Jazz coach Will Hardy drops F-bombs on players in viral timeout video during blowout loss

Jazz caput manager Will Hardy is intelligibly fed up with his team’s effort levels amid a brutal commencement to the 2025-26 NBA season.

Hardy was captured connected video laying into his players during a timeout, and helium didn’t mince immoderate words erstwhile addressing the team’s effort during a crippled against the reigning-champion Oklahoma City Thunder.

"I’m bushed of f—ing doing this each game," Hardy was heard saying successful a now-viral video connected X. "F---ing play harder!"

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Utah Jazz caput manager Will Hardy watches play against the Oklahoma City Thunder during the 2nd 4th astatine Delta Center connected Dec. 7, 2025. (Rob Gray/Imagn Images)

The Thunder silenced the Jazz, 131-101, contempt playing without the league’s reigning MVP winner, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, connected Sunday night.

But Gilgeous-Alexander’s lack didn’t dilatory down the Thunder from burying their three-point attempts, arsenic they deed 21 connected the nighttime and it started instantly successful the archetypal quarter. They outscored the Jazz, 45-20, instantly creating a pb that would lone get bigger arsenic the crippled went on.

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It’s been a unsmooth commencement for the Jazz this season, arsenic they are present 8-15. However, they are not the worst squad successful the Western Conference, sitting 12th retired of 15 teams successful the standings entering Monday.

But Utah is coming disconnected back-to-back blowouts, having been crushed by the New York Knicks, 146-112, this past Friday. Hardy, having ne'er enactment unneurotic a winning play with the Jazz since taking implicit arsenic their caput manager during the 2022-23 season, is intelligibly sending a connection that helium needs to spot much retired of his guys.

Utah Jazz caput manager Will Hardy reacts aft a play against the Oklahoma City Thunder during the 2nd fractional astatine Delta Center connected Dec. 7, 2025. (Rob Gray/Imagn Images)

Hardy owns a 93-176 vocation grounds arsenic caput manager of the Jazz, and he’s coming disconnected his worst run with a 17-65 record.

Utah has been trying to rebuild itself since they moved connected from Rudy Gobert and Donovan Mitchell successful the 2022 offseason, but they’ve yet to enactment unneurotic the close pieces to go a playoff threat.

However, there’s committedness connected paper, with defender Keynote George doing good present successful his 3rd season. He’s averaging 22.2 points per game, portion the Jazz conscionable took breathtaking rookie defender Ace Bailey retired of Rutgers successful this year’s NBA Draft.

Lauri Markkanen besides remains the team’s focal point, arsenic the Finnish guardant is presently connected gait for a vocation precocious successful points (27.6 per game), portion averaging 6.5 rebounds and 2 assists arsenic well.

Head manager Will Hardy of the Utah Jazz yells to his squad during the archetypal fractional of a crippled against the Oklahoma City Thunder astatine Delta Center connected Dec. 7, 2025 successful Salt Lake City, Utah.  (Alex Goodlett/Getty Images)

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Hardy is hoping helium tin notch his archetypal vocation playoff quality arsenic a caput coach, but it won’t hap if helium doesn’t spot amended effort moving forward.

The Jazz volition beryllium backmost connected the tribunal against the Memphis Grizzlies connected Friday.

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