What about Doug Collins?

That to be successful, you have to be good on the defensive end of the floor.  Good examples is our past 3 years, we overachieved a lot with playing good defense.

I'm just trying to think of a coach that can come in and coach efficiently, help develop the young talent and be somewhat successful while they are here.  Collins has done a decent job in the past with younger teams such as the Bulls in the mid to late 80's, the Pistons in the mid to late 90's and then somewhat successful with the Wizards while he was there(as I stated, Michael had more control over things then).

I'm just trying to think of some possible candidates since we all pretty much know that Jerry doesn't want to break the bank for coaches like Carlise, Larry Brown or a Van Gundy.

I know Collins dowfall was his overreacting and the way losses brought him down so much.  But maybe he has matured since then.

I think for the team to be successful defensive wise, you need a head coach who does believe in that but you need a good assistant that can teach it, like Johnny Bach did for the Bulls.

Just like Boston did this season by bringing in their new assistant coach, that has helped them become better defensively.

Also, after last night's loss, I'm hoping Paxson realizes that Boylan is not the man for the job.

This will work considering;

-Hinrich is far more comfortable on the open court rather then running plays in the half court.

-Ben Gordon (in top form) can score many buckets off transition since there wont be enough time for someone to accurately guard him.

-Deng and Hughes are pretty decent slashers who can finish at the rim on a fast break

-All of our players are fairly well defenders and passers if nothing else.

-With our age, we have the young legs that can run with the best of them, Noah and thomas can use thier energy and intensity and create unstoppable dunks, while the only flaw would be aaron gray. This sort of style would also belittle the need for a traditonal post player.

-The older teams like Detroit and the Celtics probably wont be able to last long with our fast pace.

The biggest problem is finding some coach to make this work. The suns coach tried to establish this, this season, but the only one who was suited for this kind of play might have been marion, and things werent working out.

Jordan had total control over his playing time, other players playing time, etc.  So, that situation was the wrong situation for himself to be a part of during Jordan's return.

I'm not saying we should get Doug Collins, I'm just trying to think of coaches that have been somewhat successful at developing young teams.  He would definetly have to be replaced once the team has got to point B.

See, Skiles was originally that guy to get us to point B, we got to point A1 last season, but have taken the wrong turn back to point A this season.

The book is a good read and while we are at it, please read "Playing for Keeps: Michael Jordan and the World he Created." by Dave Halberstein, by far the best book on Jordan (and the Bulls) that I have ever read.

We need somebody besides Boylan.

Porter's got decent assistant coaching experience, he'd be on my list.

Pipp's my favorite player all time though, so while it makes sense maybe to give the job to someone who was a solid player with asst coaching experience, I'd like to see the Pippen experience over Porter....I just would.

Plus the WNBA at best is like the 64th best team in college bball to me, so I wouldn't want to overstate his success....

Of course this coming from a guy who a) never watches the WNBA, and b) hates Bill Laimbeer--even if Laimbeer was coaching like Popovich, I'd still hate him....

so you can take that with a grain of salt

He's way too iritable, doesn't have any pro experience, and if we thought Skiles was tough on our guys, just imagine Bobby Knight.

Persoanlly, I'd love in this order my top 5:

1. Hubie Brown--the guys points are spot on and he was awesome with Memphis.
2. Jeff Van Gundy--he might be the best defensive coach in recent memory (yup even more so than Riley).  I know his offense can be limited, but I think a lot of that with the Rockets was due to JVG overcompensting for the slowness that is Yao while not allowing TMAC to be TMAC as much.  Plus the guy's got a solid NBA pedigree.
3. Scottie Pippen.  I don't care that he has no head coaching experience, the guy was a "player coach" for a few years in Portland anyway.  His points/analysis also is spot on, and he's a Chicago Legend, what more could you ask for.  I'd rather see Scottie given a chance than Boylan again.  Hire Scottie as a Head coach, have Mark Jackson (smart player-judging that he was a lesser talent but awesome assist guy--PG) as a lead assistant, with maybe an Alonzo Mourning as lead big man coach.  These 3 major talents should help us out....I like having points as coaches too, and with Jackson we get an underrated (maybe slightly cheaper) one.
4. Larry Brown.  I worry a bit with him, but I know he wants to succeed, and when he is actually coaching, there are few better.....Plus he's old, but so is Hubie and yet I have Hubie #1, go figure.
5. John Paxson.  The guy also is a Chicago Bulls legend, he drafted these guys, he's been until this year a solid GM, and he knows what he saw in these guys in the first place.  So let's give him the duty to crack the code and fix the mess that is the Bulls.

I imagine you meant change instead of chance.

I'm honestly up for Dunleavy, even if he is a retread. After Boylan, I could use anyone with experience.