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Sloan considering a team captain change
By Phil Miller
The Salt Lake Tribune
Article Last Updated:10/25/2006 01:53:55 AM MDT
Jazz Notes
DENVER - Lots of decisions will be made in the next week about Jazz
players - who makes the team, whose contract gets renewed - but Jerry Sloan
is wrestling with another call that seems minor, but might not be.
The Jazz coach remains undecided about who to name the team's captain.
That might seem strange, given that all three of last season's captains
remain on the roster, but Sloan is considering making a change.
"We're still talking about it, the coaches and I," Sloan said. "I've given
it some thought."
Andrei Kirilenko, Carlos Boozer and Matt Harpring served last season as
tri-captains, a job with responsibilities that include meeting with the
referees before the game, approaching the officials should any problems
arise, and - most nebulous of all - acting as a sort of locker-room leader.
"It's hard job for me. Sometimes I don't know what to do," Kirilenko said.
"In Russia, it's more like coaching role in the floor. Here, it's like you
should be spiritual leader."
Should Sloan decide to appoint a different captain, or set of captains,
removing the title without hurting anyone's feelings might be a delicate
matter. But all three said they would have no problem accepting the coach's
decision.
"The great thing about Jerry is, he'll do what's best for the team. I don't
think it would bother anybody," Boozer said. "I loved it. It makes you more
responsible, so it would be an honor again. But whatever he decides is what's
best."
"I've tried to do it to the best of my ability, but I'd be happy either
way," Harpring added.
Kirilenko said the lack of a concrete job description bothered him last
year. "I mean, main job is to go to center court and shake somebody's hand,"
he said. The locker-room aspects, the unspoken assumption that he would
confront teammates who weren't meeting expectations? Much more difficult.
"I don't like to talk a lot, and English is not my native language. So
sometimes it's hard for me to inspire," Kirilenko said. "All I can say is,
'Pick it up guys.' . . . I mean, sometimes there are games, games, all the
time, and you can see guys are tired. I cannot do anything about that."
He does consider the role an honor though, and looks upon himself as one
of the Jazz's central players. "I'm captain until somebody tells me I'm not,"
he said. But if Sloan named, say, Derek Fisher or Deron Williams instead?
"I wouldn't be upset. If he chose somebody who would really talk with the
players and be a kind of leader, I would personally agree and support that
guy."
Briefly
Brown and Brian Chase will continue their battle for a spot on the Jazz
for at least one more game. Sloan said he would make no cuts until after
the Jazz's preseason finale, Thursday night against the Pacers. "Both guys
are pretty equal the way they've played," Sloan evaluated. "Both have had
moments where they've struggled a little bit, too. That's OK, it's part of
being young players."
Fisher will return to practice today, after missing 11 days with a badly
bruised pelvis. "I'm really looking forward to getting him back in our
workouts," Sloan said.
pmiller@sltrib.com
http://www.sltrib.com/jazz/ci_4546127
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