JFIFC    $ &%# #"(-90(*6+"#2D26;=@@@&0FKE>J9?@=C  =)#)==================================================aK" }!1AQa"q2#BR$3br %&'()*456789:CDEFGHIJSTUVWXYZcdefghijstuvwxyz w!1AQaq"2B #3Rbr $4%&'()*56789:CDEFGHIJSTUVWXYZcdefghijstuvwxyz ?˓H T\l-w d0jβڑ@3Uy[y\1\fkC=Id s9%*Dv #'< U Ovw[Q57vK%ʹ|iέUMs1גEk,d20s#5. k8PsY''l~K{ɬBF,#i^K3&d @ yImXQe#<vOeméYLs'5fn _Km:p209&\n;O8z՝VږUn67G20Ge֌^cB+a/mSE.Mn!ϕ(<j 1j-Llz]kUhs$r7sXѨP'5jW9'qҹͨs- aҲQ 6XX`$8`Zx$q^uK C6 sڷd.n7=H嵶2Sᾢ2:5\sҼ^J_~A%Wn9+GxFKөvB֢e^ e]S>#ε CT[(6_;#?ONG></P> <P align=left>Dr. 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 s