Are you thinking what I'm thinking?
Legendary pro hoops coach Jerry Sloan is newly unemployed... Blazers coach Nate McMillan is in the last year of his contract in Portland...
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Comments (14)
One can hope.
Posted by David E Gilmore | February 11, 2011 9:06 AM
Livin' the dream...too bad that's all it'll be. But it's a nice break from the collective nightmare of Portland/Metro political foolishness.
Posted by Max | February 11, 2011 9:08 AM
Roy and Oden running the pick and roll? Doubtful
Posted by Brian | February 11, 2011 9:09 AM
I think Jerry's smarter than that
Posted by T | February 11, 2011 9:12 AM
Can't really tell what's going on with that story. Health, burn out, player squabbles, management? It's pretty unclear. One thing seems sure, however, it is not in character with Jerry Sloan to end his career in mid season.
Posted by Drew G. | February 11, 2011 10:01 AM
I heard him say he already has a job lined up, at home, according to his wife. Apparently the honey-do list has been on hold for years.
Posted by SKA | February 11, 2011 10:02 AM
Canzano's take is interesting. He assumes Sloan is just fed up with the overgrown babies in the NBA. If that's the case Portland wouldn't offer him much relief.
Posted by Snards | February 11, 2011 10:28 AM
Sorry, Snards. Your comment is about five years past relevance. Blazers may have the finest collection of young men in any franchise.
Posted by PDXLifer | February 11, 2011 10:48 AM
Once upon a time, there were calls in the Celtics community to dump "Doc." GM Danny Ainge correctly discerned that the problem was with the players, not the coach. Management secured a team of better players for the coach.
Posted by Gardiner Menefree | February 11, 2011 10:49 AM
No - The way it happened was ugly, but Sloan needed to quit. Admittedly he never had all the tools (like a go-to 3rd player), but he just never was able to string it together to win it all.
Plus look at winners like Jackson or Rivers and they seem a lot more tolerant of / able to work with the modern player.
Posted by Steve | February 11, 2011 12:52 PM
No way I make that trade. We do not need old and tired.
Posted by George | February 11, 2011 1:42 PM
You're right. Let's stick with middle-aged and mediocre.
Posted by Jack Bog | February 11, 2011 9:18 PM
Dirty player, dirty coach...er, I mean tough player, tough coach who taught two HOFers how to play dirty...er, how to play tough.
No thanks.
Posted by Joe | February 12, 2011 9:35 AM
Sloan - consistently did more with less.
McMillan - consistently did less with more.
Posted by EL | February 12, 2011 9:04 PM