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Hornacek: Suns ‘too soft’
Hornacek was asked about the ways of his old Utah coach, Jerry Sloan, which led him to how the Suns have been the antithesis of a Sloan team at times.
“I think sometimes we’re a little too soft,” Hornacek said. “We talk about fouls, getting through screens, just basically fighting every play. That’s straight from Jerry. That’s what I’d like to have these guys do. We’re getting better. I don’t think we’re at that point yet.”
Hornacek said the coaches are not always the ones who have to get on the team, especially with P.J. Tucker around.
“We come in at halftime sometimes, and we hear them in the locker room talking to each other, and it’s not always just talk,” Hornacek said. “They’re yelling at each other sometimes. So, as coaches, we start to come out of the coaches’ office and say, ‘Nah, let’s just stay here for a little bit longer.’ Let them talk to each other. That’s what the good teams do. P.J. leads it most of the time. They’re all afraid of him anyway.”
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