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Posted by: Uottakno on January 29th, 2013
The author's views are entirely his or her own and may not reflect the views of the Utah Jazz.First off I would like to say I’m new to posting on this blog. I have followed it for quite sometime but never have been interested in saying much until tonight, secondly I wanna give a shout out to all of you that keep a sense of humor in this sad state of affairs. I must warn all of you now that I may offend you with some of the things I have to say. I just say what’s on my mind. Were all entitled to our opinions and i will respect yours as long as you respect mine. It’s all in good sport because at the end of the day I’m a jazz fan just like you and without us this franchise is dust. Enough with the intro, on to the point of all of this. Like the rest of you I witnessed the worst home loss in franchise history. So bad of a loss that it inspired me to join this blog. Lets be honest as Jazz fans we have been quite spoiled, I mean lets face it there are some teams out there that face these type of losses on a nightly basis. However, Stock and the Mail Man are rolling over in their graves right now. In all seriousness, by all means I’m not a #fire Corbin# type because I think he just inherited a situation from miller and co. that he didn’t have much experience to handle and like the young talent we have he is learning on the fly with them. After tonight’s loss I had many questions flowing through my brain though, but the one that has the most relevance in my brain and one I would hope management would ask themselves is. . . Can Tyrone Corbin lead are team to a championship? Such a simple question with many complex answers. At the time of Corbin’s hire, when Jerry Sloan bailed on us, and Phil went with him, what other option as coach did we have? Phil Jackson was fishing in Bermuda and Red Auerbach had long sense been gone. So management panicked and put one of are assistants up there. They weren’t going to put Scott Layden in there because he was a front office dude pretending to be a coach. So they put there faith in Ty. The curiosity I have is why not ride that season out, which had already been lost (with the shock of Sloan jumping ship) with Ty as the interim HC, then in the off-season pick up a HC that had some experience. Wise men say “only fools rush in” and “don’t dwell on the past because it will make you crazy.” I’m all about moving forward weather with Corbin or without him, for better or for worse. I am curious to know what the rest of you think. Whether your pro Corbin, anti Corbin, or in-different. Just ask yourself this question. . . Can Tyrone Corbin lead our team to a NBA Championship?
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I think if you’ve been following this website, you know the answer to that seeing that the #firecorbin movement has been popular this whole season.
I was about the only person defending Corbin around here… Of course I could see his failures, but I was in favor of letting him figure it out … I actually had really good seats to the rockets games last night, and we left in the middle of the third quarter…my throat hurts from booing the Jazz… no defense or rebounding at all. After that game I’m not so sure Corbin will ever become a good head coach. The stat that stood out to me was Asik had 19 rebounds in 25 minutes and Jefferson, Millsap, Favors and Kanter combined for 22 rebounds …pathetic.
I would like to see Millsap get a DNPCD next game, in the last three games he has pulled down a totatl of 11 rebounds …give all his minutes to Favors and Kanter. Really what I want after that game is to see a starting lineup of Tinsley, Hayward, DMC, Favors and Kanter to finish out the year.
Welcome @uoattakno! I very much and have always disliked Corbin. He is a very very bad coach! Its beyond me how he lasted this long. Hopefully this sways all the Corbin apologists and is the beginning of the end for him. #firecorbin Please dear FO trade jefferson and Watson! please!!!!
Yeah I’ve seen a lot of #firecorbin on this website, but I would be surprised if ownership and management would actually fire a head coach. They’ve never had to fire a head coach before why start now? Giving the fact that Corbin has the worst home loss in team history on his résumé might be enough ammo to pull the trigger on firing him.
@ Derek, thanks for the greeting!
Uottakno, great post. I’m in the wait and see catagory. I wouldn’t call my an apologist by any stretch of the imagination. I’m waiting for the trade period an off-season to see what is going to be done to improve the team. Meanwhile I’m just enjoying the team and being optimistic on future changes.
Thanks Robert A!
