<div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">The Jazz have just 14 games remaining in their season, and they were mathematically eliminated from playoff contention ? as if their hopes hadn't died long ago ? with Thursday's loss to Washington. Coach Jerry Sloan, however, isn't looking ahead already to the 2005-06 NBA season. Rather, he has one thing ? and one thing only ? in mind. That is the remainder of this season, since he has no idea what the next will hold. "You never know where you'll be next year ? in coaching or not," he said. "There's no guarantee of any of that. If I get sick or don't feel like coming, I won't be here. If I (do feel like it), I will."</div> <div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">"My job is to try to help players get better, not teach them how to lose," said Sloan, whose Jazz resume a seven-game homestand tonight vs. Milwaukee.</div> <div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">Yet the Jazz did not, a fact apt to influence only positively the likelihood of Sloan returning for season No. 18.</div> <div align="center">Source</div>
