good coach, great numbers, probably not a great coach. he was never COY, yeah, but his head assistant (phil johnson) has one. does it matter? it’s all popularity — bill russell wasn’t ROY, but some other guy on the boston celtics was? (WHAT THE EFF?) not important. what counts is winning — sloan is a winner.

http://allthatjazzbasketball.blogspot.com/2008/10/five-epic-qualities-of-jerry-eugene.html

he has flaws and qualities, like all coaches, but some of his flaws have been quite bad.

http://allthatjazzbasketball.blogspot.com/2008/09/five-epic-errors-of-jerry-eugene-sloan.html

he’s a good coach, if you have the time check out those two different links, you may learn more about my opinion on him.

he got hosed by the nba and the olympic group in that he should have coached the ’00 team. he got hosed in ’03-04 and should have gotten coach of the year. but he never said a word.

when his 2 greatest players, and arguably the best at their positions all-time, retired most coaches would have left town (ala phil jackson, pat riley, and every coach not named red aeurbach) but not j-slo. he stuck around. that tells me all i need to know about his integrity and his character. not many like him.

he’s a dude i can relate to, when things appear shitty at work you just stick it out. i like him. he’s earned my respect and then some. also, what other coach in the nba is as tough as that joker? you know if you were at a bar heckling him, he’s the type of guy that would just get up and knock the $#*& outta ya and would go and sit back down like nothing happened. i can’t think of any other coach that’s as tough as that guy. he’s 67 and i bet he could knock the hell out of 90% of the nba players.

thanks for the article. i’ve always respected sloan and he doesn’t get even a percentage of the coverage that he deserves.

Exactly. Small Market and still banged with the big boys. And banged hard! My favorite coaching job of all time was the season that Sloan took Utah to the playoffs with No one on his team. I think they lost to Portland or something.

The Jazz need to dish Booze and get another legit scorer to feed off D-Will and they will be back in line to make a serious run. They won’t be the best in b-ball, but they’d be good enough to turn heads and upset!

http://origin.nba.com/jazz/features/typicaljazzfan.html

@ Rob

hahah. Yeah man I love Utah, not embarassed one bit! Holladay!!

Obviously Sloan is not perfect. He has made questionable game time decisions and has failed with a lot of players: Amaechi, John Starks, Chris Morris. But I think he as consistent and he doesn’t back down from any player – that is why I think people respect him. I don’t think there is any coach like him

Malone was an old dog by the time he got out from under Sloan, so don’t act like it’s all because he left Sloan’s system. Had Malone left in his prime who knows?

Again bridesmaid and never a bride with Sloan. Granted he might have been the tops bridesmaid ever but still again many will say that despite all his triumphs he never won the war.

Personally I feel Deron is going to do well regardless of the system so to me that is mute too.

Look I ain’t saying Sloan didn’t take sh*t and turn it to sugar cause he did. I am just saying for me, it’s a new day and if once you don’t succeed try and try again, but come on he and Utah been trying for years and despit the many different reasons, from lack of great players, to they met Jordan and the market, he has not gotten to the top of the peak even if he has climbed the mountain more than many.

I like him and give him plent of credit but I just think it’s time for a change. I ain’t saying his system was and is doo doo, again just that it’s time for a change.

No disrespect meant to the man, his players or fans. I just don’t see him, especially at this point going any further than he already has. Isn’t the object to win it all?