The Chicago Bulls would make a splash by hiring the league’s first woman head coach.
As the world of sports continues its dance around the worldwide coronavirus pandemic, nothing much has changed for the Chicago Bulls in the last couple of months.
The hires of new Executive Vice President of Basketball Operations Arturas Karnisovas and new General Manager Marc Eversley surely had most Bulls fans screaming “Finally!“
Of course, the next step is to ditch the generally loathed Jim Boylen and find a new head coach, right? Well, not exactly…
The new front office regime has put all of its current focus into righting the ship as an organization before trying to deal with ole Jimbo. Reason being, that Rick Carlisle, current coach of the Dallas Mavericks and head of the NBA Coaches’ Association (NBCA), has warned candidates about Chicago according to Sun-Times reporter Joe Cowley.
When it was brought up during an interview with 670 AM The Score, Cowley said “Carlisle has been a very behind-the-scenes advocate of ‘Hey, stay away from the Bulls, it’s not a good place’“.
Talk about hitting you when you’re down, sheesh.
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The pain doesn’t make the statement any less truthful, however, so it only makes sense that the first step back to greatness as an organization is showing class in regards to your (soon-to-be-ex) employees.
In regard to who might be replacing Drill Instructor Boylen, current Philadelphia 76ers Assistant Coach Ime Udoka quickly rose as the hottest name, with Toronto Raptors Assistant Coach Adrian Griffin also in the running.
While both of those names sound great, the Bulls would make even bigger headlines hiring Becky Hammon from the San Antonio Spurs.
(Sidenote: if you want Tom Thibodeau back, think to yourself the differences in coaching styles between him and Boylen. Above that, we all enjoyed the Derrick Rose-era but it’s gone now. Bringing Thibs back won’t carry the Bulls back to relevance.)
