[外電] Mailman incorporating Sloan ideals

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Mailman incorporating Sloan ideals


By Linda Hamilton
Deseret Morning News

      Former Jazzman Karl Malone apparently liked some of Jazz coach Jerry
Sloan's stern preferences. He says he and new Louisiana Tech coach Kerry
Rupp, the former Ute and East High coach, plan to remake the Bulldogs' image.
      Now a big donor and part-time member of the school's promotions and
weight-training staff, Malone recently told boosters and was quoted in the
NewsStar (Louisiana) saying that, "It's not only putting a product on the
court that you will be proud of, but it's also the way you do it. The days at
Louisiana Tech University of baggy pants, cell phones in the arena, hats
turned to the side — those are over."
      Sloan makes players wear their hats straight and bans cell phone use on
the team bus and other places.
      "I think discipline has a lot to do with getting back to where we
were," Malone said to the meeting of boosters and players recently. When he
played there, the Bulldogs made the NCAA Sweet 16 in 1985, just before the
Jazz drafted him. "That's is the way we are going to strive to do it. We're
going to give a kid something that's grounded."
      Malone spoke directly to the players present, saying, "This is your
university. This is your reputation."

      SUB APPEARANCE: Jazz guard Derek Fisher will play one-on-one with two
grand prize winners of the two-month Subway Fresh Fitt contest today at
Zion's Bank Basketball Center at 2:30 p.m. Part of the prizes for the
contest, for which youngsters aged 5 to 17 submitted a poster or video
showing how they're staying healthy and fit, is to play with Fisher.
Runners-up and 20 honorable mention winners will also be honored today. Grand
prizes also include a year's worth of Subway dinners in Utah and a $1,000
fitness grant for their schools.

      GOOD CREW: Writer Marc J. Spears of the Denver Post wrote recently on
his blog that "NBA insiders aren't surprised that the Cleveland Cavaliers had
an embarrassing scoreboard malfunction since they are rumored to have the
worst game night crew in the league ... So which NBA team has the best
game-night crew? That honor goes to the Utah Jazz. The Jazz's game-night crew
is a well-oiled, veteran machine that even works Rocky Mountain Revue summer
league games together."

      BYE: Friday will be the last day on the job for Jazz director of
communications Cindy Edman. After 10 years on the Jazz job, she's getting
married and moving to southern Utah.

From:http://deseretnews.com/dn/view/0,1249,660227178,00.html

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