Metallicat wrote:
MajorCougar wrote:
CougarBandit wrote:
Metallicat wrote:
jbar1221 wrote:
Where did jazz fans pick up this persecution complex?? Its kind of ridiculous!
Dumbest statement since the last time airwolf posted.
So Jazz fans aren't sold unarguably suspicious details and that means we have a "persecution complex"?
Answer this, If you were wanting better care for you daughter, would you move FARTHER away than from she was getting treatment?
Here's an article that gives better detail than others I've read on the subject.
http://deseretnews.com/article/content/mobile/1,5620,695276874,00.html
Points from the article:
1. Fisher had no reason to want to leave Utah except for his daughters treatment. The money, the cameraderie, and the family support and environment were all there in Salt Lake.
2. He's not moving further away from treatment. He doesn't explain why he couldn't stay in New York, but the next best situation for his daughter, as the article explains, was with a former colleague of the doctor who initially treated her who works in LA. He also alludes to the constant monitoring his daughter's tumor requires and the critical expertise and experience his current doctor provides.
3. You either believe him or you don't. He's either sincere in saying he is doing what he's done for the welfare of his family or you've got to think he's one of the greatest con men to ever don an NBA uniform. Either way leaves no room for complaining about him not staying with the Jazz.
Maybe it's time to move on...
Great find and good points, Cougarbandit.
Yes, those are great points. It still doesn't explain how Jazz fans have a "persecution complex" though.
Having been a Jazz fan since John Stockton was drafted, I would have to say that it PROBABLY stems from a couple of things:
1) The apparent discrepancies in officiating over the years. YES, there are several instances to support this.
2) Why for YEARS, you couldn't pay supposed good to great players to come to Salt Lake. (It apparently is a small, white, non-alcholic location that nobody wants to play in, let alone live in).
3) Because the Jazz typically play as a team, and because Jerry Sloan is the Head Coach, many NBA players feel they could "not fit in".
4) Because the Mormon faith is predominantly in Utah, there is a carry-over from the total history of that, whether it is justified or not.
Does that help a little bit? (Please feel free to add to or elaborate more on what I've mentioned here).
