![]() ![]() ![]() Once he did, he resolved to spend as much time with his family this season as possible. Still, he was not on board with the team’s planned rebuild this season and decided to step aside. Snyder went 372-264 as Utah’s coach between the 2014-15 and ‘21-22 seasons, and led the Jazz to six straight playoff appearances. In short, he knows there is significant roster re-working to do. That latter delineation is notable, considering the Hawks’ presently bloated payroll and relative pittance of future draft capital, given the haul of first-round picks required to acquire Dejounte Murray this past summer. What ultimately sold him, he explained, was “the innovation, the creativity, the intelligence, and more than anything, just the strong vision for what it means to build something that takes your sweat equity.” He was also impressed by the Hawks’ proper balance of optimism and realism. But the coach wanted to research the rest of the front office and the ownership group more extensively. ![]() Snyder and Korver obviously knew one another well, having spent time together with both the Hawks and Jazz. “When we made our change with Nate, I had Kyle give Quin a call. The coach’s relationship with Hawks assistant GM Kyle Korver helped get the process going in earnest. They pretty quickly zeroed in on Snyder, who wound up being the only candidate that Fields formally interiewed. General manager Landry Fields noted that the process of hiring the team’s next head coach was able to be streamlined because, as they were firing Nate McMillan, the team’s front office had already assessed what qualities and characteristics it wanted from his successor. ![]()
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