Is this the year for Sloan? - Daily Dunk

by Basketball John on Mar 3, 2009 11:00 AM MST

There seems to be some growing movement to finally get Sloan a well overdue Coach of the Year award. He was just named COM for February.

He's had season with better records. He's had a team that was suppose to not win 10 games all year yet finished just one win out of the playoffs. He had back to back years of 64 and 62 wins.

Despite his 1000+ wins and all of his accomplishments, he's never had COY. The criteria always seems to be who turned around a team from first to worst (or close to). That's who always seems to steal it from Sloan in worthy years. It appears as if you're consistently a contender, then you're just taken for granted.

So is this finally the year? Not that he gives a damn anyway. Could the same year that he's elected into the basketball hall of fame be the first time he wins?

What will it take to get recognized? The 2 seed? The 3 seed? Let me know what you think.

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… Jazz get the 2nd seed he is a lock. 3rd he’s a strong contender, 4th or lower he is getting screwed and it’s going to Mike “I don’t know how to coach, I just say git ’em Lebron” Brown in Cleveland.

by P_Dizzle on Mar 3, 2009 11:50 AM MST reply actions

I admit that my knowledge of the NBA in general over the years is rather limited...

as a reference, what achievements have past COY recipients accomplished?

by MelMan2002 on Mar 3, 2009 12:39 PM MST reply actions

Interesting facts from wikipedia (my lunch break research results)

Maybe all of you already know all this but I certainly didn’t.

Johnny Kerr is the only person to win COY with a losing record (33–48 with the Chicago Bulls in 1967). Kerr was honored because he had guided the Bulls to the NBA playoffs in their first season in the league (you gotta understand that there were only 10 teams in the NBA back then and 8 went to the playoffs). Now, the part I found interesting is that guess who was in the lineup on that Chicago team? Yup – our very own All-Star…Jeeeerry Sloan!

by MelMan2002 on Mar 3, 2009 1:12 PM MST up reply actions

There is only one accolade that Sloan is interested in.

THE RING

All the rest is like your baby’s first dump. Makes you happy, then it just piles up.

by RRR on Mar 3, 2009 1:28 PM MST reply actions

Interesting analogy.

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3rd Down & Full Count

by UtesFan89 on Mar 3, 2009 5:16 PM MST up reply actions

50 wins

If the Jazz go 13-9 the rest of the way and make the playoffs, he will win his first COY award, guaranteed. 50 wins with 140 man games lost, most to the superstars, in the cutthroat West is rediculous.

by mcjazzman32 on Mar 3, 2009 2:03 PM MST reply actions

i don't know if there's anything he can do to win

given that he didn’t win with a team that was supposed to be the worst in nba history and instead went 42-40 (with AK and a bunch of scrubs).

let’s not forget that there seems to be a movement for jerry’s COY award every year, but he really hasn’t even come close to winning it. sportswriters always talk mid-season about how jerry deserves it, but invariably vote for someone else when the time comes. every year, there’s always a “trendy” choice that ends up winning.

by moni on Mar 3, 2009 4:53 PM MST reply actions