coaching." I've never heard of Phil Jackson treating players like that and he has 11 championships.
You can't use 2002 as an example though. Eventually you have to realize some teams have no depth and simply get injured throughout the year. In the playoffs they don't raise their level at all, merely play to their abilities. Prime Shaq missed 25 games and with the ok depth they still won 58 games. In the playoffs they were built to cover up their weaknesses.
