Comments about ‘Road woes continue for Jazz’

Wow.Great off season.What are you working on now.

Personally I think what the problem with the Jazz right now is the fact that they no longer have Derrick Fisher. This Jazz team is basically the same as the one last year, but they're falling apart late in games because they don't have any veteran leadership to guide them in these situations anymore. I still have faith that the Jazz can pull out of this eventually, but they probably wouldn't have gotten themselves into this predicament to begin with if a guy like Fisher was still here.

The Jazz will bounce back quickly is my belief. . .The need is for momentum and being consistent. Their physical play is fine, but does need the emotional fix which will give a fine them the extra which is now missing. they are on the verge and will break thru on this road trip.

BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!

Time for Sloan to retire. I suggest hiring Isaiah Thomas.
Better yet, LHM should sell the basketball team and bring in an NHL hockey team instead. Now that would be some seriously good entertainment.

Put a fork in it were done.

My comment is simple, does anyone else notice that the Jazz roll when AK get's fully involved? I think D-will and Boozer need to recognize they need help and need to get others involved earlier instead at the end of the shot clock. They are too predictable

Until the Jazz have somebody that is a legitimate outside threat, the Jazz are going to face a lot of Zone Defenses. I agree we need leadership, but we also need a Hornacek. Why would another team want to play man defense and fight through all those screens when they could play zone and laugh as they watch Brewer and AK take 20 footers.

For all you Sloan lovers you can have him. Its obvious that he has lost control of this team, and He cant figure out how to beat a zone defense. The Jazz totally deserve a bad year they didn't do anything in the off season to improve. Larry Miller has no you know what to make any big trades. This is the year they should have tried to win a championship, instead a first round exit if that.

The problems with the Jazz lie primarily at the feet of Jerry Sloan. The players want to will, as does Sloan, but Jerry has no idea how to effectively lead a team through adversity. He thinks that criticism and a lack of ability to control his temper will bring victory. What a joke, a bad one at that. Jerry can't see anything good in anything that's done, win or lose. There's a "law" of human behavior. It says, "What you pay attention to will increase." If it's negativity, negativity will increase. Conversely, if it's positive things you pay attention to, they, too, will increase. JS has no concept of that. As good as he is in the fundamentals, he knows nothing about relating to people. Larry Miller ought to see the light someday and fire the man. The sooner he does, the better for the team.

I can't agree with you more LB. Sloan is our problem. He is overrated as a coach. And everyone wonders why he never wins coach of the year. At the end of games when we have a chance to win, case in point the hawks game, instead of calling a timeout, settling everyone down he lets miles jack up a three. First off i want to see miles succeed but when you play 10 minutes a game and ya jack up 2 shots a minute and ya only make 3. Why is he even in the rotation?? i like the brewer, giricek, collins and some cash for Maggette deal. Maggette brings athleticism and veteran leadership,a big guard who can defend and has no problem being in Utah. Until the jazz get rid of Sloan, let D-Will take over the game at the end like we all know he can, and make a big trade. We are 8th seed(sadly)at best. Sloan is burying us into the cellar.

Hmmm... I wonder... Are the players tanking it to get Sloan fired? I have been a huge Jerry Sloan fan for a long time but I am starting to wonder if getting a new coach would not be the best thing for this team. The team doesn't listen to him anymore. The team doesn't respect him anymore and I believe they are not playing their best ball on purpose. Why else would such a talented team underachieve so bad???

To LB and Sloan Hater - you really don't know much about basketball, do you? No matter who the coach is, you're not going to bust a zone w/o outside shooting. The biggest reason you are seeing other teams play so much zone is because Okur is out. When he's back, he'll pull them out of the zone and the offensive execution will improve. This is a good thing for Boozer and Williams to go through to add to their experience. Quit whining and understand that there is an ebb and flow to an NBA season. They'll get back to their winning ways when they get back home and get some wins in the ESA.

Sloan's a has-been, or never-will-be. He loses his temper when the heat goes up and has no ability to hang on at the end. The players "don't listen anymore?" They professionals just as Jerry is. They want to win just as much as he ever did. The problem is, Jerry gets rattled and loses his head, then he treats people like they were worthless. Andre was right, it's Jerry's team and Jerry doesn't have a clue how to hang on to what should be sure win. LHM is killing himself by worshiping this ner-do-well coach!

The problem is Sloan, and you can break it down real easy:
-jazz don't work for 3's in their offense (watch spurs as counterpoint)
-jazz always try for layups & overpass trying to get them - hence the turnovers.
-jazz crowd the inside (congesting their quest for layups) to get offensive rebounds, but when someone misses a jumper, they're all under the basket and teams fast-break like crazy on them w/ the long rebound.
-sloan is more interested in recreating stockton to malone than creating something new with totally different personnel.

The problem is Memo he is riding the freaking bench. He is being a baby. When he is in we have an outside shooting threat. When he is crying on the bench we get beat 5 out of 6. Just dump Gira he is the most inconsistent player on the team. I would blame Miller, Oconner, Dw, Boozer, Ak, Brewer, Paul, The Refs, David Stern, The Fans, and The rest of the team that don't get to play. Before I would blame Jerry.

We are going to be 14-19 at the end of this month if we keep playing like this. Tough schedule ahead. At least we lead the league in fouls.

I agree with PBH, you guys need to quit whining about Sloan and realize what the real problem is. (It is funny how at the first of the season everyone was saying Sloan for coach of the year and now that things aren't good it is all his fault) The problem is that the out side shooting for the Jazz is laughable. And other teams know this so that is why they are able to use the zone effectively. Sloan cant make his guys make shots. It also doesnt help that we have no veteran leadership down the stretch either.
All in all we have many issues and to blame it on just Sloan is very closed minded and immature. The Jazz will pull out of this it is just a matter of time, just hope it doesnt take too long.

you know, im sick of these so called jazz fans who make stupid proclaimations about get rid of andrei or get rid of okur. now its get rid of jerry. i think it just goes to show you that without all those pieces, we dont make another run to the conference finals. we need harp back, we need more bench scoring, we need someone to set up williams to break the zone. ive played against zones before. williams is the best shooter on the team. its hard to get a quality shot off when you are handing the ball. much easier on a zone to catch and shoot. the jazz need to down pick, use some uconn curls that rip uses to get free and have andrei set up williams to shoot. without okurs shooting, the jazz are gonna continue to struggle cause teams are just gonna pack the zone and lets face it, collins is not going to be that offensive rebounder that we need to give boozer a safety net when he shoots. we need a 10 game winning streak like now. go jazz.

why do people stick up for Sloan? We need a change badly.