Like you, I am amazed that Corbin was given an extension at the start of the year. I dont think he has shown any sign of being a good head coach. A few Corbin defenders on here believe Corbin has a big future in coaching but none can give any evidence on why they believe this. If he puts the same starting 5 out against the Hornets, you know that he has no idea
The sad fact is the starting 5 don’t deserve to start the next game, but neither does anyone else after that performance.
I don’t this result will get Corbin fired. FO will just consider it a one off game. As long as he keeps getting as many wins as losses I suspect he will keep his job. This team has no stars but the squad is good enough that it should be a 500 team on its own with or without good coaching. The lack of direction though means this team panics when teams go on a run. And without protection from its head coach team’s go on a run all too frequently against this unit.
I hate to say it but I think Corbin has killed the driven in the young players. Even Evans doesnt seem to have the same energy. I really think they have just accepted their role as bencher for life so long as Corbin doesnt hold the vets accountable. Hayward looks more and more frustrated as the season goes on.
The vets are teaching the young players……teaching them how to be lazy and not be held responsible.
I’ve said all along Corbin doesn’t hold vets accountable while having extra. short leashes on the young guys.
Will he hold them accountable after a 45 point loss at home?
Corbin is trash, and by extension KOC, Linsey and Greg Miller if we continue down this same path with no changes. We’re going to end up with rookies who don’t want to be here and vets that aren’t good enough for anything but an eighth seed, stuck in mediocrity hell for all eternity while teams like Houston, Golden State, Minnesota, New Orleans, etc take the spots that used to be ours.
Why would Kanter and Favors give a sh!t at this point? If they play great, Al and Millsap start and get the minutes. If Al and Paul are sucking, Al and Millsap start and get the minutes. If their ceiling is twice as high and they have double the athleticism of Al and Millsap, Al and Millsap are going to start and get the minutes. And at some point, oh lets call it a January game against Houston, they realize this, stop caring and say F*ck it. And now you’ve LOST your future, just because you think supporting your coach is important, when what you forgot was that supporting a HALL OF FAME, time-proven coach works, but supporting a sorry joke joke for a coach destroys your franchise. /clap clap clap, good job FO.
@ Disco I have never said that he was going to be a great coach , I am just in the oppinion that he should be given the same respect that you give the young guns with their mistakes after all he has only coach thru a total of about 2 yrs of his young career .
That is in no way statin that I think he is a great coach . I do beleive that he could learn to be if given the chance . But I am also just as frustrated as you all are just more willing to see this season thru .
I do beleive that we need some changes a shake-up of sorts to get us in a better play-off spot .
@ Steven I am with you on the part that that no one played well enough to earn starting much less what they are gettin paid . I wish that there was a clause in the players contract that would state that they had to play thier best or lose pay for that game . HaHa !!!
Oh and welcome to the site Uottakno .
Damn KC!! That was brilliantly stated! I really cant add anything more.
I think if anybody just listens to Corbin’s post game comments it’s real easy to decide if he should be the coach or not.
Agreed, I remember after one game we lost and a media member asked Corbin something like this, “Ty do you regret not going to your youth down the stretch of this game knowing they were a big factor in your comeback?” And Corbin replied something like this “the young guys came in and did a good job for us but we had to go with our experience down the stretch because they have a better feel with what’s going on out there. They give us a bit better chance with there decision making and such.” I can’t remember it word for word but that was the jist. I think the front office recognizes the fact that Corbin is inexperienced and a non leader and I think that’s why they loaded this team with veteran expiring contracts because Corbin doesn’t have the leadership to handle raw young talent. I also feel like they didnt want to be known as the guys that fired a coach after making the playoffs. i wonder how much faith they really have in him giving the fact they haven’t really committed to him with a long term multi year deal.
Just getting by and squeaking out a 6-8 seed is just fine to them cuz that will keep the fans happy. Give me a break!
You do what you can when your head coach bails mid-season. The problem is that they are sticking with him like he has the track record of Jerry Sloan, and he doesn’t. He will never get us to the 2nd round of the playoffs, and we wont make the playoffs without injuries that force us to play our better players. Coach Corbin was a mediocre player and is a mediocre coach. The only reason he stays is that the Jazz front office has an unreasonable attachment and loyalty to him.