I think of it more as compatibility than loyalty. The Jazz put forward a certain culture, maybe defense, improving, hard work, hustle, team passing, that kind of thing. When a player leaves, that puts into question our team culture and makes us feel that we (the team) weren't good enough. For example, we really aren't compatible with the gangster vibe that some players have. You have to be at least interested in the family dynamic that is presented here. That seemed confusing when -he- left us, because he had the family dynamic, he fit in with most of what was presented by our culture, so why leave? Personally I believe that he is insecure at his core, and buckled under the pressure that was here. Not just the competition of playing in the west, but the pressure of being the number one guy. But that doesn't even feel right. I have met enough O.C.D. types to know that when they get something in their head, they aren't satisfied until they get whatever it is, and he might have had a compulsion to go back to Brad Stephens, who sealed the deal by talking all of that basketball fast paced stuff. We will never know what went on between them when he was 'growing up' as a college player, but there must have been something that lingered. Anyway, I keep saying that through our coaching and resources we made him, we can make another him.
