We're in damage control mode and will sacifice long term benefits for short term goals (save the GM's job and make the bad contracts look less damaging)  Kirk, Noc and Wallace will get many minutes, and Deng and Gordon will put the majority of the points on the board.

A challenge with this strategy is presently Boylan with Skiles's slow motion offense doesn't have the fortitude under theses circumstances to rotate theses young guys into the rotation (i.e against the Bucks) and win games.

Boylan is doing the same thing as his mentor.  

This accountability thing is another one of Paxson's overly stressed boneheaded rules (similiar to headbands).  I'm not discounting "accountability", but guys like Thomas and Noah have nothing to look forward too this season.  It becomes a self-defeating "accountability" cycle for these young players when they sense that the organization really doesn't have their best interest in mind and they personally begin to measure themselves against their peers.  "AI" of the Nuggets might have been wrong saying "its only practice" 25 times, but he also was making a point that has to be managed correctly by a professional organization in the NBA.

Also it appears Boylan will be more of a puppet to Paxson. This two headed approach's goals are to win games foremost, and then assess potential talent.  Yet at this point in the season this plan appears to have conflicting strategies and the first will win out over the second.

Later, we can review Paxson and Boylan plan and determine it they together pulled it off and only spoiled the development but not also the confidence of Tyrus and Noah?

You guys think we see both Tyrus and Noah invited to play in All-star rookie/2nd year player game?  If so, it'll be based on potential talent and it won't be based on playing time and their numbers..

With some other organizations it means a player is fined (some financial amount.. 10k) by the team across the board regardless, but not necessarily you'll miss significant playing time in games

Which is the more effective strategy?  

Also, why would the organization leak these details (Noah and Tyrus) about the young guys being late?
Is this any different the Skiles being critical publically?  Paxson handle your business.. privately!

I've heard it too many times, by other NBA players.. If you want to correct something, then hit the players in the pocket where they can feel it and it hurts...

Actually he's held head coaching jobs in both college and Europe. Also, he immediately had the Bulls start pushing the ball a lot more and it's shown some early results. It'll take awhile to institute any kind of serious team wide strategy changes.

The interesting thing about Boylan is that it looks like he's going 180 degrees away from Pax's wish to play some of the young players.  After firing Skiles, Pax was on the radio talking about getting some PT for the young players, even integrating Sefolosha into the rotation (and Thabo has been AWFUL both this year and last).

To me, I see Boylan's decision to lean even heavier on the veterans as an "eff you, I'm going all-out to win games to help secure my next job" type of move.  Think about it - his job for this year is as secure as anyone's - he's not getting fired.  By maximizing his team's wins, going against the specific edict of his boss, he improves his chances on the job market this offseason.

Because as far as I can tell, Skiles isn't a very different coach or personality than those guys.  Is it largely just the support of their organizations that give those guys, and when the going got tough, our GM (possibly with his own job on the line) pulled the plug on him when other teams actually would have sent folks (other than the coach) packing?

I mean, as it became clear Skiles and the players had had it with each other, folks kept saying "well, you can't fire all the players" or "it's easier to replace the coach".  I say why?

For people who think coaches are easily replaceable, I say for every Scott Skiles there are ten Pete Myers out there.  Getting a guy who's even possibly a top level coach is not an easy thing to do.

For people who say players are hard to get rid of because of their guaranteed salaries, well, Skiles' salary is guaranteed too.  The Bulls are now paying him to sit at home and chuckle at Tyrus Thomas' inability to get around a screen.

To set the tone, you don't have to get rid of every player or the coach, I'd think.  In other work environments, pretty often if you tell one guy get lost, things will cheer up considerably without the prime malcontent.

Which is how it works with a guy like Sloan.  Not that he's the best coach ever, but the Jazz get a whiny guy like Boozer or Kirilenko or Giricek, they tell them to suck it up or hit the fucking road.  And they end up with guys who spend whole years being upset coming back and playing well.

All of that is not to say I think Skiles should have stayed.  From what I can tell, at least, Popovich and Riley, at least, may have a key difference with him.  They've managed to get total buy-in to them from important players (Duncan, Magic Johnson, etc) by displaying some leadership.  Then again, maybe they just got better players to deal with.  Or management that would stick it out with them.  Just questions that are floating around in my head.