NJNJ Posted December 3, 2009 Report Share Posted December 3, 2009 SALT LAKE CITY (AP)-- Jazz coach Jerry Sloan has signed a deal to return next year for his 23rd season as Utah's head coach. The team announced the deal Wednesday. The 67-year-old Sloan, inducted into the Hall of Fame in September, is the longest-tenured active coach in major professional sports. He's also the longest-tenured coach in NBA history and helped the Jazz reach consecutive NBA finals in 1997-98. Last season, he became the first NBA coach to win 1,000 games with one franchise. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheNextBestThing Posted December 3, 2009 Report Share Posted December 3, 2009 Jerry Sloan is my favorite coach in the league. He's a real professional. Are any other heads shaking that he has no coach of the year awards? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GamerGuy Posted December 3, 2009 Report Share Posted December 3, 2009 He's like the Energizer Bunny, he just keeps going, and going, and going... He's a good coach, but he hasn't been to the Finals in a while. Hasn't won a title either, so it makes you wonder how long he'll stick around before calling it quits. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheNextBestThing Posted December 3, 2009 Report Share Posted December 3, 2009 He's like the Energizer Bunny, he just keeps going, and going, and going... He's a good coach, but he hasn't been to the Finals in a while. Hasn't won a title either, so it makes you wonder how long he'll stick around before calling it quits. I think he just likes coaching. Everybody wants to win, but I don't know if Sloan needs "success" to be happy coaching. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Years Posted January 16, 2010 Report Share Posted January 16, 2010 And still this team seems exactly the same as 3 years ago Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redneck Posted January 16, 2010 Report Share Posted January 16, 2010 Not really sure we can blame that on Sloan. He can only work with what he has, which isn't really all that much except some overpaid premaddonas. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Years Posted January 16, 2010 Report Share Posted January 16, 2010 Still you have arguably the best pg in the leauge along with Nash and Paul and we do have offensive weapons but yet we continue to be average at best. I personally think that at this point D-Will would love to play in offense thats not based on a system so he can completely utilize his play making ability. Eh I just know something big needs to change soon cause average gets boring real fast. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redneck Posted January 16, 2010 Report Share Posted January 16, 2010 I do kind of agree that the system does limit D-will to some extent, but the guy is very turnover prone when he gets to run crazily. He's also a bit injury prone, and one thing that Sloan's system is very good at is making below average PG's average. Look at some of the crap the Jazz have had as their second string PG and look how those guys have performed in Utah compared to the rest of their careers. Sloan's offensive sets don't really bother me so much, it's his defensive schemes which drive me nuts. He still thinks it's 1973 and there is no three point shot, so the Jazz never gaurd it. His substitution patterns also drive me nuts. He'll pull out CJ or Wes when they're doing good for no apparent reason. The offensive woes this season I think have a lot to do with really no outside shooters. Memo has sucked, CJ and Korver have been injured and ineffective. But in the past week Korver has really seemed to get healthy and Memo has found his shot again and suddenly the Jazz are playing very well. I think that's because Boozer and Deron can get to the hoop where they are most effective. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Years Posted January 16, 2010 Report Share Posted January 16, 2010 Deron I wouldn't give him the injury prone rank yet. I think as opposed to other teams when Deron gets minor injuries we sit him out and we play it very safe with him. But players like Cp3 play through wrist injuries and such. Turnover prone he was improving that earlier in the season before he got injured. Actually everything was clicking but after that blowout loss to Atlanta everything just started to go down hill for this team. But regardless the last person we have to worry about on this team is D-Will he'll give you 20/10 numbers nightly and he's having his best rebounding season. But we need consistency Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redneck Posted January 16, 2010 Report Share Posted January 16, 2010 D-will has always turned the ball over a lot, which is one reason why this team will win games when he is out. Price/Maynor/Knight/Gaines don't turn the ball over as much. Deron sometimes tries to do so much and just assumes that other guys, mostly Boozer, will move inside the system when they don't. Sometimes I do think the Jazz sit D-Will when his injuries aren't that bad. The Charlotte game last year is a good example of this. They sat him and he looked fine the game before and looked fine the rest of the year. D-Will can play through some bad injuries in important games, so you may be onto something there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Years Posted January 16, 2010 Report Share Posted January 16, 2010 True but even greats pg's like Nash have been turnover prone through there careers just because of how much they handle the ball. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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