<div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">You can quibble with the substitutions, kvetch about the offense or complain about the attention to minor details. But nobody can accuse Jerry Sloan of being inconsistent. "Win or lose, you know he's not going to be happy," said Matt Harpring, a five-year veteran of Sloan's disciplinary style. "No matter what, he always thinks you can get better." He always believes he can, too, and that pursuit has kept him coming back to the Jazz sidelines every season since 1988. It's made him one of the most revered coaches in NBA history, particularly among his peers. And it's made his annual decision about his future less tortured, he said, than it probably appears. "The answer usually becomes pretty clear," Sloan said of his now-yearly contemplation of his career. The decision about a 20th season will come a bit later than the past couple of years, because Utah is back in the playoffs for the first time since 2003. But once the season finally ends, Sloan will fall back into his offseason routine: Go home to Illinois and think. "It's the usual [process]. We'll see when the season's over," Sloan said on the eve of his 1,875th game (counting playoffs) as an NBA coach, tonight against the Kings (8 p.m. MDT, FSN Utah). "I don't know what I'll do. I never like to make any [decisions] before then."</div> Source
