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

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Jazz head coach Will Hardy is clearly fed up with his team’s effort levels amid a brutal start to the 2025-26 NBA season.

Hardy was captured on video laying into his players during a timeout, and he didn’t mince any words when addressing the team’s effort during a game against the reigning-champion Oklahoma City Thunder.

"I’m tired of f—ing doing this every game," Hardy was heard saying in a now-viral video on X. "F---ing play harder!"

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Utah Jazz head coach Will Hardy watches play against the Oklahoma City Thunder during the second quarter at Delta Center on Dec. 7, 2025. (Rob Gray/Imagn Images)

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

But Gilgeous-Alexander’s absence didn’t slow down the Thunder from burying their three-point attempts, as they hit 21 on the night, and it started immediately in the first quarter. They outscored the Jazz, 45-20, immediately creating a lead that would only get bigger as the game went on.

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It’s been a rough start for the Jazz this season, as they are now 8-15. However, they are not the worst team in the Western Conference, sitting 12th out of 15 teams in the standings entering Monday.

But Utah is coming off back-to-back blowouts, having been crushed by the New York Knicks, 146-112, this past Friday. Hardy, having never put together a winning season with the Jazz since taking over as their head coach during the 2022-23