JFIFC    $ &%# #"(-90(*6+"#2D26;=@@@&0FKE>J9?@=C  =)#)==================================================iK" }!1AQa"q2#BR$3br %&'()*456789:CDEFGHIJSTUVWXYZcdefghijstuvwxyz w!1AQaq"2B #3Rbr $4%&'()*56789:CDEFGHIJSTUVWXYZcdefghijstuvwxyz ?훫1i@ܒsUwr(.},jY2dTvs&P)n`so}.H1P,~ #H2 o; 0Զ͛Φ״kj-e~d*TXzTmdK΋Χ[0?W/osyn?@+7?UFN(6t b;VXMG"!37ˊ?.3ťGUd'n+ؗ69;#RL6vzz[(Ȗ5#͉#bM*$cL: sMHžeKV#23 >Es,q4́Ph Ax5hP.ɹv_zp"12A $sEW,f]-pp}qoLIht8?rxUԾ',BO gV-G-dJA*Ğ=xB.&5e$]i+x\&67l|Z֢lR"YH;q(#Fzw(b9etr \YE$qX2$ectxW(ؐffsjwcsWV?֩JMfXZ+WDSܨ@Ʒ/%b^Cx5PY({88+f[ ͉+)E^pek9X|i_5h7bE4]&g%BFcҫ, C]~HdO,ckc~\x2Ks֮'&vVQ[Do2J@S&>B @INk,t}X|GkGb-<4Z,Pp#ulČr(~4 SA?ZAia5?՚y9g,I{xyg'RC~44ZA Q~֥Greg Shepard started with the Jazz in 1981.&nbsp; He was watching a sports show and head basketball coach, Tom Nissalke, was complaining about how few rebounds his big people were getting for the Jazz.&nbsp; He threw a pillow at the TV and yelled, "You dummy.&nbsp; Why don't you have your big guys lift so they can jump higher, get bigger and fill up the paint with some aggressive muscle."&nbsp; Then, he thought maybe he was the dummy and that he should tell him in person.&nbsp; So he did.&nbsp; He was immediately hired and has been with the Jazz up through the 1997 season.&nbsp; At that time in 1981, he was the only strength coach in the NBA.&nbsp; His BFS partner, Bob Rowbotham, was used as a source for flexibility training and his other BFS partner, Greg Shepard, did most of the strength training with the Jazz players in the 1990's and traveled with the team. </P> <P align=center><STRONG>ABOUT THE 1996-97<BR>UTAH JAZZ</STRONG></P> <P align=left><STRONG>* The Jazz won 64 regular season games, a franchise record.</STRONG></P> <P align=left><STRONG>* The Jazz had the best post-All Star record (31-4) of any NBA team.</STRONG></P> <P align=left><STRONG>* Won the Midwest Division championship for the 4th time since 1984.</STRONG></P> <P align=left><STRONG>* Went to play-offs for the 14th straight season.&nbsp; The second longest consecutive streak in the NBA.</STRONG></P