Show Layden says c cUtah goodbye to Utah hello to to New view York BY KEITH LOBDELL SPORTS EDITOR In an unusual move for a professional professional professional sports franchise the Utah Jazz were the first to hold a press conference conference conference confer confer- ence on August announcing that long time Vice President of BasI Bas- Bas I II nH Y Operations Scott scon con Layden Layden Layden Lay- Lay den had been released from his contract and was taking a position position position tion with the New York franchise Relative t to the we felt zero obligation to give them tr tn to an nv re q q P 1 J 1 that they might make said Scott 1 Jazz owner Larry H. H Miller But relative to Scott the dynamics were very different Layden who has been with the Jazz organization of 18 years started out controversially as an assistant coach to father and then head coach Frank Layden and then worked his way up the ladder to VP V.P. after the hiring of Jerry Sloan as head coachI coach I from time to time get asked in ina a year or two from now whose going to replace John Stockton in four years whose going to replace Karl Malone and m my answer to both of those is that you dont don't replace a John Stockton or Karl Malone said Miller So it is with Scott It feels like a right arm that I am losing said Tim Howells Howells Howells How- How ells General Manager of the Jazz Layden in a final gesture of gratitude thanked the me mem mem- b h r f th e com muni t rV r for all fill 11 U I ers o VI VIII J y Layden ayden that they had done to support him and the Jazz I want to thank everyone Ive I've come in contact with said Layden Also I would like to thank the people people people peo peo- of this c community and specifically specifically specifically cally the people of the Mormon faith really they have taught me on how to raise a family and great moral values that I think are so important Su a IA LA UE DIN I. I M ae up pp T LAYDEN Jazz VP V.P. heads to greener pastures with bleesing of Miller c r fa r M 1 p pf c 5 l today and it really was a great lesson for me to watch the people of this community and learn from that While the search will go on for a anew anew anew new man to fill the shoes of Layden the team still looks to do their share of movement on the free agent mar mar- ket Reports say that former Sacramento Sacramento Sacramento Sacra Sacra- mento and Seattle center Olden Polynice is ready to sign on with the team and the Jazz are continuing their sometimes heated talks with Jazz swing man Shandon Anderson who is looking for big money and a guaranteed starting role wherever he lands |