Indecisive Bulls lose out on another head coach
Jerry Reinsdorf is probably the type of guy that goes to McDonalds and looks at the menu for 20 minutes before ordering. Let's see...what do they have on the menu at this McDonalds.... a Big Mac, a Quarter Pounder, a double Quarter Pounder....so many choices. That fancy new chicken sandwich sure looks good. IT'S FLIPPING MCDONALDS!! YOU KNOW WHAT'S ON THE MENU!! JUST ORDER ALREADY!!
This isn't as bad as when the Bears failed to hire Dave McGinnis nine years ago, but it's pretty bad. After losing out on Mike D'Antoni (a decent choice) to the Knicks, Doug Collins (a lousy choice) decided that he'd rather not let contract negotiations interfere with his relationship with Reinsdorf. Ohhhh-kay. I may not have been a fan of the Collins choice, but at least it was a choice. This is embarrassing to the organization. One of three things happened here:
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John Paxson loved the idea of Doug Collins as coach and Jerry Reinsdorf's hesitance to hire a guy that he fired 20 years ago led to Doug Collins saying "screw it!"
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Jerry Reinsdorf stepped in and forced Paxson to hire old friend Collins (like he supposedly forced Paxson to sign Ben Wallace), but ultimately cheapness got in the way of a deal. (After all, Skiles is already making $5 million from the Bulls to coach the Bucks next year.)
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Collins is suggesting that Reinsdorf was too busy this week dealing with the fallout from Ozzie Guillen's comments last week that he didn't have time to meet with him on the coaching job. So the White Sox' terrible hitting might have caused this. Great.
In any case, bad times at the Berto Center.
So what's next? The names making the rounds are Vinny Del Negro, Tryone Corbin, and Chuck Person. Any one of them would be better than who's coaching the team now. (nobody.) Also, there's a couple of guys who are currently coaching in the playoffs that are qualified choices in Tom Thibodeau and Kurt Rambis. Hiring one of those guys would save a little face by the fact that the Bulls can then say, "we were just waiting for this guy all along," (as the world rolls its eyes.)
You know what would really save face? Phil Jackson. Think the Bulls could pry him away from the Lakers? Who am I kidding. Wild horses couldn't drag him back.
The whole thing's a crock.