Senior and retired people around me are usually acting like brainwashed about things. They exaggerate everything about relationship patterns. Say "Hello!" too emphasizingly, chit-chat forever, get pissed too easily about silly things. Most of them occur from loneliness, the feeling of emptiness and uselessness as they suddenly fall into a situation of not doing anything, not having a decent social status, not having anyone around to boss around and yell at.
Looking at Sloan's facial impression, he reminds me none of those, but an old-timer that is -yes- bored, and is back hanging around with the place he has spent his half life with. He is looking, he doesn't see the fire he pumped himself to the team before. But tries to be pleased to be around again. Tries to avoid getting involved too much, because he thinks he might damage the goods with his extra dominant character. Looks and thinks, "Well if I were young enough to fight through the growth of those unshaped masterpieces..."
I'm really happy that he is around. But I wish he had someone to suggest to the Jazz as his heir with the same explosive reactions, rage, love for the team, chemistry, father/elder brother figure.
