Show Sloan nets career wins Nick Hicken f Contributing Writer c 3 Anyone familiar with Jerry Sloan of the Utah Jazz knows the rugged head coach is not one to toot his own horn hom ever When asked about the amazing feat of winning his career game Monday Nov 20 against the Toronto Raptors Sloan simply shrugged it off and directed the attention to the players The victorious coach told reporters he would rather talk about the teams team's 9 1 start now 2 12 because its a players player's game Though Sloan did not seem to pay his outstanding accomplishment attention Jazz guard Derek Fisher did Fisher recovered the game ball and passed it around to each player to sign Fisher said he knows his coach well but felt like Sloan deserved a little credit even if only for 10 seconds What Sloan one the most winning coaches of all time did accomplish was a feat that less than five coaches in history have ha reached In the next two seasons Sloan will very likely reach the 1000 career win mark separating him from all coaches still heading teams in the d 1 f Photo courtesy of In 22 years ears as head coach of the Utah Jazz Jerry Sloan has won over games Only Lakers' Lakers head coach Phil Jackson who coached a handful of the games game's greatest player including Michael Jordan Shaquille ONeal Kobe Bryant and Scottie Pippen matches Sloans Sloan's record In all fairness Sloan did have coach perhaps the greatest duo of all time John Stockton and Karl Malone were definite factors in the Utah's amazing playoff record With the Jazz going to the playoffs every year Sloan was a coach and Stockton and Malone were playing Sloan is also one of the time all-time leaders in playoff births and playoff wins Stockton and Malone went together like peas and carrots but it was Sloan who fed them the pick-and- pick roll until they had it down better than anyone ever Sloan is known to give his players the edge always demanding game preparedness with knowledge and intensity Coaches in the league all wonder how Sloan motivates his players to togo togo togo go out and compete harder each night than any other team in the league The coach has told many who have asked the same thing That he lie prides his players on work ethic and respect has no time for horse horseplay horseplay horseplay play and will get down to business immediately at practices treating them just like games As the year 22 head coach of the Jazz many herald Sloan as the greatest coach ever in the |