From Deseret News archives:
Giricek status unknown as Jazz prepare for Orlando
Much clearer, however, is a picture of just what preceded Giricek being ordered to the locker room during the second quarter of Utah's loss at Charlotte on Wednesday night and his subsequent banishment from the team.
According to accounts from some who heard a timeout exchange between the reserve shooting guard and Jerry Sloan, the Jazz coach first told the veteran from Croatia that he needed to pass the ball inside.
Giricek answered, "OK," to which Sloan purportedly replied, "Now go sit at the end of the bench and b----."
Said Sloan: "I told him to go sit down and put his butt on the bench."
The remark, whatever it precisely was, infuriated longtime Sloan punching-bag Giricek. He responded with an oral retort, albeit supposedly without swearing at the longtime Jazz coach or raising his voice.
Sloan also confirmed the initial remark about making the entry pass, but didn't elaborate otherwise.
"I mentioned something to him about that," he said, "but I'm not gonna get into all that Mickey Mouse stuff. It doesn't do any good at this point."
When Giricek asked to respond, he apparently got tossed out of the locker room.
After the game the 14-13 Jazz's seventh straight road loss trainer Gary Briggs told Giricek to retrieve his belongings and return to Utah rather than continue on with the team to Florida for stop No. 3 on a four-game Eastern swing.
After conferring by telephone with his agent, Marc Fleisher, Giricek complied.
"I can only speculate that Jerry (Sloan) is frustrated with the team's performance," Fleisher said Thursday, "and Giri bore the brunt of that."
Sloan who has a history of similar confrontations with players over his 20-season coaching career in Utah, including, but not limited to, Greg Ostertag, John Amaechi and current Magic point guard Carlos Arroyo didn't deny that Thursday.
"I'm sure that probably has something to do with everything," he said. "Usually when you lose, that's what happens. But I'm not frustrated as far as playing, if we play hard. I get frustrated when we don't play hard."
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