Bulls fire Scott Skiles

pass99 · Dec 31, 2007

buddahfan said: ↑

As far as AJ goes, the answer to the question is definitely yes beyond a doubt. Sheed has been working with AJ all year and I can guarantee you that he is giving serious big time input to the coaching staff including Saunders about whether AJ is ready to move into the rotation.

I think not. Sheed has enough problems just keep himself in the starting rotation.

Sheed suffers,from what I call at times, the Pascallian dilemma:

Mans ills come from the fact that he had not yet learned to sit quietly in a room.
Pascal

The Low · Dec 31, 2007

lpgrl26 said: ↑

After watching Ben play the past 2 Bulls games, you see a different player. There could be two reasons for this 1/ he was dogging it under Skiles, 2/ the way he feels emotionally is extremely important as to how he plays.

....uh 3/ bone spurs

buddahfan · Jan 1, 2008

Pippen wants to coach Bulls

Monday, Dec 31, 2007 3:40 pm EST

Former Chicago Bulls great Scottie Pippen says he's serious about coaching, and if there is an opening with the Chicago Bulls, he believes he's perfect.
"What's my disadvantage?" Pippen asked. "No NBA coaching experience? [Scott] Skiles' record with the Bulls wasn't that great. It doesn't take a rocket scientist to do what you've done your whole life. I've played basketball, run teams and won.
"They didn't put me at point guard because I could dribble good. They put me there because I could run a team. I wasn't the best dribbler, the best shooter. I wasn't a point guard. But I knew how to run a team."

LMAO!!!

With quotes like this, I hope he gets a head coaches job in the NBA. LOL

Rumors - NBA - Yahoo! Sports

buddahfan · Jan 1, 2008

Game over
It has been reported that the firing of Bulls coach Scott Skiles was ordered by owner Jerry Reinsdorf, and that general manager John Paxson had to do it against his wishes.

Not true. Reinsdorf didn't want to buy Skiles out of the final year and a half of his deal at all. It was Paxson who insisted on making the change.

Here's how Paxson and Skiles fell out. Skiles told Paxson that he thought the team was irreversibly broken. Paxson told Skiles to fix it. Skiles said he couldn't. The players apparently got wind that Skiles had quit on them. In fact, one report had Ben Wallace going to Paxson and complaining that the players felt Skiles had bailed. The ballgame was pretty much over at that point.

Webber will 'definitely play,' but there's no room with Pistons

OLD SKOOL HQ · Jan 2, 2008

pass99 said: ↑

Just an analogy I was thinking of:

Paxson=Montgomery (English Army Officer WWII)
Skiles= Patton (American General WWII)

I know....me = witty

BillLaimbeer · Jan 3, 2008

buddahfan said: ↑

I still maintain that Noah is way over rated.

Other than his running ability and ability to jump up and down and wave his hands in the air to get the crowd psyched up, I was not impressed with his game when he was at Florida.

Noah is now playing more, making big contributions on both end, and the Bulls are winning.

CHS Ace 12 · Jan 5, 2008

Good for them that should help
the whole dictator coach was'nt working out

mikhail1973 · Jan 10, 2008

Northwest Herald - Local News and Video for McHenry County, Illinois - Kaduk: Pax didnâ€™t equip Bulls for pitfalls

it’s clear the reluctance to trade either player was because of Paxson’s grand plan of building a championship contender in the image of Joe Dumars’ Detroit Pistons. That design worked rather well for the Bulls’ GM the first few years with the club reaching the second round of the playoffs last spring and the team setting its sights even higher last fall.

But the crucial mistake he made among the early hype was overlooking the fact that his players were another year older. Far from the Baby Bulls that hooked us with their energetic play in the 2004-05 season, the core of Gordon, Deng and Kirk Hinrich were established players in the league. They no longer need to prove themselves by earning a spot on the roster.

dba · Jan 10, 2008

mikhail1973 said: ↑

Northwest Herald - Local News and Video for McHenry County, Illinois - Kaduk: Pax didnâ€™t equip Bulls for pitfalls

Of course, it’s clear the reluctance to trade either player was because of Paxson’s grand plan of building a championship contender in the image of Joe Dumars’ Detroit Pistons. That design worked rather well for the Bulls’ GM the first few years with the club reaching the second round of the playoffs last spring and the team setting its sights even higher last fall.

Since when did Joe build the Pistons through drafting young players?

mikhail1973 · Jan 10, 2008

dba said: ↑

Of course, it’s clear the reluctance to trade either player was because of Paxson’s grand plan of building a championship contender in the image of Joe Dumars’ Detroit Pistons. That design worked rather well for the Bulls’ GM the first few years with the club reaching the second round of the playoffs last spring and the team setting its sights even higher last fall.

Since when did Joe build the Pistons through drafting young players?

Just tells you how much they know b-bal in the windy city.

dba · Jan 10, 2008

mikhail1973 said: ↑

Just tells you how much they know b-bal in the windy city.

Or at least in McHenry county.

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