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Which management decision was the worst?

Which decision was the worst?

  • Acquiring Mo Williams

    Votes: 2 3.3%

  • Devin Harris trade for Marvin Williams

    Votes: 5 8.2%

  • Not moving Jefferson or Millsap at the trade deadline

    Votes: 54 88.5%
  • Total voters
    61
Beantown

Beantown

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Now Im sure we can all agree having Ty Corbin be the head coach is the worst. But what of these other three bad decisions were the worst?

As much as I hate Ty Corbin and giving him blame its time for KOC and Lindsey to take some heat for their management decisions.
 
I get the idea of bringing in Mo even though I'm not a fan. But the Jazz needed a better PG and at the very least it was a lateral move with Harris. And I get the idea of trading Harris for Marv, since Mo was the "upgrade" and since maybe a change of scenery would be good for a talented player like Marv.

I do not get not making any changes at the deadline. I have no idea how the front office saw the first half of the season and thought "yeah, this is good."
 
Boozer TPE/1st/Koufos for Jefferson

Jefferson is a losing player. He doesn't play defense and he can't play or guard the pick and roll. If he ever is on a good playoff team, it will be because he's coming off the bench. Yet This is the guy that has been our #1 option for the last 3 seasons.

edit: Actually, I take that back. Jefferson took Kanter under his wing and I really appreciate him for that. Kanter would be no where near where he is now if Jefferson wasn't on the team. I'd say the worst decision is probably not trading Millsap by the deadline.
 
By far, not moving Al or Millsap. That was just dumb on so many levels. If they would have traded one or both of those guys, then the other moves wouldn't seem so bad. Its all of those moves and non moves put together that really make management look stupid.
 
None of those. Mo made sense in theory, we needed a PG. Harris was pretty bad last year and Marvin filled a need, he just hasn't played well. Who knows what teams were offering for Sap or Al so its tough to say it was a mistake.
 
We gave up nothing to get Mo, right? Yeah he sucked, but it was worth the risk. Can't really consider it a bad move.

Trading Harris for Marvin may have been the worst move. I actually enjoyed watching Harris on the Jazz much more than Mo.

Trading Sap/Jefferson is the move that I'm going to hold off judging until the off-season is done. If we can somehow manage to S&T trade them, sign someone good with the capspace, or flat out not sign anyone and completely open the roster to the younger guys, then I would consider it a good move. Remember, we don't know what the Jazz were being offered in trades.
 
Why does it matter what the Jazz were being offered for Jefferson (or Millsap)? Honestly.
 
Not trading Sap/Jefferson easily. Acquiring Mo looked like a great move and then Marvin seemed like he'd be a good fit. Hindsight on those moves.
 
bovice said:
edit: Actually, I take that back. Jefferson took Kanter under his wing and I really appreciate him for that. Kanter would be no where near where he is now if Jefferson wasn't on the team. I'd say the worst decision is probably not trading Millsap by the deadline.
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I understand the urge to be positive. Let me just counter, though: Jefferson was also the primary player obstructing Kanter from playing significant minutes for two seasons. Jefferson always gets his no matter what, and Kanter gets the minutes taken out of his pocket no matter what. I don't doubt that Kanter's learned a thing or two from Al, what I doubt greatly is that Kanter wouldn't be further along if Jefferson wasn't here.
 
Marvin was worth the risk- the thing about him was that he could excel in a good offensive system and was a letdown in Atlanta because of the large number of ISOs Atlanta ran. Problem is that he came over here into Alfense and stayed true to who he was in Atlanta.

Not removing Sap or Al was a huge mistake. Not letting Favors play in those final minutes of the Memphis game was also a huge mistake.
 
Cyrone Torbin said:
Long-term contracts would hamper the teams flexibility in the upcoming off-season.
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Holy ****, let me start over: THERE ARE OTHER PLAYERS THAT EXPIRED THIS YEAR. Operating from that starting point, what is the practical loss of trading one of them for practically nothing?
 
Not trading Millsap/Al.

No one has mentioned it but kanter and favors were rdy this year to start and/or play major mins. Even Evans looked serviceable. And who knows, maybe Marvin would have played better if he could have played a stretch 4?

Sitting on our hands and rolling with al and Paul was just a waste of time for everybody.
 
NUMBERICA said:
Holy ****, let me start over: THERE ARE OTHER PLAYERS THAT EXPIRED THIS YEAR. Operating from that starting point, what is the practical loss of trading one of them for practically nothing?
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Like I said, for myself personally, I'm going to wait and see what they do with all that space. Also, what if someone wanted draft picks?

I didn't really understand the huge rush to get rid of Sap/Jefferson for that half a year of extended playing time for Kanter/Favors. People act like we just ruined Favors/Kanter's careers because of this move, or lack of move.
 
Hartsock said:
None of those. Mo made sense in theory, we needed a PG. Harris was pretty bad last year and Marvin filled a need, he just hasn't played well. Who knows what teams were offering for Sap or Al so its tough to say it was a mistake.
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problem is we need a offensive system. joh Stockton in his 2nd-4th year would have sucked in this lineup.
there is no offensive cohesion/system.

only way sotckton would not have sucked if he played most his minutes with kanter favors hayward and pick and roll with sap.

but put stockton with marvin williams, randy foye and al jefferson.
what will stockton do dump it down to al. watch al dribble 10 seconds than al shoots.
stock gets no assist.


first we need an offensive system. THEN a point guard
 
DutchJazzer said:
problem is we need a offensive system. joh Stockton in his 2nd-4th year would have sucked in this lineup.
there is no offensive cohesion/system.

only way sotckton would not have sucked if he played most his minutes with kanter favors hayward and pick and roll with sap.

but put stockton with marvin williams, randy foye and al jefferson.
what will stockton do dump it down to al. watch al dribble 10 seconds than al shoots.
stock gets no assist.


first we need an offensive system. THEN a point guard
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Tinsley/Watson did fine in the system from purely a PG persepctive, the problem was they had 0 offensive game. Now a imagine a PG who has 10x the PG ability of Watson/Tinsley, but can also shoot 40% from the 3pt line and 50% from the field. He wouldn't suck. Stop with the hyperbole.
 
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