I respect his ability as a coach, plus the hard-nosed, defensive philosophy. I also respect that he's a straight shooter and doesn't coddle his players. That said... Never. Never a Jazz on the Rockets. Never in a million years. It's the principle.
the announcement of the head coach each home game would be...interesting. i feel no need to compliment sloan on any of his "accomplishments" as a coach.
I'm not into banning people from the board, but suggesting such a thing(even if you don't exactly advocate it) should be a bannable offense.
As I said there seems to be a lot of respect for the Jazz on this board, and by respect I mean fear. Fear though can be a powerful thing if we can master it Or as Sloan might say. If you only knew the power of the Dark Side
No! Won't happen anyway; Sloan will end his career in Utah. He is like a fixture there. Yao would drive Sloan over the edge, not his kind of player. Jackson on the other hand might do wonders with Yao.
I don't know why we would want him as a coach. He's never won anything and him and Adelman are about on the same level. I'd want Phil Jackson as a coach that's for sure. Phil woulda made Tmac hungry somehow with his Zen techniques and Tmac woulda beast the NBA. Phil changes the way guys look at the game with his little mind-games. Either him or Popovic. If I want anyone to replace Adelman it'd be Avery Johnson.
70% now voted that: "No, I don't want his Jazz @ss to tarnish the Rockets bench." If this is not an irrational homer comment, what it is? Not agree with this. Another issue is that people are like they are, and they understand "suspicious" things...
Well he has gotten out of the first round a lot more times than the Rockets have in the last 10 years. To use another geeky analogy. Consider Sloan as like the Ring of Power. If you were Aragorn would you want to use the Ring to defeat your enemies even knowing that it came from an evil source and might make you evil?
If you think cheating is great. Sloan coaches his players to play dirty on one end and flop on the other. He gets results by cheating. If he was coach of The Rockets I would stop watching games, stop visiting this site and start a new site called rocketssuck.com. I can't believe a single person voted yes or maybe. Those who did are not only sucky Rockets fans; they're sucky basketball fans.
Sloan? Wtf. Why? So he can turn us into a bunch of floppers that the rest of the country hates? When people say hes such a great coach what do they base this on? Regular season record? 20 years and no rings. 20 years..
Kind of meaningless, since I see no chance he would ever coach any other team than the Jazz. You think he wants to pick up and move his old ass now? He'd retire before he moved. Great coach, though.
So the real question being asked is, "If the Rockets cheated their way to limited success, would Houston support them?" The answer is a resounding NO. Cheating is for scum buckets. And Sloan and the Jazz qualify. Sloan was always a dirty player and taught his players to play the same way. Remember the Malone kicks? Remember the Stockton elbows? Nothing has changed, except now it's the Boozer wild flying arms which knock out teeth (no foul called), the entire team's flops, Kirilenko magically being propelled out of bounds at the end of two close playoff games, it's a pansy team coached by a pansy. Basketball is a game of athleticism, skill, and amazing feats. Not crying, man-purses, flopping, and constant fouls by every player on every possession. Hell no we don't want Sloan. I'd rather have Clutch coach the team.
Sloan hasn't won anything. His teams play hard, sure, and I guess if you want watch your guys flop and play dirty, it might be appealing. There's something to be said for consistent playoff appearances. But other than that his style isn't good for actually winning championships. At least it hasn't so far. And what are the 'rational' options in the poll for 'No'?
Yeah. Sloan and the Jazz are cheating. If that's what it takes you telling yourselves to deal with those years of early summers, you're hitting the crack pipe.
Good one. 93-94 94-95 Scoreboard. Jesus knows and cheaters never win. If you don't know The Jazz are dirty cheaters you suck at watching basketball.
