Jerry Lee Sloan
I’m not sure how they got teams to agree to it nor am I sure why ESPN even wanted to do it, but the fact that they’ve started showing select locker room half-time speeches is fantastic.
Case in point: Jerry Sloan talking about not being able to win by just shooting three pointers.
ESPN’s coverage jumped in onthe speech mid-way through and only showed a few seconds, so I’m not even really sure what he was talking about. But that’s the thing: I don’t think anyone in that locker room really knew what Sloan’s monotone, drawl-fueled monologue was about either.
And I don’t think it mattered.
Basically, I think every Jerry Sloan pep talk has the same effect as Tommy Lee Jones’ final monologue in No Country for Old Men: Everyone sits there listening intently, but in reality has no idea what the hell he’s talking about. Not wanting to appear dumb, however, they all just assume it was some profoundly meaningful sage wisdom from an old wily cowboy who demands their respect.
Genius, friendo.
