Rick, let me add some context.
Boozer chose to leave to the Bulls and not re-sign with the Jazz. The Jazz tried to hang on by trading for Al Jefferson as a Boozer replacement. But things with DWill and Sloan blew up, and so Sloan retired mid-season, and rather than appear to give into player demands and who they weren’t sure would re-sign, they traded DWill.
Hayward was tempered with, by Ainge, by the way of his college coach. And chose to leave to Boston
This most recent sucks. I will disagree with you on Dennis Lindsey. He did good building the team but fell short on the finishing touches. Could be the new owner felt the team hit the ceiling, or could be he wanted to make it his own team.