Utah Jazz CEO Greg Miller recounts night Jerry Sloan resigned    

By Bill Oram | The Salt Lake Tribune
First Published Jun 25 2013 04:56 pm ‧ Updated 2 hours ago

More than two years after the most extreme upheaval in Utah Jazz history,
owner Greg Miller on Tuesday offered a glimpse into a fractured, frustrated
Jazz locker room.

Within hours of a verbal confrontation on Feb. 9, 2011, between Jerry Sloan
and point guard Deron Williams, Sloan was done as the head coach of the Jazz
— "out of gas," according to Miller.

In his first detailed explanation of the night Sloan resigned, Miller, the
CEO of the Larry H. Miller Group of Companies, said Sloan and Williams argued
over the final play of the first half in a home game against the Chicago Bulls.

"Jerry said, ‘If you're going to change the play, it would be nice if you'd
let the rest of the team know so we've got a chance at scoring,’ or
something like that," Miller said. "He kind of reprimanded Deron and Deron
said, ‘My bad.’ "

Miller added: "If he would have left it right there, Jerry may have never
left."

Sloan resigned the next day at a news conference at the team's practice
facility, and then-assistant Tyrone Corbin was named his successor. Less than
two weeks later, Williams was traded for a package that included Derrick
Favors, a draft pick that turned into Enes Kanter and the No. 21 pick in
Thursday's draft.

While Williams will forever be linked to Sloan for his apparent role in the
coach's resignation, which became clearer with Miller's account, the Jazz
CEO said the two landmark events "were very separate."

Last week, Sloan rejoined the Jazz as a senior basketball adviser. Miller
said he has spent time with Sloan in the last several weeks and has observed
"that he is very glad to be back with us in that official capacity."

Miller recounted the story of Sloan's resignation Thursday as part of a
wide-ranging, nearly two-hour roundtable discussion with members of the Salt
Lake City media at the LHM Group's Sandy headquarters.

He said he wrote down the sequence of events and kept them in a journal,
"because I knew this would be a pivotal point in the Jazz history and I
wanted to get everything right."


Miller said he did not hear what Williams said to Sloan after "My bad," but
that center Al Jefferson reached over to calm him down. Then, he said, Sloan
walked away from the team, skipping the usual analysis from assistant coaches.
He walked past Miller on his way to the coaches' offices and, Miller recalled,
Sloan said, "I'd like to have a word with you after the game."

"We all kind of stopped right there," Miller said, "and Deron Williams was
right behind us and he said, ‘Yeah, and I want to be in the meeting, too.’
And then Jerry said, ‘Do you want me to just quit right now?’ "

Miller said he followed Sloan into his office and told him, "I want you to be
very clear on one thing. If anything ever got to the point where we had to
make the choice between a player and you as our head coach, we would side
with you 100 times out of 100."

Following the Jazz's 91-86 loss to the Bulls, Miller asked Sloan to stay
through the season, and then the All-Star break.

"He said, ‘You're not hearing me, I'm out of gas,’ " Miller recalled.

"I could have gotten down on my knees and groveled," he said. " I could have
thrown a chair through the wall and said, ‘This isn't going to happen, stay
here.’ I just said, ‘Jerry I've got to respect your decision; if you're done,
you're done. I'm not happy about it.’ "





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※ 編輯: amox            來自: 114.33.13.196        (06/26 16:29)
→ amox:Jazzfanz上有人提出，印象中Sloan有希望以禁賽之類的處份來
→ amox:要求球員更精確地來執行plays, 但球團不肯。若此事為真，那麼
→ amox:Greg Miller的100%支持教練 > 球員就打了折扣。
推 monmo:阿摸看的重點跟我一樣:p 這些是跟華盛頓那篇原文不同的補增
→ monmo:小米勒當時這麼說比較像狗急跳牆 自然會說100%
→ monmo:被甩男:我當然是100%愛你呀
→ monmo:突然想起阿摸說的我好像之前也看過 說是Sloan想要禁賽胖子
→ monmo:但是球團(小老闆還是KOC)沒有贊成 不過也是人之常情
→ monmo:吵架也是Deron想贏 小老闆現在說漂亮話 但當時一定包括
→ monmo:留下Deron的選項 不太可能完全只顧教練感受
推 steo:我也看過Sloan要求禁賽但老闆不肯的文章
→ monmo:而且說遠一點...百分百支持教練就不會Sloan當初難得出面希
→ monmo:望Boozer留下...卻完全連談都沒談的情況了
→ monmo:不知道這次教皇/河流成制服組 會不會演變成Pop/油頭的風潮
→ ecoli0608:感到滿奇怪的 小老闆為何要在這個時間點提起這件事
→ ecoli0608:教皇是不吃攏絡這套的人..
推 JeremyEvans:告訴黑娃 殷鑒不遠
→ amox:只是要挽回自己的聲望吧
推 kaikai1112:想洗白+1
→ lowatre:其實這件事情是小老闆問記者說想不想知道的...
→ lowatre:包括之前老馬回歸 這一連串找人幾乎是順應民意
→ lowatre:希望不要有隱憂就是了..現在看來小老闆沒甚麼特別的眼光
推 JeremyEvans:其實這只是小米勒長達兩個多小時訪談的其中一段
→ monmo:但撇開喜不喜歡 他變圓融了是好事 能這麼快有事變沒事
→ monmo:也算是他的能耐 畢竟本來差點要跟老馬單挑的感覺
→ monmo:我也覺得這點很妙 SLT才是受邀訪問的主體 結果是別家先報
→ monmo:而且報的內容還不一樣 2小時多的訪談下午只看到這部分
→ monmo:不曉得會不會陸續被刊登......
→ lowatre:因為這個訪談沒有被錄音 所有事情都是有關人士recap出來的
推 lowatre:不過教皇先前也有說過"Deron Williams was going leave
→ lowatre:anyway" 表示基本上他已經相信Deron不管怎樣都會跑了...
→ lowatre:教皇也覺得辭職不是壞事 因為也多少讓爵士重整進度更快
推 monmo:有教皇這2篇的連結嗎? 想看看
→ lowatre:http://0rz.tw/BcED2 只有稍微提到 也是近一周前的消息了
推 nuturewind:ㄜ..選秀有人看嗎
推 kaikai1112:其老馬跟教皇都是那種有話直說 說過不留心頭的漢子...
→ kaikai1112:所以小老闆 身段一放軟 她倆看在老東家情面 也就過了..
→ kaikai1112:我是這樣覺得啦......