If it is a locker room problem and there is a huge disconnect between Avery and Deron and the team then I agree. But the Jazz offense comment to Utah media reporters was overblown and didn't show a complete lack of respect to Avery or anything. But if there was more going on behind the scenes it would make sense.

But he wasn't the huge failure in NJ that you and others are making him out to be. He never had the talent until this year and he overachieved with his team for one month then underachieved another. Leaving them with around the record most would have predicted.

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Posted by papz

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Posted on 12/27/12 at 4:07 pm to floridatigah

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But he wasn't the huge failure in NJ that you and others are making him out to be. He never had the talent until this year and he overachieved with his team for one month then underachieved another. Leaving them with around the record most would have predicted.

New owner, new city, new stadium... expectations were really high. So in a sense, being a .500 team has been a huge failure. I don't entirely blame Avery for their failures as there are a bunch of players underacheiving right now... but they gave him a lot of talent and wanted him to win immediately. In a way, he was kind of set up to fail so it has been a little unfair for him.

But once again, it's all about results. Whether or not the cards were stacked against him to begin with, he failed. His players failed. The GM failed. The owner failed. There's enough blame to go around. As another poster pointed it, it's easier to replace the coach and unload a bunch of bad contracts.

And on paper, without hindsight being 20/20, I doubt many would have predicted their record being where it is. It's looks like it's suppose to be much better than a .500 team.

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