If the Jazz had Phil or Pat or ??? Would we have a ring?

[northeast]

I don't think Jackson, Riley, or Popovich would have got the ref love they got if they were coaching the Utah Jazz.

 

[unluckyseventeen]

Absolutely with Coach Phil Jackson.

Obviously he is a great X's and O's coach. The part of his coaching that does not get hyped as much is his ability to deal with multi-millionaire egos.

Yes.

Not only that, he educates players on how to make rational decisions within his offense. Phil's offense relies on perfect spacing and abusing matchups, and he doesn't run them around all game so they still have energy to defend on the other side. Nearly every player that has gone to Phil's system is a better player after playing in it, unless they were already washed up to begin with.

 

[BabyPeterzz]

we wud have all the ringth.

 

[Scorpjazz]

I agree. If Phil had been our coach, Jordan simply would NOT have stolen that ball from Malone.
Riles would have thrown some grease from his hair on the floor and Jordan would NOT have been able to collect himself after the Russel pushoff.
While it seems to be a good question, it is obvious that Sloan fans will say no, and Sloan haters will say yes. Fairly easy to provide needed "facts" to back either opinion.