A Letter to Kevin O'Connor

Dear Kevin,

I just want to say thanks.

You have been the GM of the Jazz for about a decade man! You took over a top tear NBA franchise who was competing for titles and you have shaped and molded them in to a consistent competitor for 8th place. So thanks for that!

If there is one really good thing you have done since you've been our GM, it was drafting Deron Williams. Man he's good. He was a good move. He has a heck of a crossover, a mean jump shot, amazing court vision, and really knows how to get to the rim. He is a walking Double-Double and more importantly the face of the franchise. A guy you can really build a team around. Oh wait...what is that I just heard? You just traded him?!?!?!?!???! Oh you got Devin Harris and Derrick Favors and a couple draft picks (you have a great track record with those).

Maybe you should consider a career change...you might have a future as a BUTCHER!

Before today I was willing to tolerate some of your stupid moves. But this month you really screwed the pooch! First off you let Jerry Sloan resign because he and Deron William couldn't get along. Okay, I could actually live with that, we all knew Jerry was going to retire soon. But then you turn around and trade D-Will? So lets add up the damage...We lose a Hall of Fame Head Coach and a 2 time All-Star Point Guard and we got one okay player, one guy that might be good and 2 draft picks? Some how that doesn't add up.

So like I said Kevin, I want to thank you....FOR NOTHING

Sincerely,

A lifelong Jazz fan

The Definition of JIMMER

At the beginning of the college basketball season Jimmer was just a name. After the start of conference play it became a household name. But when he dropped 43 points on SDSU, Jimmer became WORD. No longer is it just the name of the best player in the NCAA, Jimmer is officially part of the English language.

Because of this new addition to the dictionary its time that everybody take Jimmer 101. Lets begin!

First off it needs a definition.

Jimmer (Jim-er)- adjective; A word denoting greatness. May be use interchangeably with Awesome, Great, Wonderful, and Good.

Now that we have a foundation, lets explore the plethora of ways Jimmer can be used.

If two friends met on the street they might say something like this to each other:

Tom: "Hello Larry! How are you today?"

Larry: "Jimmer! Thank you for asking."

Perhaps when exiting a movie theator you would hear somebody say this:

"WOW! That was the Jimmerest movie I've seen in ages!"

or:

Person #1: "I really didn't see that twist coming at the end, it took me completly off guard."

Person #2: "Yeah, the director did a really Jimmer job of hiding it from the audience."

A father and son might say to each other:

Father: "You did so Jimmer on that test! Lets go get some ice cream to celebrate."

Son: "Yippee! You are the most Jimmerful Dad alive!"

As you can see there are a plethora of ways to use Jimmer. I hope you have found this lesson useful as you embark on your path to Jimmerdom.

Thank you! And have a JIMMER day!

Jerry

Yesterday was one of those days where reality seemed to be impossible. A day that I always knew would come, but hoped never would. As days like that always seem to happen, It completely blindsided me.

2-10-2011: The day Jerry Sloan stepped down as the head coach of the Utah Jazz. To me it just seems wrong! It wasn't supposed to happen this way, not with his last game being a loss, not in the middle of the season, not amid controversy. I know its crazy to say this but I feel like one of the last remaining things from my childhood just died! Jerry has been the coach of the Jazz for almost as long as I have been alive. It's hard for me to imagine the Jazz bench without him. But whether or not I can do that, and whether anybody likes it or not, the Jazz bench will just look wrong tonight when we play the Suns.


Jerry's longtime faithful assistant Phil Johnson will also be gone. A man who had countless opportunities to leave Jerry's side, but never did.

No matter what anybody says or thinks Jerry and Phil are Jazz Icons. They have done more for Jazz than anybody will probably ever know.

As the sun sets on the Sloan era, it rises on the Corbin era. Maybe its poetic justice that we are playing the Suns tonight, lets hope that the sun shines on the Jazz tonight and for a long time to come!

Jerry I'll Miss ya!