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One game out of 7th

One and a half out of 6th.
 
Ya, I thought the season was over. I'm confused!
 
Mixum is Blazer Ken, nuff said.

Funny story about Blazer Ken though, he lives at the same retirement community as my grandmother. He is pretty young though, and is certainly a Blazer fan. Kinda different though, and certainly not all there.
 
Yeah, it was Sloan that was the problem with Utah...
 
We moved from 9th to 7th place (predicted) in one day. Memphis moved up .3 of a win, Utah moved down .8, and we moved up .6.

44.2 Portland
44.1 Utah
44.0 Memphis

http://www.coolstandings.com/basket...sn=2010&col=expw&sort=desc&run=1045&sim=s&v=c

On the last day of the season, we will proudly boast of exactly 1 tenth of a win more than Utah, and 2 tenths more than Memphis.

That's 4.8 minutes ahead. (I must add that I think Memphis will make the playoffs with us and Utah is out.)
 
Man! The season is going to come down to the last night AGAIN!!!!!!!!
 
Utah is in disarray right now. Not only did their coach quit on them, but so did their lead assistant.

I feel bad that Sloan had to soil his legacy like this, but as a Blazer fan, I can't say that I am unhappy about it.
 
Not only did Utah lose at home, the home crowd was booing loudly in the 4th quarter and walking out before the game was over.

Me thinks the fine folks in Salt Lake City aren't liking the post Jerry Sloan era, so far.

BNM
 
Boob-No-More said:
Not only did Utah lose at home, the home crowd was booing loudly in the 4th quarter and walking out before the game was over.

Me thinks the fine folks in Salt Lake City aren't liking the post Jerry Sloan era, so far.

BNM
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They should be booing the coach who quit on them, if anything.
 
maxiep said:
Karl Malone disagrees

http://www.chicagobreakingsports.com/2011/02/karl-malone-sloan-would-never-quit-anything.html
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Sloan quit. A non-champion like Karl Malone is now spinning trying to spin it into something else. Sloan himself said it was his own decision, and it had nothing to do with players on this team. Meh

EDIT - Reading further, it seems that Malone had his own loud arguments with Sloan. My guess is that Sloan, at age 68, just got tired of arguing with idiots, so he finally quit.
 
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PapaG said:
Sloan quit. A non-champion like Karl Malone is now spinning trying to spin it into something else. Sloan himself said it was his own decision, and it had nothing to do with players on this team. Meh
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Don't mess with The Mailman

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PapaG said:
Sloan quit...Sloan himself said it was his own decision
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It was his own decision to take a hike because management told him if he didn't like their new way, to get lost. Does that meet the definition of being fired? It's like when they ask for your resignation as a dignified alternative to firing you.
 
jlprk said:
It was his own decision to take a hike because management told him if he didn't like their new way, to get lost. Does that meet the definition of being fired? It's like when they ask for your resignation as a dignified alternative to firing you.
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That would be a neat story, but it's not at all what happened, at least according to Sloan and Jazz ownership/management.

Try actually doing some research next time. Minstrel's meme on Sloan quitting was proven false by Sloan himself. I posted the quotes in another thread.
 
maxiep said:
Yeah, it was Sloan that was the problem with Utah...
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They were already in a tailspin while he was coaching. They had lost 10 of 14 games. Also, two seasons ago, they completely choked at the end of the season and fell to 8th. Sloan knew this team wasn't gonna miss the playoffs, so he jumped ship like cowardly losers do. If he was doing a better job of coaching and they were in the top 3 or 4, he'd still be coaching. I don't understand why they kept him around so long. Better coaches than him have been fired after just a few years. Anywhere else, he would've been fired a looooooooong time ago.
 
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maxiep said:
Yeah, it was Sloan that was the problem with Utah...
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He's been holding them back for years. No telling what Stockton and Malone could have achieved without Sloan getting in their way.
 
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Boob-No-More said:
Not only did Utah lose at home, the home crowd was booing loudly in the 4th quarter and walking out before the game was over.

Me thinks the fine folks in Salt Lake City aren't liking the post Jerry Sloan era, so far.

BNM
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Make room for the Seattle Jazz?
 
Boob-No-More said:
Not only did Utah lose at home, the home crowd was booing loudly in the 4th quarter and walking out before the game was over.

Me thinks the fine folks in Salt Lake City aren't liking the post Jerry Sloan era, so far.

BNM
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I have always loved to hate the Jazz, and I'm feeling a bit conflicted about their sudden collapse. The change from Sloan to Corbin feels a bit like losing Darth Vader... There's just no better villain out there.
 
the only question left is...

will utah fall out of playoffs?
 
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