It's crazy. I think part of the success of this team has always been with Sloan as the coach, you know you can win any game. You know you can make the finals. You know he can take young scrubs (Russell, Andersen, Brewer, Millsap, etc) and turn them into good, over-rated players. You knew that he could take really good players and make them All-Stars (Boozer, AK, Memo, etc).
Now that Sloan is gone, there isn't that Hope anymore. All we know is that Corbin, Jefferson, and vet company suck.
Also, with Larry around, you knew that Larry would keep heat on Sloan to do his best. That is gone as well.
The Jazz do not have that identity anymore.