Some random thoughts on Jerry Sloan's resignation

Well done, sir.

On the attitude adjustment scale, this ranks right up there with Barkley knocking Gary Peyton into the expensive seats for pulling the “bitch-slap excuse for defense” thing one too many times.

I couldn’t control them. And I also don’t understand the sudden bemoaning of him leaving. It’s a business, not a family. Get over it. I feel bad for Tyrone Corbin. He’s never going to get credit for anything.

It made me vomit. I don’t care how many years he went to the playoffs or how many games he has won. He’s spent the last twenty years teaching his teams to flop, whine, and take cheap shots while somehow convincing people in Utah that his teams were tough. Every team he has coached is widely regarded as one of the dirtiest in the league because thats the way he demanded them to play. On top of all that he’s apparently a discriminating asshole.

I hate how when people retire(or die) it suddenly becomes mandatory to act like they were/are such wonderful people. Talk about how many games he won, or what an amazing run he put together in Utah. No one can argue with that, but retiring didn’t suddenly make one of the leagues biggest pricks into a nice guy.

…Ah what the hell, I’ll ask. So, um, can someone tell what the Jazz hatred is all about? I’m a native Houstonian, and up until I stumbled upon this blog, I had never seen such animosity towards the Utah Jazz from Rockets fans, and I don’t get it. What is really interesting/weird about this, is that I’ve never (in real life) met someone who hates the Jazz, or even has a strong opinion about them (in fact, where I live, there’s more Lakers haters than anything else).
So… what’s the deal? Is there something about this team-in relation to the Rockets-that I don’t know about? I only ask because this blog (and the comments) go far beyond criticism into straight-up “Fuck You!” territory, and I don’t understand why. It can’t be just because of their reputation as a dirty team, could it? I mean, this is the kind of hatred you usually see between Celtics/Lakers fans! Mind you, I’m not hating on you guys for this or telling y’all to let up with the hate or anything like that – all I want to know is why. Why, of all the teams (and states) to hate on, was the Jazz chosen?

How are so many of yall agreeing with this? “but that’s a bunch of unsupported hyperbole”…so “Every time Deron would suggest something, Sloan would dismiss it and belittle Deron by negatively comparing him to the alleged greatness of John Stockton.” WTF where are you getting this from? If this is satire like South Park then..fine, I missed it. Please say it is.

I don’t like the Jazz. But the man should be respected tremendously. Even if he had a shitty losing record his entire career (which wouldn’t be too realistic given his long tenure), both his mentalilty and toughness to the game ALONE should warrant far more respect.

You don’t have to like him as a person.

If somebody were to announce to the world at the end of Kobe’s career, “fuck him. Good riddance, that rapist.”, it would be just as dumb for missing the point entirely. You can still continue to hate the jazz and loathe Jerry, but show respect where respect is (obviously) due.

 Kinda goin on a tangent here.. I just feel it is my obligation as a fellow Rockets fan to tell some of you, “Grow the fuck up.” It lowers the integrity of the overall fanbase, in my opinion.

then clearly your judgement on what constitutes “respect” is directly related to what i percieve as “class” or “high character”.

I know you made the blog, so you can say whatever you’d like. And it’s usually funny or witty.

 It’s just that, in my opinion… due to the high amount of rockets fans that visit, you are doing an incredible disservice to our fandom when you announce such shit, with far less respect than the fans of the game should give Jerry. Maybe your sense of responsibility goes to the extent of “I bet this will get a good chuckle.” But if you at least have respect for this blog you created, then maybe you’d begin to see.

 And don’t try to reply with, “fans of Rockets and fans of the game are 2 different things.” because that would just be an ignorant attack on our own Red and Yellow.

from 1976. One thing you learn quickly is that our teams get zero slack from officials or the media. You can lament the fact or get over it. When the other team works that fact as a part of the game plan, that gets under my skin. Beat us with talent, I won’t say a word. Work at giving Dick Bavetta a chance to be a bigger prick than he already is, that I have a problem with.
When the Rockets won the titles, they did it in spite of the officials, no one should win one because of them.

Haha seriously? All this hating because we’re “cheaters”?
Wow, I never knew how uneducated the rockets fan base was to the game of basketball.
I seriously hope this “blog” doesn’t reflect most rocket fans because if so, your an embarassment to NBA fans everywhere.

Haha… We’re cheaters, I don’t think you guys realize how dumb you sound.

This “blog” is a joke, rocket fans are cocksuckers, have nice day

The one question i have is, even though the way he’s portrayed is totally hypocritical probably because of Utah’s whitebread Mormon rep., how has he never won coach of the year? It’s unbelievable that Byron Scott, Mike Brown, Sam Mitchell, and Mike Dumbleavy have in the last 15 years but he hasn’t. Those guys are awful! And since the Malone/Stockton years, as obnoxious as he is, he did keep Utah pretty competitive! Still can’t stand him though :).

"Jerry called me a stupid f***ing c**t and then suspended me when I went right back at him and told him that wasn’t going to happen again," he states. "That’s not old school. It’s just rude. Who says that to a grown man?"

Has only been around since 2004?

And has the balls to to talk shit to me??

Haha totally joking with you, just fucking around.

You should go watch some old rockets jazz games from 92-96, and you will understand.

I was at a game IN UTAH in 94 and Stockton fell on me while we were sitting court side. I was 11. I told him to go fuck himself and my dad yelled at me, but today he said I’m glad youre my son lol!

This is the reason the hatred is so strong for me, as it was a family thing and much more than just me hating cause everyone else did

I been at college son…….we need to go to a rockets game together I got season ticketed bro, like I’ll go an get on here tryna fux wit y’all boys but dis dude Dave threatened to ban me???? He say dat I’m dumb bro…I’m in college dough…..

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