Jerry Sloan
Jerry Sloan
Gerald Eugene "Jerry" Sloanis an American former National Basketball Association player and head coach, and a member of the Basketball Hall of Fame. Former NBA commissioner David Stern called Sloan "one of the greatest and most respected coaches in NBA history." Sloan had a career regular-season win–loss record of 1,221–803, placing him third all-time in NBA wins at the time he retired. Sloan was only the fifth coach in NBA history to reach 1,000 victories and is one of two...
ProfessionCoach
Date of Birth28 March 1942
affect approaches ball biggest fight game matter mistake next throwing
It's a matter of how he approaches the game every day. You make a mistake throwing the ball away, is that going to affect you next time? The biggest thing is how you fight back.
games guys hate involved looked waxed
It looked like we didn't belong. They just waxed us. Our guys looked afraid, and I hate to use that word. This is one of the most disappointing games I've ever been involved in that had some significance.
guys hard heart playoffs size
Size doesn't make any difference. Heart is what makes a difference. These guys over there want to make the playoffs more than we do. That's indicated by the way they play, how hard they play.
against ball basketball crazy game knows playing streak supposed team throwing turning
It went crazy -- throwing the ball away, turning the basketball over, not playing like we're supposed to play. You can't play a streak game like that against a team that knows how to play the pass.
caused confused exhibition form knowing looked offense season
They did everything they wanted to do tonight. They looked in mid-season form and we looked like we were in exhibition season not knowing what we're doing. Too many times we were confused as to what we wanted to do on offense and that caused us a lot of problems.
good job looked moving
They did a good job of getting after us. We looked like we were moving in mud.
game good guys involved
They are good and did a lot of good things, but our guys did not respond. That's the most disappointing game I've been involved with.
mentally team tougher
They were the tougher team mentally all the way around tonight.
execute quarter running second
We just got annihilated. We had one quarter in which we executed and that was the second quarter. When we don't execute our offense, we don't get anything. We were just running around out there.
changes freedom gives team
We have a different team than we've had all year. Boozer changes things just being in the game. It gives everyone more freedom with him out there.
compete fight shown stay though
This team, they've shown the willingness to try to fight back and stay in there and compete even though we've been short-handed.
great team
This team is going to be a great, great team.
ball game
This was a winnable ball game on our part.
competing finishing hanging
We are still hanging in there, competing and finishing to the end.